Napoli increased their lead at the top of Serie A with a comfortable 2-0 win over Hellas Verona on Sunday (Jan 12), thanks to an early own goal from goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo and a stunning second-half strike from Frank Anguissa. Napoli top Serie A on 47 points, four ahead of Inter Milan, who have two games in hand. Atalanta are a further point back. Verona are 17th on 19 points, just above the relegation zone.
Napoli went four points clear of Inter Milan at the top of Serie A after a comfortable 2-0 win at home to Hellas Verona. The 2023 champions took a fifth-minute lead when Giovanni di Lorenzo's effort hit the post, bounced off visiting goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo's back and into the net.
They wrapped up the win – a fifth in a row – when Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa scored with an unstoppable drive in the 61st minute.
Romelu Lukaku and Scott McTominay both went close, but Antonio Conte's side were untroubled.
Conte has won Serie A with Juve on three occasions and with Inter in 2021, and could make it a hat-trick of clubs if Napoli triumph this season.
Forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, though, was not in the squad after he asked to leave the club this week. The 23-year-old has been linked with Paris-Saint Germain, Liverpool and Chelsea and is expected to move in the January transfer window.
Bournemouth midfielder Philip Billing was also missing after he signed on loan on Sunday.
