Balanced ball game between Atalanta and Napoli expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gewiss Stadium (26393 seats)

A total of 29 rounds of matches have gone by and both Atalanta and Napoli are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Atalanta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Serie A

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.

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Atalanta form and stats

The Serie A statistics at home this season for Atalanta are 4-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Atalanta are confident in defense, having played 238 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Atalanta, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bologna away with the result 1-0. Cisse found the net in that victory. Hateboer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Hateboer hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Atalanta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost three.

There will be little rest for Atalanta after this match as they are travelling to RB Leipzig for a Europa League game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Atalanta in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Atalanta have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 10-4-1 from 15 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Inter game have they lost an away game, meaning Napoli has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Impressive finishing from Osimhen (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Udinese in their previous game. The attacker Osimhen got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Osimhen scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hellas Verona at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Napoli in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Napoli, one draw and one defeat.

Napoli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 15 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Napoli - Atalanta 2-3 was the score in these sides' last h2h match, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Atalanta won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Napoli have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
11 goals
AtalantaM. Pašalić
M. Pašalić
9 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
9 goals

Atalanta missing players

Napoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atalanta Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 15 30
14 4 0 Won W 1 10 19
9 6 2 Drew D 2 4 6
6 4 2 Lost L 1 1 5
51 24 4 Scored S 4 28 53
31 18 8 Conceded C 4 11 22
83% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
66% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 73%
59% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 47%
38% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 23%
21% 21% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 10%
59% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 47%
34% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 47% 43%
24% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 7% 13%
 
5.2 6 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.3 5.4
3.9 3.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 3.5
2.2 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15 15.7 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.3 16.1
4.9 5.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 5.1 5.6
36% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 37% 32%
 
10.6 9.1 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 11.9 10.4
3.4 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atalanta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Serie A
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most clean sheets (7) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 30 20 6 4 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 66
2 Napoli 30 19 6 5 53 22 15 9 2 4 25 11 15 10 4 1 28 11 31 63
3 Inter 29 17 9 3 62 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 60
4 Juventus 30 17 8 5 47 26 15 9 3 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 21 59
5 Atalanta 29 14 9 6 51 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 15 10 3 2 27 13 20 51
6 Roma 30 15 6 9 50 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 15 51
7 Lazio 30 14 7 9 58 45 14 8 4 2 33 18 16 6 3 7 25 27 13 49
8 Fiorentina 29 14 5 10 48 38 14 9 2 3 32 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 10 47
9 Sassuolo 30 11 10 9 55 49 15 5 5 5 23 23 15 6 5 4 32 26 6 43
10 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 55 47 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 8 42
11 Torino 29 9 8 12 34 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 14 2 4 8 7 14 4 35
12 Bologna 29 9 6 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -12 33
13 Empoli 30 8 9 13 41 55 15 3 3 9 23 38 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 33
14 Udinese 28 6 12 10 36 46 14 4 7 3 19 21 14 2 5 7 17 25 -10 30
15 Sampdoria 30 8 5 17 39 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 15 4 2 9 16 23 -12 29
16 Spezia 30 8 5 17 31 54 14 4 3 7 15 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -23 29
17 Cagliari 30 5 10 15 28 54 15 2 6 7 16 26 15 3 4 8 12 28 -26 25
18 Genoa 30 2 16 12 23 47 15 1 8 6 10 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -24 22
19 Venezia 29 5 7 17 25 54 15 2 4 9 15 30 14 3 3 8 10 24 -29 22
20 Salernitana 28 3 7 18 22 65 14 1 5 8 12 31 14 2 2 10 10 34 -43 16

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  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 30 20 6 4 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 66
2 Napoli 30 19 6 5 53 22 15 9 2 4 25 11 15 10 4 1 28 11 31 63
3 Inter 29 17 9 3 62 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 14 7 6 1 26 11 38 60
4 Juventus 30 17 8 5 47 26 15 9 3 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 27 17 21 59
5 Atalanta 29 14 9 6 51 31 14 4 6 4 24 18 15 10 3 2 27 13 20 51
6 Roma 30 15 6 9 50 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 14 6 2 6 27 21 15 51
7 Lazio 30 14 7 9 58 45 14 8 4 2 33 18 16 6 3 7 25 27 13 49
8 Fiorentina 29 14 5 10 48 38 14 9 2 3 32 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 10 47
9 Sassuolo 30 11 10 9 55 49 15 5 5 5 23 23 15 6 5 4 32 26 6 43
10 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 55 47 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 8 42
11 Torino 29 9 8 12 34 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 14 2 4 8 7 14 4 35
12 Bologna 29 9 6 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -12 33
13 Empoli 30 8 9 13 41 55 15 3 3 9 23 38 15 5 6 4 18 17 -14 33
14 Udinese 28 6 12 10 36 46 14 4 7 3 19 21 14 2 5 7 17 25 -10 30
15 Sampdoria 30 8 5 17 39 51 15 4 3 8 23 28 15 4 2 9 16 23 -12 29
16 Spezia 30 8 5 17 31 54 14 4 3 7 15 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -23 29
17 Cagliari 30 5 10 15 28 54 15 2 6 7 16 26 15 3 4 8 12 28 -26 25
18 Genoa 30 2 16 12 23 47 15 1 8 6 10 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -24 22
19 Venezia 29 5 7 17 25 54 15 2 4 9 15 30 14 3 3 8 10 24 -29 22
20 Salernitana 28 3 7 18 22 65 14 1 5 8 12 31 14 2 2 10 10 34 -43 16

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.