Napoli winger Jose Callejon. (Photo : Getty Images)
Two of the best teams in the 2016-2017 Serie A season, SSC Napoli (6-3-2, 20 points) and SS Lazio (6-2-3, 21 points), are scheduled to clash on Nov. 5, Saturday at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 3:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Napoli has been mercurial with their play as of late as the team registered three wins and three losses in their last six matches. As a result, Partenopei dropped to the fifth spot of the current league table after 11 rounds of competitions from as high as the second spot.
Gli Azzurri was nipped by defending champions and current league leaders Juventus, 1-2, on the road at the Juventus Stadium last Saturday, as per USA Today.
Italian center back Leonardo Bonucci opened the scoring in the 50th minute after both sides failed to score during the first half of action.
Spanish winger Jose Callejon leveled the count just four minutes later for head coach Maurizio Sarri's team with a close-range right-footer coming from a pass by teammate Lorenzo Insigne.
However, Gonzalo Higuaín, who was bought by Juve from Napoli for a transfer fee of £75 million during the summer, scored the winning goal in the 70th minute to turn back his former team.
Meanwhile, Lazio has been unbeaten in their last six outings to climb to the fourth place in the overall standings, one point ahead of Napoli and six points behind of Juve.
In their most recent match, head coach Simone Inzaghi's side defeated lowly squad Sassuolo, 2-1, at their home ground of Stadio Olimpico in Rome last Sunday, via ESPN.
It was also a goalless first half of play for both teams until Lazio midfielder Senad Lulic broke the deadlock in the 50th minute with a short-range left-footer after Felipe Anderson's long-range shot was saved by Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli.
I Biancocelesti then doubled their lead five minutes later with a goal from striker Ciro Immobile before I Neroverdi trimmed the lead in the 57th with an answer from Gregoire Defrel.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-1 bounce back win for Napoli.
Napoli starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Reina; Soderlund, Chiriches, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Diawara, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne
Lazio starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Marchetti; Basta, Wallace, Hoedt, Radu; Milinkovic-Savic, Parolo, Lulic; Anderson, Immobile, Keita
