North vs South in Italy: Always a tense rivalry

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (41507 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Juventus and Napoli battle it out at Allianz Stadium.

Even though the relationship between Northern and Southern Italy has improved, there's still cultural, political and historical differences. These play out in the football matches between the big teams from each region, such as when Juventus from the north meet Napoli from the south. The sporting rivalry has increased since the 1980s when Napoli became more regular contenders for trophies, led by legend player Diego Maradona. This should be an all-action match!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Napoli have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Juventus form and stats

The hosts won their first Serie A game here at Allianz Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Juventus last season were 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 19 games.

Juventus's last game was hosting Sampdoria (placed 20th) and winning 3-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Roma that was lost 1-3.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Juventus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost one.

Early season league goal statistics from Juventus's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.

Last season, Juventus's league statistics were 26 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 76 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season Juventus managed 16-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 46 goals and 17 conceded.

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Napoli form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Serie A, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.

Two travels in a row for Napoli, whose manager I. Gattuso could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Parma. A 1-3 defeat away at Barcelona before that.

We have checked recent matches where Napoli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.

Napoli have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Let's have a look at how Napoli performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 61 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 30/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Juventus victories, two draws and three Napoli wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Juventus missing players

Napoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Juventus Napoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 3 0 Scored S 0 2 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 19 0 Total Shots T S 0 18 18
6 6 0 Shots on Target S O 0 6 6
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
Juventus Last season Napoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
26 16   Won W   8 18
5 2   Drew D   5 8
7 1   Lost L   6 12
76 46   Scored S   30 61
43 17   Conceded C   26 50
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
89% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 87%
71% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 58%
34% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 13%
66% 58%   BTTS BTTS   68% 68%
32% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 18%
5% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 18%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.3 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
683 371   Total Shots T S   281 688
239 140   Shots on Target S O   101 236
32% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genoa 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Hellas Verona 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
5 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Inter 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Benevento 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
10 Fiorentina 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 3
11 Sassuolo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
15 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Torino 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
18 Crotone 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Roma 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Sampdoria 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 38 26 5 7 76 43 19 16 2 1 46 17 19 10 3 6 30 26 33 83
2 Inter 38 24 10 4 81 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 19 13 4 2 41 19 45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 19 12 2 5 51 26 19 11 7 1 47 22 50 78
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 19 14 3 2 46 17 19 10 3 6 33 25 37 78
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 19 10 4 5 36 27 19 11 3 5 41 24 26 70
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 17 66
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 19 10 3 6 31 24 19 8 5 6 30 26 11 62
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 19 8 3 8 44 33 19 6 6 7 25 30 6 51
9 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 19 5 8 6 22 22 19 7 5 7 29 26 3 49
10 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 19 7 2 10 26 24 19 7 5 7 30 33 -1 49
11 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 19 9 5 5 29 25 19 3 8 8 18 26 -4 49
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 19 5 8 6 25 29 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 47
13 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 19 7 4 8 32 28 19 4 8 7 20 28 -4 45
14 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 19 6 3 10 19 28 -14 45
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 19 6 4 9 25 30 19 6 2 11 23 35 -17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 19 7 4 8 23 30 19 4 3 12 23 38 -22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 19 7 1 11 24 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -26 39
18 Lecce 38 9 8 21 52 85 19 4 5 10 30 41 19 5 3 11 22 44 -33 35
19 Brescia 38 6 7 25 35 79 19 3 5 11 21 34 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 25
20 SPAL 38 5 5 28 27 77 19 2 4 13 16 40 19 3 1 15 11 37 -50 20

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genoa 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Hellas Verona 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
5 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Inter 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Benevento 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
10 Fiorentina 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 3
11 Sassuolo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
15 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Torino 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
18 Crotone 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
19 Roma 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Sampdoria 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0

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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.