The managers C. Ancelotti and G. Gasperini are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie A league table.
Napoli and Atalanta 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 form and stats
Napoli are steadily winning games and points here at Stadio San Paolo. 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games.Happy days for Napoli in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Chievo that ended with a 3-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Arsenal (0-2).
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 Napoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Napoli can score goals in their home matches. After 16 matches they have found the net 34 times. Napoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio San Paolo, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.
Atalanta form and stats
8 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Atalanta, who have the most scored goals (35) away in Serie A, playing as the away team this season.Atalanta delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Empoli in their previous match; a Serie A game. A 0-0 draw at Inter's stadium before that.
Atalanta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 20 wins, 13 draws and 13 defeats. From a total of 46 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Atalanta are hosting Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia only three days away.
The Atalanta manager G. Gasperini has got the team scoring on the road, with 35 away goals in 16 matches. Atalanta have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Atalanta - Napoli 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Napoli won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Atalanta has 3 wins.Top Goalscorers
  D. Zapata 20 goals / 5 assists |   A. Milik 17 goals / 2 assists |  D. Mertens 11 goals / 10 assists |
Napoli missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Napoli | Atalanta | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | Played | 16 | 32 |
| 61 | 34 | Scored | 35 | 64 |
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | 24 | 41 |
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 91% |
| 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 88% | 78% |
| 62% | 56% | Over 2.5 | 69% | 66% |
| 31% | 31% | Over 3.5 | 56% | 50% |
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | 31% | 25% |
| 53% | 50% | Both teams to score | 62% | 59% |
| 41% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 19% | 25% |
| 19% | 12% | Failed To Score | 25% | 25% |
| 6.8 | 8.2 | Corners For (avg) | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.9 | 4 |
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 3 | 3 |
- Atalanta is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| 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 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 43 | 84 |
| 2 | Napoli | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 67 |
| 3 | Inter | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 60 |
| 4 | Milan | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 55 |
| 5 | Roma | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 54 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 53 |
| 7 | Torino | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| 8 | Lazio | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 49 |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 48 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 32 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 46 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 40 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 37 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -13 | 37 |
| 13 | SPAL | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -15 | 35 |
| 14 | Parma | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 15 | Genoa | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 34 |
| 16 | Udinese | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 32 |
| 17 | Bologna | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -16 | 31 |
| 18 | Empoli | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 59 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -19 | 29 |
| 19 | Frosinone | 32 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 59 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 23 |
| 20 | Chievo | 32 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 35 | -45 | 11 |
