Serie A preview: Can Napoli edge out victory against Fiorentina?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Napoli get ready for another game after their 3-1 result versus Atalanta, a game they learned a lot from. How will this affect the battle against Fiorentina?

Insights:
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Serie A
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Napoli form and stats

The overall Serie A statistics at home this season for Napoli, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Serie A, are 9-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Napoli are returning here after visiting Atalanta and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Elmas, Politano and Insigne scored the goal(s). Rui, defender, was given a rating of 7.73/10 in that game, top of the team. Rui hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Udinese in a game that was won 2-1.

The Napoli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. 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 15 matches.

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Fiorentina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Fiorentina won their last game, 1-0 versus Empoli played at home. González, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.3. González scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).

A 1-1 draw at Inter's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Fiorentina playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.

Fiorentina find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Fiorentina have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Napoli and Fiorentina have played each other previously this season: Fiorentina - Napoli 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Napoli victories, two draws and three Fiorentina wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
11 goals
NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
8 goals

Napoli missing players

Fiorentina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Napoli Fiorentina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
20 9 3 Won W 0 5 15
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
5 4 1 Lost L 3 7 10
56 25 9 Scored S 2 16 49
23 11 5 Conceded C 6 22 38
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 77%
48% 40% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 63%
26% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 30%
10% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
48% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 57%
42% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 27%
13% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 17%
 
5.3 6.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.3 5.1
3.6 3.1 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 3.5
1.7 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 5 8
 
15.8 18.9 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 12.1 13.7
5.6 6.1 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 4.9
32% 27% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 29% 33%
 
10.7 8.9 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.9 9.7
3.5 2.9 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie A
  • Napoli have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Napoli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 31 20 6 5 56 23 15 9 2 4 25 11 16 11 4 1 31 12 33 66
2 Milan 30 20 6 4 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 66
3 Inter 30 18 9 3 63 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 39 63
4 Juventus 31 17 8 6 47 27 16 9 3 4 20 10 15 8 5 2 27 17 20 59
5 Roma 31 16 6 9 51 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 15 7 2 6 28 21 16 54
6 Lazio 31 15 7 9 60 46 15 9 4 2 35 19 16 6 3 7 25 27 14 52
7 Atalanta 30 14 9 7 52 34 15 4 6 5 25 21 15 10 3 2 27 13 18 51
8 Fiorentina 30 15 5 10 49 38 15 10 2 3 33 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 11 50
9 Sassuolo 31 11 10 10 56 51 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 6 5 5 33 28 5 43
10 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 55 47 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 8 42
11 Torino 30 10 8 12 35 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 38
12 Udinese 29 7 12 10 41 47 15 5 7 3 24 22 14 2 5 7 17 25 -6 33
13 Bologna 29 9 6 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -12 33
14 Empoli 31 8 9 14 41 56 15 3 3 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 33
15 Spezia 31 9 5 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -22 32
16 Sampdoria 31 8 5 18 39 52 16 4 3 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 16 23 -13 29
17 Cagliari 31 5 10 16 29 59 15 2 6 7 16 26 16 3 4 9 13 33 -30 25
18 Genoa 30 2 16 12 23 47 15 1 8 6 10 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -24 22
19 Venezia 30 5 7 18 25 55 15 2 4 9 15 30 15 3 3 9 10 25 -30 22
20 Salernitana 29 3 7 19 22 66 15 1 5 9 12 32 14 2 2 10 10 34 -44 16

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Table
  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 31 20 6 5 56 23 15 9 2 4 25 11 16 11 4 1 31 12 33 66
2 Milan 30 20 6 4 56 29 15 9 3 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 66
3 Inter 30 18 9 3 63 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 39 63
4 Juventus 31 17 8 6 47 27 16 9 3 4 20 10 15 8 5 2 27 17 20 59
5 Roma 31 16 6 9 51 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 15 7 2 6 28 21 16 54
6 Lazio 31 15 7 9 60 46 15 9 4 2 35 19 16 6 3 7 25 27 14 52
7 Atalanta 30 14 9 7 52 34 15 4 6 5 25 21 15 10 3 2 27 13 18 51
8 Fiorentina 30 15 5 10 49 38 15 10 2 3 33 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 11 50
9 Sassuolo 31 11 10 10 56 51 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 6 5 5 33 28 5 43
10 Hellas Verona 30 11 9 10 55 47 15 8 2 5 31 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 8 42
11 Torino 30 10 8 12 35 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 38
12 Udinese 29 7 12 10 41 47 15 5 7 3 24 22 14 2 5 7 17 25 -6 33
13 Bologna 29 9 6 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 14 26 -12 33
14 Empoli 31 8 9 14 41 56 15 3 3 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 33
15 Spezia 31 9 5 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -22 32
16 Sampdoria 31 8 5 18 39 52 16 4 3 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 16 23 -13 29
17 Cagliari 31 5 10 16 29 59 15 2 6 7 16 26 16 3 4 9 13 33 -30 25
18 Genoa 30 2 16 12 23 47 15 1 8 6 10 19 15 1 8 6 13 28 -24 22
19 Venezia 30 5 7 18 25 55 15 2 4 9 15 30 15 3 3 9 10 25 -30 22
20 Salernitana 29 3 7 19 22 66 15 1 5 9 12 32 14 2 2 10 10 34 -44 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.