International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Napoli and AZ Alkmaar are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for AZ Alkmaar when visiting Napoli as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Napoli form and stats
Last season, Napoli's Europa League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Arsenal.As mentioned below, Napoli are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Serie A games. Napoli has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli. We remember; it was Milan.
The Napoli supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Atalanta in Serie A and win 4-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Juventus (0-3).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Napoli home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Napoli are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Benevento awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Napoli's 2 home games: 10 goals, 1 conceded.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Things could have gone better for AZ Alkmaar in their Eredivisie away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. The AZ Alkmaar manager A. Slot is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 228 days. Visiting Alkmaar has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Alkmaar played 2-2 against VVV-Venlo in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the Eredivisie away draw versus Sparta Rotterdam that ended 4-4.
It looked so good for Alkmaar vs VVV-Venlo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
You'll want to know how Alkmaar managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Alkmaar now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eredivisie game at ADO Den Haag is waiting in only three days.
7 goals so far away for AZ Alkmaar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Napoli missing players
AZ Alkmaar missing players
| Napoli | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 48 | 36 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 380 | 228 | Total Shots | T S | 132 | 294 | ||
| 154 | 104 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 110 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ Alkmaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Napoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Napoli | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Juventus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Sassuolo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Inter | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Sampdoria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Benevento | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Roma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Lazio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Bologna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Genoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Spezia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Parma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 18 | Crotone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Torino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Udinese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | PSV | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Ajax | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | AZ Alkmaar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Willem II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | Heracles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | ADO Den Haag | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 1 |