Lazio's fifth victory in six league games came via Pedro's low finish in the 13th minute and an incredible free kick from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 10 minutes after halftime. After recording their sixth consecutive shutout in Italy's premier division, Maurizio Sarri's team is now five points ahead of Inter, who are currently in third position but were defeated by Fiorentina on Saturday. If the defending champions pull off a shock victory against Napoli in Sunday's late game and go above local rivals Inter, AC Milan can reduce that margin to four.
While top scorer Victor Osimhen is sidelined due to injury, Napoli can still get closer to winning their first Serie A championship since 1990. With his 65th goal for Lazio and first since January's victory over Milan, Milinkovic-Savic became the club's all-time leading scorer of foreigners, surpassing Miroslav Klose and Goran Pandev.