Serie A: Two teams in decent form get together for this fixture. Napoli could have a wee upper hand with their 3rd spot in the standings?
- Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Serie A
The visiting Napoli played their last game only four days ago, a Coppa Italia match.
Bologna form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Bologna have to build on here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in the Serie A. Bologna are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, having lost their two previous games here.
Bologna faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cagliari (1-2). Heartbreak for Bologna in their last match as Cagliari's Pereiro scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacking player Orsolini edged out all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 7.5 out of 10. Orsolini scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a win away at Sassuolo.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bologna as they are travelling to their away game against Hellas Verona in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
The Bologna fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Napoli collect 21 points from their 10 away matches in the Serie A. 6 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Coppa Italia home defeat versus Fiorentina (after extra-time) with 2-5 on the scoreboard. A crazy, crazy fixture with heaps of goals last time out for Napoli, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fixture, will this fixture be as much fun? Mertens got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Mertens scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Sampdoria in the Serie A.Napoli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Napoli are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met earlier this season: Napoli - Bologna 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Bologna wins - draws - Napoli wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Arnautović 6 goals |   D. Mertens 6 goals |  M. Barrow 5 goals |
Bologna missing players
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| Bologna | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 37 |
| 33 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 75% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 67% |
| 60% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 48% |
| 30% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 29% |
| 25% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 12.7 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 13.1 | 16.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 39% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 38% | 33% |
| 12.7 | 9.6 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.4 | 11 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
- Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 (15) in Serie A
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Serie A
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (11) in Serie A
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (5) 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 | Inter | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 49 |
| 2 | Milan | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 41 |
| 5 | Juventus | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | Roma | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Lazio | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Torino | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Empoli | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | -8 | 28 |
| 12 | Hellas Verona | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 13 | Bologna | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Udinese | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | Spezia | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 19 |
| 17 | Venezia | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 17 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -21 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -30 | 11 |
