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Hello and welcome to live text coverage of this evening's Serie A match between Napoli and Lazio.

Serie A / Matchday 12
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona / 19.11.2011
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Updated 19/11/2011 at 21:42 GMT


8'
Lavezzi plays the ball to Dossena on the edge of the Lazio box but he sloppily allows the ball to roll over his foot and travel out of harm's way.
7'
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After that initial flurry from Napoli, Lazio appear to have found their feet and are controlling the ball much better until Djibril Cisse rashly brings down Paolo Cannavaro for an early yellow card.
5'
Napoli enjoying the majority of possession in these opening exchanges and enjoying a lot of success down their right flank as Maggio's cross is once more headed clear.
3'
Christian Maggio times his run perfectly around the Lazio backline but cannot quite control a ball pumped over the top, and that allows the visitors to quickly surround the ball and clear.
2'
Ezequiel Lavezzi is brought down by Stefan Radu, and Napoli begin their first attack down the Lazio left channel.
1'
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And Napoli now get us underway for this first-half
19:45
The teams make their way out onto the pitch at the San Paolo, as kick-off steadily approaches.
19:40
Lazio, meanwhile, are without in-form striker Miroslav Klose who bruised his right leg on International duty during Germany's 3-0 friendly win over the Netherlands, while Giuseppe Biava joins fellow centre-back Andre Dias on the Biancocelesti sidelines.
19:38
For Napoli, Edinson Cavani spearheads their attack looking to build on his impressive goalscoring form against Lazio in recent times.
19:35
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Team News... Napoli (3-4-2-1): De Sanctis, Campagnaro, Cannavaro, Aronica; Maggio, Dzemaili, Inler, Dossena; Hamsik, Lavezzi; Cavani. Subs: Rosati, Mascara, Zuniga, Fernandez, Gargano, Pandev, Chavez /// Lazio (4-2-3-1): Marchetti; Konko, Diakité, Stankevicius, Radu; Brocchi, Ledesma; Sculli, Hernanes, Lulic; Cisse. Subs: Carrizo, Scaloni, Rocchi, Matuzalem, Stendardo, Gonzalez, Cana.
19:33
A forimdable challenge for Napoli tonight, then. But the home side have also made a solid start to their Serie A campaign, currently positioned sixth in the table, and boast four clean sheets in their last six league games.
19:30
Joint Serie A leaders Lazio will be hoping to continue their impressive start to the season with victory in Naples tonight, and in the process continue their fine goalscoring record on the road, having netted in their last 10 away games. They have also only lost to Napoli three times in their last 13 contests and have won four away matches in a row, after drawing 2-2 with AC Milan at the San Siro.
19:25
Edison Cavani scored a hat-trick in the last meeting played at the San Paolo between Napoli and Lazio back in April,