Serie A match prognosis and game guide for the Hellas Verona vs Napoli meet

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

This has the potential to be an engrossing fixture as Hellas Verona have their presumed home advantage, while Napoli have an edge of 16 points in the Serie A standings.

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (20) 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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Hellas Verona form and stats

The overall Serie A statistics playing at home this season for Hellas Verona are 8-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Hellas Verona here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Hellas Verona travelled for their previous game, a trip to Fiorentina that ended 1-1. The gifted forward Caprari bettered all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Caprari scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

Ahead of that match, Hellas Verona won a home game hosting Venezia (3-1).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (30 in 14 games), Hellas's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Hellas Verona have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 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 9-4-1 from 14 games. Napoli are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Napoli's previous game was their home loss versus Milan (0-1).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Lazio with the score of 2-1.

Napoli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 14 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Napoli - Hellas Verona 1-1 was the end result in these contenders' latest head to head game, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Hellas victory, two draws and seven Napoli wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hellas VeronaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
15 goals
Hellas VeronaA. Barák
A. Barák
10 goals
Hellas VeronaG. Caprari
G. Caprari
10 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Napoli missing players

Hellas Verona Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
11 8 2 Won W 3 9 17
8 2 0 Drew D 1 4 6
9 4 2 Lost L 0 1 5
53 30 7 Scored S 8 26 49
44 18 8 Conceded C 4 10 20
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
89% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 71%
71% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 43%
50% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 25%
25% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 11%
79% 79% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 43%
11% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 46%
14% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 14%
 
4.7 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.2 5.4
4.6 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.9 3.5
2.5 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.8 14 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.4 15.9
4.3 5.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.1 5.5
44% 42% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 32%
 
12.6 13.2 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 12.1 10.5
4.1 4.3 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona have the most matches over the total-line (15) 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 (20) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most clean sheets (13) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most clean sheets (7) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+16) 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 28 18 6 4 54 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 14 10 3 1 32 17 25 60
2 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
3 Napoli 28 17 6 5 49 20 14 8 2 4 23 10 14 9 4 1 26 10 29 57
4 Juventus 28 15 8 5 42 25 14 8 3 3 18 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 17 53
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 27 13 4 10 46 37 13 8 2 3 31 16 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 43
9 Hellas Verona 28 11 8 9 53 44 14 8 2 4 30 18 14 3 6 5 23 26 9 41
10 Sassuolo 28 10 9 9 49 46 14 4 5 5 19 22 14 6 4 4 30 24 3 39
11 Torino 27 9 7 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 13 2 4 7 7 13 5 34
12 Bologna 27 9 6 12 32 42 14 6 3 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 33
13 Empoli 28 8 8 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 14 5 6 3 18 16 -13 32
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 28 7 5 16 28 50 13 3 3 7 13 17 15 4 2 9 15 33 -22 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 27 5 7 15 25 51 14 2 4 8 15 28 13 3 3 7 10 23 -26 22
19 Genoa 28 1 15 12 22 47 14 0 8 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 18
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 15

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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.