Napoli and Roma are both riding high in the Serie A with their 6th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Napoli and Roma.
Napoli form and stats
6-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Napoli so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Napoli after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Napoli faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atalanta (0-2). Previous to that game, a home match hosting SPAL in a game that was won 3-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Napoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost one.
There will be little rest for Napoli after this match as they are travelling to Genoa for a Serie A game in only three days.
Napoli has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Napoli have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Roma form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking players of Roma have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
The manager P. Rodrigues Fonseca was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Stadio Olimpico (Roma). Roma suffered a 0-2 loss to Udinese (placed 14th). A 0-2 defeat away at Milan before that.
Roma are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Parma in just three days.
Roma has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Roma have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Roma - Napoli 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Napoli won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Roma has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  E. Džeko 14 goals |   A. Milik 10 goals |  D. Mertens 7 goals |
Napoli missing players
Roma missing players
| Napoli | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 46 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 25 | 53 |
| 39 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 40 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 79% | 90% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 62% |
| 28% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 66% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 62% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 24% |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.9 | 7.3 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 525 | 309 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 185 | 503 |
| 176 | 94 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 66 | 166 |
| 26% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 32% |
| Launceston City | Last season | Devonport City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Scored | S | 42 | 91 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 83% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 79% | ||
| 54% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 25% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 46% | ||
| 50% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 38% | ||
| 29% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 209 | 79 | Total Shots | T S | 95 | 139 | ||
| 101 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 63 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 71% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kingborough Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | South Hobart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Clarence Zebras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Devonport City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Launceston City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Olympia Warriors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Riverside Olympic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Glenorchy Knights | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Devonport City | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 91 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 68 | 62 |
| 2 | Olympia Warriors | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 80 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 49 | 56 |
| 3 | South Hobart | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 80 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 50 | 47 |
| 4 | Hobart Zebras | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 74 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 38 | 42 |
| 5 | Glenorchy Knights | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 58 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Kingborough Lions | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 28 | -7 | 30 |
| 7 | Launceston City | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -13 | 25 |
| 8 | Riverside Olympic | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 41 | -46 | 14 |
| 9 | Clarence United | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 160 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 88 | -152 | 3 |