Napoli vs. Lazio, Serie A 2017 match discussion, confirmed lineups, and how to watch

After a tough week for Napoli involving two straight matches against Juventus — one a draw and one nothing more than a moral victory as they lost the Coppa Italia semifinal despite winning at home — things are going to get little easier for the partenopei on Sunday. They’re off to the ever-hostile climate of Rome to face Lazio, a matchup that’s rarely easy and made worse by Lazio’s mostly good recent form.

Of course, their most recent match saw Lazio fall to their arch-rivals Roma, the team currently sitting ahead of Napoli in second place in the Serie A table. Napoli can ill-afford to let Lazio re-establish their momentum right now, and it’s going to take a much improved performance from Napoli to get the job done.

It’s perhaps interesting, then, that Napoli are using the same lineup that they employed a week ago against Juventus in a 1-1 draw at home, rather than the lineup that actually beat Juventus at midweek. Of course, bumps and bruises and fatigue — as well as shaky play from a certain central defender — explains some of those changes, but hopefully the squad’s chemistry and form don’t suffer for those decisions from Maurizio Sarri.

Lineups

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Raul Albiol, Koulibaly, Strinic; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne

Lazio: Strakosha; Bastos, Wallace, Radu; Basta, Parolo, Murgia, Lukaku; Felipe, Milinkovic-Savic; Immobile

Watch It

When: Sunday, 8:45 p.m. CET, 2:45 p.m. ET

Where: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy

TV: beIN Sports en Español (U.S. - Spanish), PremiumSport HD, Sky Calcio 1, Sky Sport 1 HD Italia (Italy), BT Sport 3 (U.K.)

Online: beIN Sports Connect (U.S.), Premium Play, Sky Go Italia (Italy), BT Sport Live Streaming (U.K.)