Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's leading characters are Juventus and Napoli, 3 points is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the duration.
- Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Serie A
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!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Napoli, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Juventus and Napoli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Juventus form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Juventus have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Allianz Stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny not having conceded a league goal in 215 minutes.
A nice win for Juventus last time playing, versus Cagliari. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Bernardeschi and Kean scoring for the victors. Cuadrado was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.04 out of 10. The defender Cuadrado hit four key passes and won 2 of 7 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Bologna.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Juventus handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.
Juventus are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Roma awaits in three days.
Juventus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Juventus have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games.
Napoli's previous game was their home loss versus Spezia (0-1). Anguissa got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Anguissa hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 62 successful passes (of 70 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Milan at their stadium, the result 1-0.Napoli are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of five matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Napoli are hosting Sampdoria in the Serie A only three days away.
The Napoli manager Spalletti has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have battled previously this season: Napoli - Juventus 2-1. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Juventus won five games, one match ended with a draw and Napoli managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  Á. Morata Martín 5 goals |  P. Exequiel Dybala 5 goals |   F. Ruiz Peña 5 goals |
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| Juventus | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 35 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 74% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 68% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 53% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 32% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 37% |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | 53% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 16% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.4 | 14.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.8 | 15.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| 9.4 | 7.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 (14) in Serie A
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Serie A
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (10) 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 46 |
| 2 | Milan | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Napoli | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 39 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Juventus | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Roma | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 8 | Lazio | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Empoli | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Bologna | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | Torino | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Hellas Verona | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 14 | Udinese | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Venezia | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 17 |
| 17 | Spezia | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | Genoa | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -18 | 11 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -23 | 10 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -31 | 8 |
