North vs South in Italy: Always a tense rivalry

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Stadium (45666 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!

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.

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

A good away victory last time out for Juventus, who won 1-0 against Parma. In the match before that, Juventus hosted Inter and drew the International Champions Cup game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Juventus handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D1-L0.

Last season, Juventus's league statistics were 28 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 70 goals and conceded 30. Playing at home last season Juventus managed 15-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 13 conceded.

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Napoli form and stats

Only one away game in the Serie A so far for Napoli and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 11 victories, 3 draws and 5 losses from 19 travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Napoli, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Fiorentina in the Serie A last time out. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Bologna's place.

Napoli have the goal stats of 4-3 (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 2nd position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 74 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 33/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Juventus 6 wins, 1 draw and Napoli 3 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Insigne
2 goals / 2 assists
G. Chiellini
1 goals
D. Mertens
1 goals

Juventus missing players

Napoli missing players

Juventus Napoli
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 1 1 1
1 0 0 Won 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored 4 4 4
0 0 0 Conceded 3 3 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners For (avg) 5 5 5
5 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 4 4 4
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 4 4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Juventus Last season Napoli
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
1 0   Played   1 1
1 0   Won   1 1
0 0   Drew   0 0
0 0   Lost   0 0
1 0   Scored   4 4
0 0   Conceded   3 3
100% 0%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
0% 0%   Over 1.5   100% 100%
0% 0%   Over 2.5   100% 100%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   100% 100%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   100% 100%
0% 0%   BTTS   100% 100%
100% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 0%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 0%
 
8 0   Corners For (avg)   5 5
5 0   Corners Against (avg)   4 4
3 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   4 4
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Juventus
All Champions League International Champions Cup Serie A Super Cup Club Friendlies Coppa Italia
All Home Away
21-07-19 ICC Juventus 2 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur
24-07-19 ICC Juventus 1 - 1 Inter
10-08-19 ICC Atletico Madrid 2 - 1 Juventus
17-08-19 CF Triestina 0 - 1 Juventus
24-08-19 SA Parma 0 - 1 Juventus
31-08-19 SA Juventus 18:45 Napoli
15-09-19 SA Fiorentina - Juventus
22-09-19 SA Juventus - Hellas Verona
25-09-19 SA Brescia - Juventus
29-09-19 SA Juventus - SPAL
Napoli
All Champions League Europa League Serie A Club Friendlies Coppa Italia
All Home Away
13-07-19 CF Napoli 1 - 2 Benevento
28-07-19 CF Liverpool 0 - 3 Napoli
07-08-19 CF Barcelona 2 - 1 Napoli
10-08-19 CF Napoli 0 - 4 Barcelona
24-08-19 SA Fiorentina 3 - 4 Napoli
31-08-19 SA Juventus 18:45 Napoli
15-09-19 SA Napoli - Sampdoria
22-09-19 SA Lecce - Napoli
25-09-19 SA Napoli - Cagliari
29-09-19 SA Napoli - Brescia

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Inter 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lazio 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Napoli 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
4 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Torino 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Brescia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Juventus 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Udinese 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Genoa 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
10 Roma 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Bologna 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Hellas Verona 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fiorentina 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 SPAL 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Cagliari 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Milan 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Lecce 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -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 D P
1 Juventus 38 28 6 4 70 30 19 15 4 0 39 13 19 13 2 4 31 17 40 90
2 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 36 19 13 4 2 41 16 19 11 3 5 33 20 38 79
3 Atalanta 38 20 9 9 77 46 19 10 5 4 36 19 19 10 4 5 41 27 31 69
4 Inter 38 20 9 9 57 33 19 11 5 3 27 10 19 9 4 6 30 23 24 69
5 Milan 38 19 11 8 55 36 19 12 4 3 31 17 19 7 7 5 24 19 19 68
6 Roma 38 18 12 8 66 48 19 12 5 2 43 26 19 6 7 6 23 22 18 66
7 Torino 38 16 15 7 52 37 19 12 2 5 32 19 19 4 13 2 20 18 15 63
8 Lazio 38 17 8 13 56 46 19 9 5 5 36 25 19 8 3 8 20 21 10 59
9 Sampdoria 38 15 8 15 60 51 19 10 2 7 28 16 19 5 6 8 32 35 9 53
10 Bologna 38 11 11 16 48 56 19 9 4 6 28 22 19 2 7 10 20 34 -8 44
11 Sassuolo 38 9 16 13 53 60 19 5 10 4 33 33 19 4 6 9 20 27 -7 43
12 Udinese 38 11 10 17 39 53 19 8 5 6 22 22 19 3 5 11 17 31 -14 43
13 SPAL 38 11 9 18 44 56 19 5 7 7 20 26 19 6 2 11 24 30 -12 42
14 Parma 38 10 11 17 41 61 19 5 7 7 18 25 19 5 4 10 23 36 -20 41
15 Cagliari 38 10 11 17 36 54 19 8 6 5 23 20 19 2 5 12 13 34 -18 41
16 Fiorentina 38 8 17 13 47 45 19 5 9 5 25 19 19 3 8 8 22 26 2 41
17 Genoa 38 8 14 16 39 57 19 6 8 5 21 22 19 2 6 11 18 35 -18 38
18 Empoli 38 10 8 20 51 70 19 9 3 7 33 30 19 1 5 13 18 40 -19 38
19 Frosinone 38 5 10 23 29 69 19 1 6 12 14 38 19 4 4 11 15 31 -40 25
20 Chievo 38 2 14 22 25 75 19 1 7 11 14 37 19 1 7 11 11 38 -50 17

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