Serie A Gameweek 11 Sun, Nov 8 · 11:30 Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Napoli
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Our take

Napoli are slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Recent goals, xG and shots on target tip the balance towards Napoli. Napoli have 3.6 days of rest, Lazio 6.9 and have to travel 187 km.

Away travel187 kmRest days3.6 · 6.9Matches / 14d3 · 2
Napoli53%
Draw25%
Lazio23%
Expected goals 1.76 – 1.08
Napoli46%
Draw26%
Lazio27%
Expected goals 1.57 – 1.14
Napoli53%
Draw25%
Lazio23%
Expected goals 1.76 – 1.08
Napoli45%
Draw26%
Lazio29%
Expected goals 1.57 – 1.21
Napoli54%
Draw24%
Lazio23%
Expected goals 1.87 – 1.16
Over 2.5 54% Both score 55% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 2 days ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Napoli)

Forecast from 24 Oct

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Napoli and Lazio. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

NapoliLazio
63 L90 StrengthIn forecast 58
61 Current StrengthIn forecast 62
61 AttackIn forecast 53
70 DefenceIn forecast 63
44 Form indexContext 87
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Napoli

Attack−6%
Defense risk+6%

Lazio

Attack−19%
Defense risk+19%

Both teams face a less favorable matchup than their league-average baseline.

Playing style

NapoliLazio
1.43 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.00
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.57
1.79 xGVia Att/Def 1.33
0.77 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.33
-0.36 Goals minus xGContext +0.67
86% Scored inContext 100%
43% Clean sheetsContext 57%
16.71 ShotsContext 12.71
5.43 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.29
33% On target shareContext 34%
11.86 Shots in the boxContext 6.86
70% Box shareContext 56%
9% ConversionContext 16%
3.00 OffsidesContext 1.75
15.57 Shots allowedContext 12.43
3.86 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.71
4.40 BlocksContext 3.43
2.86 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.00
74% Save rateContext 85%
53% PossessionIn forecast 48%
510 PassesContext 446
443 Accurate passesContext 381
87% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.88 Team ratingContext 7.06
8.57 FoulsContext 12.00
8.86 Fouls sufferedContext 11.29
0.86 Yellow cardsContext 1.86
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.60
1.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.81 xGVia Att/Def 1.15
0.79 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.30
-0.61 Goals minus xGContext +0.45
80% Scored inContext 80%
40% Clean sheetsContext 40%
14.70 ShotsContext 11.90
5.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.60
34% On target shareContext 39%
10.20 Shots in the boxContext 6.40
67% Box shareContext 56%
8% ConversionContext 13%
2.90 OffsidesContext 1.83
16.20 Shots allowedContext 12.20
4.20 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.60
5.13 BlocksContext 3.00
2.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.60
69% Save rateContext 78%
53% PossessionIn forecast 48%
516 PassesContext 450
450 Accurate passesContext 388
87% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.82 Team ratingContext 6.92
9.00 FoulsContext 12.00
9.40 Fouls sufferedContext 11.00
1.10 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.20
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Napoli
Rest3.6 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km6,579 km in 14d
Schedule load25%Moderate
Form 44 · 7 pts vs 7.7 for an average club · -1.7 vs expected
  • L17 OctA · Venezia0–12.3 xPts
  • L13 OctA · Villarreal1–31.1 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Frosinone3–02.1 xPts
  • D20 SepA · Fiorentina1–11.6 xPts
  • W13 SepH · Bologna1–01.7 xPts
Lazio
Rest6.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel187 km694 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 87 · 13 pts vs 7.6 for an average club · +5.2 vs expected
  • W18 OctA · Juventus3–00.7 xPts
  • W11 OctH · Monza3–12.1 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Venezia2–02.2 xPts
  • D12 SepH · AC Milan2–21.5 xPts
  • W7 SepA · Udinese2–11.3 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Napoli Lazio
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextModerate · 25Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match3.6UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - League phase, 4 Nov6.9Serie A 2026-2027, 1 Nov
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km187 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways6,579 km694 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days2 / 3 / 71 / 2 / 5
Next matchdays after this one13.313.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Napoli Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Venezia (A) 0–1, 17 Oct
1A. Meret(G)
5B. Badiashile 13A. Rrahmani 31S. Beukema
37L. Spinazzola 68S. Lobotka 6B. Gilmour 22G. Di Lorenzo
8S. McTominay 23Giovane
20L. Lucca
Lazio Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Juventus (A) 3–0, 18 Oct
35C. Mandas(G)
17Nuno Tavares 25Oliver Provstgaard 37J. Šutalo 15R. Floriani Mussolini
24K. Taylor 21R. Belahyane 16D. Frattesi
10M. Zaccagni 14T. Noslin 11G. Isaksen

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Napoli No reported absences
Lazio No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Napoli+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Lazio+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Napoli · Home 2.00points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
2-0-1
Scored
1.67
Conceded
0.67
Lazio · Away 3.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
4-0-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
0.25

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

4 Napoli wins2 draws4 Lazio wins
Goals per game1.30 – 1.00 Over 2.550% Both scored40% Clean sheets30% · 40%
  • 18 Apr 2026Napoli0–2Lazio
  • 4 Jan 2026Lazio0–2Napoli
  • 15 Feb 2025Lazio2–2Napoli
  • 8 Dec 2024Napoli0–1Lazio
  • 28 Jan 2024Lazio0–0Napoli
  • 2 Sep 2023Napoli1–2Lazio

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Napoli7 games · scored 10 · conceded 7
0-15
3 1 16-30
1 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 61-75
3 2 76-90
Lazio7 games · scored 14 · conceded 4
2 0-15
2 16-30
2 31-45
3 2 46-60
2 2 61-75
3 76-90
Napoli10 games · scored 12 · conceded 11
1 0-15
4 3 16-30
1 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 1 61-75
3 3 76-90
Lazio10 games · scored 16 · conceded 10
2 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
4 2 31-45
3 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
3 1 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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