Napoli and Inter set to take Serie A title race down to the wire

Napoli only has a one-point lead over Inter in Serie A, while the fight for the last Champions League place and the Battle Range Reaching Point.

There is a chance that the scudetto can be decided by a play-off, if the top two finish level at points, but Napoli has their fate in its own hands and could secure the title on Sunday with a victory as an Inter home to the fifth placed Lazio.

Napoli slid last weekend in a 2-2 draw at home at Genoa, allowing Champions League finalists to close Inter de Kloof.

Antonio Conte's side to Parma, who are 16th and are still not safe for the drop.

Conte will be Lobotka without midfielder Stanislav, who longed against Genoa, struggled with an ankle injury, but there was good news for Napoli.

Winger David Neres came up against Genoa late, while defender Alessandro Buongiorno is probably one of the replacements for the Parma match, which missed the last two games.

Napoli is undefeated in 10 games, but the last time -out of recent times means that contests men can no longer afford to afford missteps, because Inter has found an extra equipment at the right time.

They won their last two away competition matches without giving the goal (against Monza and Lecce) and Napoli could win three road races without winning for the first time since January and March 2023 (six in that case) without admitting the goal in the Serie A.

The Supercomputer from OPTA supports Napoli to get the job done, with their chances of eliminating the trophy at 72.7%.

Davide Frattesi, Lautaro Martinez, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Benjamin Pavard will probably not return for the Lazio game, but Inzaghi people as goalkeeper Yann Sommer, Marcus Thuram, Hakan Calhanoglu and Nicolo Barella can recover to the line-up.

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– Inter (@inter_en) May 13, 2025

Lazio, who has only won three of their last nine league matches, is looking for a Champions League place, level at 64 points with Juventus who have the most important fourth place.

Juve faces Udinese at home, with a large number of teams waiting to take advantage of a slip-up. Roma is one point behind and organizes AC Milan, who are in eighth place, but will be without support after their fans were forbidden after actions of vandalism in and around the stadio Olimpico during and after the Coppa Italia final on Wednesday.

Nine games start at the same time on Sunday. The only competition with nothing that runs on it is the journey from Atalanta to Genoa on Saturday, with the hosts Safe in the mid-table and the visitors is already guaranteed third place and a Champions League place.

Bologna, fresh from lifting the Coppa Italia by beating Milan, his seventh, two points on Juve, and visiting Fiorentina, who are ninth on 59 points

Monza has already been degraded, but can play a role in deciding who adds them in series B, because they welcome the second welcome from Bottom Empoli, level at 28 points with Lecce, which Torino organizes.

The victory of Venezia on Fiorentina on Monday has moved them one place and one point above the drop zone and they visit Cagliari.

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