North vs South in Italy: Always a tense rivalry

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (41507 seats)

Exciting top table page-turner in Serie A as Napoli have travelled the 497 miles necessary to challenge Juventus at their Allianz Stadium.

Insights:
  • Juventus have the most points (36) at home in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (66) 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!

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.

The hosts Juventus saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sporting CP.

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Juventus form and stats

Juventus have performed here at Allianz Stadium this season with 11 wins from 15 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Ever since the Monza game Juventus has been unbeatable here at Allianz Stadium producing four straight wins.

The Juventus coach Allegri and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sporting CP in the Europa League. Cuadrado, defender, was given a rating of 7.74/10 in that game, top of the team. Cuadrado hit two key passes and won 5 of 5 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Sassuolo in the Serie A.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 24 most recent league matches reveals that 19 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The manager Allegri will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Inter in only three days.

Juventus can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 34 times. Juventus have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Napoli form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Napoli so far, with 13-1-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Serie A statistics. Napoli are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Napoli delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Milan in their previous game; a Champions League fixture. Kvaratskhelia, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Kvaratskhelia hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 10 of 18 times and had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Hellas Verona in the Serie A.

Stats flash: 9 of the last 10 league fixtures involving this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Napoli are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Napoli - Juventus 5-1 was the result in these squads' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Juventus-Napoli H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Juventus four wins, Napoli four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
21 goals
NapoliK. Kvaratskhelia
K. Kvaratskhelia
12 goals
JuventusA. Rabiot
A. Rabiot
8 goals

Juventus missing players

Napoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Juventus Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 4 15 30
18 11 2 Won W 3 13 24
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
7 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
47 34 6 Scored S 5 33 66
25 12 1 Conceded C 3 8 21
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
60% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
37% 53% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 57%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 33%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 17%
27% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 40%
57% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 53% 50%
20% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 13% 17%
 
5.3 5.3 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.9
4.9 4.3 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.1 4
1.9 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.3
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.8 15.9 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.9 15.8
4.8 5.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 5.1 5.5
33% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 43% 40%
 
12.3 11.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10.3 9.7
3.4 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.3 2.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Juventus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Juventus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Juventus have the most points (36) at home in Serie A
  • Juventus have the most scored goals (34) at home in Serie A
  • Juventus have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Serie A
  • Juventus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have the most points (40) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (33) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (66) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+25) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+45) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 30 24 3 3 66 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 75
2 Lazio 30 18 7 5 49 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 15 9 4 2 24 7 29 61
3 Juventus 30 18 5 7 47 25 15 11 3 1 34 12 15 7 2 6 13 13 22 59
4 Roma 30 17 5 8 42 26 15 10 1 4 23 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 16 56
5 Milan 30 15 8 7 49 37 14 9 3 2 28 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 12 53
6 Inter 30 16 3 11 48 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 14 5 3 6 21 25 14 51
7 Atalanta 30 14 7 9 48 35 14 6 3 5 24 18 16 8 4 4 24 17 13 49
8 Bologna 30 12 8 10 39 37 16 7 6 3 21 11 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 44
9 Fiorentina 30 11 9 10 35 33 16 6 6 4 21 21 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 42
10 Sassuolo 30 11 7 12 38 43 15 7 3 5 19 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -5 40
11 Udinese 30 9 12 9 39 39 14 4 8 2 24 17 16 5 4 7 15 22 0 39
12 Torino 30 10 9 11 31 36 15 5 5 5 12 14 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 39
13 Monza 30 10 8 12 35 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 5 4 6 16 23 -6 38
14 Empoli 30 7 11 12 25 37 14 5 4 5 13 15 16 2 7 7 12 22 -12 32
15 Salernitana 30 6 12 12 34 50 15 4 5 6 20 21 15 2 7 6 14 29 -16 30
16 Lecce 30 6 10 14 26 36 15 2 7 6 15 20 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 28
17 Spezia 30 5 11 14 25 48 16 3 8 5 16 24 14 2 3 9 9 24 -23 26
18 Hellas Verona 30 5 8 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 15 0 6 9 7 20 -19 23
19 Cremonese 30 3 10 17 27 54 15 2 3 10 9 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -27 19
20 Sampdoria 30 3 7 20 19 51 15 1 4 10 8 22 15 2 3 10 11 29 -32 16

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 30 24 3 3 66 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 75
2 Lazio 30 18 7 5 49 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 15 9 4 2 24 7 29 61
3 Juventus 30 18 5 7 47 25 15 11 3 1 34 12 15 7 2 6 13 13 22 59
4 Roma 30 17 5 8 42 26 15 10 1 4 23 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 16 56
5 Milan 30 15 8 7 49 37 14 9 3 2 28 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 12 53
6 Inter 30 16 3 11 48 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 14 5 3 6 21 25 14 51
7 Atalanta 30 14 7 9 48 35 14 6 3 5 24 18 16 8 4 4 24 17 13 49
8 Bologna 30 12 8 10 39 37 16 7 6 3 21 11 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 44
9 Fiorentina 30 11 9 10 35 33 16 6 6 4 21 21 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 42
10 Sassuolo 30 11 7 12 38 43 15 7 3 5 19 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -5 40
11 Udinese 30 9 12 9 39 39 14 4 8 2 24 17 16 5 4 7 15 22 0 39
12 Torino 30 10 9 11 31 36 15 5 5 5 12 14 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 39
13 Monza 30 10 8 12 35 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 5 4 6 16 23 -6 38
14 Empoli 30 7 11 12 25 37 14 5 4 5 13 15 16 2 7 7 12 22 -12 32
15 Salernitana 30 6 12 12 34 50 15 4 5 6 20 21 15 2 7 6 14 29 -16 30
16 Lecce 30 6 10 14 26 36 15 2 7 6 15 20 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 28
17 Spezia 30 5 11 14 25 48 16 3 8 5 16 24 14 2 3 9 9 24 -23 26
18 Hellas Verona 30 5 8 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 15 0 6 9 7 20 -19 23
19 Cremonese 30 3 10 17 27 54 15 2 3 10 9 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -27 19
20 Sampdoria 30 3 7 20 19 51 15 1 4 10 8 22 15 2 3 10 11 29 -32 16

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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.