With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Napoli fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Bologna.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Liverpool, so at least Napoli are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Napoli form and stats
Napoli have collected 11 points from their Serie A home games so far after 3-2-1. Two draws in a row at home now for Napoli.
The home team returns to Stadio San Paolo after sharing the points with Liverpool on their last time out; the Champions League game ended 1-1. Before that, Napoli played out a Serie A draw 1-1 when visiting Milan.
The Napoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Napoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio San Paolo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Bologna form and stats
There's been little loot from Bologna's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Serie A. Bologna only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Bologna as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Genoa match.
Bologna delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Parma (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Prior to that match, the Bologna manager S. Mihajlović faced defeat when travelling to Sassuolo and losing 1-3.
The schedule is very tough for Bologna now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Coppa Italia game at Udinese is waiting in only three days.
Bologna are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bologna have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Napoli victories, 1 draw and 2 Bologna wins. 10 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Milik 5 goals |  D. Mertens 4 goals |   R. Palacio 4 goals |
Napoli missing players
Bologna missing players
| Napoli | Bologna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 85% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 77% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 77% |
| 46% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 69% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 62% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 77% |
| 31% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 15% |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 6.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 244 | 139 | 69 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 101 | 165 |
| 82 | 43 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 27 | 54 |
| 27% | 19% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 33% |
- Bologna has the most dropped points from leading position (10)
- Bologna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Napoli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | Inter | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Lazio | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Roma | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | Napoli | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Parma | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Torino | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Milan | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Udinese | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Bologna | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Lecce | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Genoa | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | SPAL | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 9 |
| 20 | Brescia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 7 |