Dream11 Fantasy Soccer: Napoli v. Lazio Preview

Dream11 Fantasy Soccer: Napoli v. Lazio Preview

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Napoli are cemented in seventh place and play solely for their pride in this matchup. Lazio, on the other hand, are still within reach of second place in the table but would need a win and a draw between Atalanta and Inter Milan. They enter this game on a three-match winning run, and their matches have been quite entertaining from a goal-scoring perspective – both sides have scored in almost 80 percent of their matches, and there have been over 2.5 total goals in 14 of their 18 away contests.

Recent Form

Napoli: W2, D1, L2

Lazio: W3, D1, L1

Team News

Napoli

OUT: None

Doubtful: Fernando Llorente (undisclosed), Konstantinos Manolas (ribs)

Lazio

OUT: Lucas Leiva (knee), Senad Lulic (ankle), Stefan Radu (calf)

Doubtful: Felipe Caicedo (Achilles)

Expected Lineups

Napoli: Alex Meret; Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Nikola Maksimovic, Mario Rui; Stanislav Lobotka, Fabian Ruiz, Piotr Zielinski; Jose Maria Callejon, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

Lazio: Thomas Strakosha; Francesco Acerbi, Luiz Felipe, Patric; Manuel Lazzari, Marco Parolo, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Jony; Luis Alberto, Joaquin Correa; Ciro Immobile

Top Picks

Ciro Immobile, Lazio: Immobile struggled to get things going when the Serie A resumed in late June, but he has managed to pick things up of late. He netted a hat trick in the team's previous away match (5-1 over Brescia) and ranks as the league's top scorer with 35, also

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Napoli are cemented in seventh place and play solely for their pride in this matchup. Lazio, on the other hand, are still within reach of second place in the table but would need a win and a draw between Atalanta and Inter Milan. They enter this game on a three-match winning run, and their matches have been quite entertaining from a goal-scoring perspective – both sides have scored in almost 80 percent of their matches, and there have been over 2.5 total goals in 14 of their 18 away contests.

Recent Form

Napoli: W2, D1, L2

Lazio: W3, D1, L1

Team News

Napoli

OUT: None

Doubtful: Fernando Llorente (undisclosed), Konstantinos Manolas (ribs)

Lazio

OUT: Lucas Leiva (knee), Senad Lulic (ankle), Stefan Radu (calf)

Doubtful: Felipe Caicedo (Achilles)

Expected Lineups

Napoli: Alex Meret; Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Nikola Maksimovic, Mario Rui; Stanislav Lobotka, Fabian Ruiz, Piotr Zielinski; Jose Maria Callejon, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

Lazio: Thomas Strakosha; Francesco Acerbi, Luiz Felipe, Patric; Manuel Lazzari, Marco Parolo, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Jony; Luis Alberto, Joaquin Correa; Ciro Immobile

Top Picks

Ciro Immobile, Lazio: Immobile struggled to get things going when the Serie A resumed in late June, but he has managed to pick things up of late. He netted a hat trick in the team's previous away match (5-1 over Brescia) and ranks as the league's top scorer with 35, also adding nine assists.

Arkadiusz Milik, Napoli: Napoli have struggled offensively for most of the season, but Milik has delivered a strong year playing as the team's leading striker. The Polish international has 11 goals and will be Napoli's main attacking threat in what could be a goal-fest.

Captain and Vice-Captain Options

  1. Ciro Immobile
  2. Arkadiusz Milik
  3. Luis Alberto
  4. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

Dream11 Team

GK: Thomas Strakosha

DF: Elseid Hysaj

DF: Kalidou Koulibaly

DF: Luiz Felipe

MF: Luis Alberto

MF: Fabian Ruiz

MF: Jose Maria Callejon

MF: Jony

MF: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

FW: Ciro Immobile (C)

FW: Arkadiusz Milik (VC)

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Juan Pablo Aravena
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