There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Napoli leading Crotone by 38 points.
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (11) in Serie A
- Crotone have the most conceded goals (70) in Serie A
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Napoli form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 13 Serie A games here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona for Napoli. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Napoli has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. We remember; it was Spezia.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper David Ospina Ramirez not having conceded a league goal in 197 minutes.
It's back home for Napoli, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Roma away with the result 2-0. Dries Mertens (2) found the net in that victory. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Milan.
The manager I. Gattuso will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Juventus in only four days.
Napoli are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (33 goals in 13 games). Napoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Crotone form and stats
Crotone, who have the most conceded goals (70) in Serie A, have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 0-2-12 (14 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.
Crotone's previous game was their home loss versus Bologna (2-3). Prior to that match, the Crotone manager S. Cosmi faced defeat when travelling to Lazio and losing 2-3.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Crotone in their fight with Bologna last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Crotone goalkeeper Alex Cordaz had a great day against Bologna, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Crotone as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and four defeats. The outsiders lost three of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Crotone's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 41 goals in 14 travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Crotone - Napoli 0-4 earlier this season. Napoli-Crotone H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Napoli six wins, Crotone one win, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Insigne 13 goals |   S. Tochukwu Nwankwo 13 goals |  H. Lozano Bahena 9 goals |
Napoli missing players
Crotone missing players
| Napoli | Crotone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 58 | 33 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 18 | 41 | 70 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 85% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 89% |
| 59% | 62% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 79% | 75% |
| 41% | 46% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 57% | 50% |
| 22% | 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 36% |
| 48% | 46% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 64% |
| 41% | 46% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 36% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | 35% |
- Crotone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Crotone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crotone have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie A
- Crotone have the fewest points (2) away in Serie A
- Crotone have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
- Crotone have the most conceded goals (41) away in Serie A
- Crotone have the most conceded goals (70) in Serie A
- Crotone have the most conceded goals in the first half (36) in Serie A
- Crotone have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Serie A
- Crotone have the the worst goal difference (-29) away in Serie A
- Crotone have the the worst goal difference (-38) in Serie A
- Crotone have yet to win a game away.
- Crotone is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crotone have scored away.
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (11) in Serie A
- Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 65 |
| 2 | Milan | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 31 | 55 |
| 4 | Juventus | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 55 |
| 5 | Napoli | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 29 | 53 |
| 6 | Roma | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 50 |
| 7 | Lazio | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 49 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 11 | Bologna | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -5 | 34 |
| 12 | Udinese | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Genoa | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -10 | 29 |
| 15 | Spezia | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -15 | 29 |
| 16 | Benevento | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -24 | 29 |
| 17 | Torino | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -11 | 23 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -17 | 22 |
| 19 | Parma | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 30 | -28 | 19 |
| 20 | Crotone | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 32 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 41 | -38 | 15 |