Napoli's First Match Point As Scudetto Race Reaches Climax

Napoli will have their first opportunity to win their fourth Serie A title on Sunday night when the league leaders travel to Parma with a slender lead over Inter Milan heading into the penultimate weekend of the season. Antonio Conte's team are just one point ahead of reigning champions Inter after being held by Genoa last weekend, but a win over Parma could seal a second Scudetto in three seasons. Conte said after last weekend's draw that Napoli had "lost their bonus" by shaving off just one of the seven points -- now six -- they needed to get to guarantee the title.

"We have to go and win the other two matches, that's all there is to it," said Conte.

Napoli take on Parma while Inter host Champions League chasing Lazio at the San Siro, where fans will be buoyant after watching their team reach the Champions League final and cut the gap at the top of Serie A.

Anything but a win over Lazio could well hand Napoli the title as both teams play at the same time in a bumper Sunday night of football.

Nine matches will kick off at 8.45pm local time (1845GMT) with only one -- Atalanta's match at mid-table Genoa -- being of no consequence and all the others potentially decisive for the title, European qualification or relegation.

And the season finale has been thrown into chaos with the closing set of fixtures potentially being moved from next weekend to this coming Wednesday and Thursday as a Scudetto play-off becomes an increasing possibility.

Should Napoli and Inter finish on the same points the destination of the title will be decided by a single contest between the pair, in theory at the San Siro as Inter would lead Napoli on goal difference.

However an eventual play-off could be moved to Rome's Stadio Olimpico should Italy's