Bologna v Napoli preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

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.

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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).

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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

Napoli missing players

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Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low 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%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • 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.

  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 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

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Read more about Serie A

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.