The visiting Napoli side should be favourites in this visit to Bologna, as the away team holds a 5 point advantage from their six league games this season.
The visiting Napoli played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match. That game, against Rijeka, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Napoli.
Bologna form and stats
Bologna have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Serie A. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
A nice win for Bologna last time playing, versus Cagliari. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Roberto Soriano and Musa Barrow (2) scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Bologna won a home game hosting Reggina (2-0).
It's goals goals goals for Bologna who have scored 10 goals from 3 league home games. Bologna are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Napoli form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Serie A away games so far for Napoli with six points collected from three matches.
Napoli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Rijeka. The game before that, in the Serie A, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Sassuolo.
Napoli find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Napoli in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Bologna wins - draws - Napoli wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Bologna missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | 49 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 35 | 91 |
| 39 | 25 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 11 | 37 |
| 28% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 38% |
- All of Bologna's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of Napoli's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bologna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Sassuolo | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Napoli | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Inter | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Cagliari | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Spezia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Bologna | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Parma | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Benevento | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 6 |
| 17 | Genoa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Torino | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Udinese | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Crotone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 1 |