Napoli get ready to welcome Atalanta for something different than the ordinary league football: The Coppa Italia Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Napoli nor Atalanta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Napoli form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Napoli are 6-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Napoli bring valid hopes of a third.
Napoli's last game was hosting Parma and winning 2-0. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Spezia.
This is expected to be a close game, with Napoli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Napoli as a small favourite), we find four games. Napoli has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Napoli as they are travelling to their away game against Genoa in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in the league this season as Napoli has scored 27 goals here in 10 home games. Napoli's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atalanta form and stats
They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 8th finals.5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Atalanta playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Atalanta are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Atalanta might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Lazio proved too strong as Atalanta slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Lazio in the Coppa Italia.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atalanta playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were four Atalanta wins, two draws and one defeat.
After this away game Atalanta return home for a Serie A game against Torino. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The Atalanta manager G. Gasperini has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. Atalanta have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Napoli won four games, one match ended with a draw and Atalanta has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  L. Muriel Fruto 11 goals |   H. Lozano Bahena 9 goals |  L. Insigne 9 goals |
Napoli missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Napoli | Atalanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 48 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.8 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 16.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| 2 | Inter | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 44 |
| 3 | Roma | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Juventus | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 39 |
| 5 | Napoli | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 6 | Lazio | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 36 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 30 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Benevento | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 13 | Udinese | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Genoa | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | Bologna | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | Spezia | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Torino | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Parma | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -24 | 13 |
| 20 | Crotone | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -24 | 12 |