The manager I. Gattuso looks to inspire Napoli win against Genoa

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Paolo, Napoli (60240 seats)

It's game two of the Serie A season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Napoli-Genoa!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Napoli form and stats

Happy days for Napoli in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Parma (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Napoli lost 1-3 at Barcelona's place.

Napoli are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew three and lost one.

Last season, Napoli's league statistics were 18 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 61 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Napoli managed 10-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 24 conceded.

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Genoa form and stats

The supporters enjoyed Genoa's previous game versus Crotone (placed 19th), a Serie A 4-1 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Hellas Verona.

You'll want to know how Genoa managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and two home wins.

Let's have a look at how Genoa performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 9 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 73 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 8 and lost 8 with 23/42 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Napoli won six, Genoa won zero and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliD. Mertens
D. Mertens
1 goals
NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
1 goals
GenoaG. Pandev
G. Pandev
1 goals

Napoli missing players

Genoa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Napoli Genoa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 16
6 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 6
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
Napoli Last season Genoa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 10   Won W   3 10
8 3   Drew D   8 9
12 6   Lost L   8 19
61 31   Scored S   23 47
50 24   Conceded C   42 73
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 84%
58% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   84% 79%
26% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 42%
13% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
68% 68%   BTTS BTTS   63% 63%
18% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 18%
18% 16%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.8
2 1   Red cards R C   6 10
 
688 407   Total Shots T S   213 439
236 135   Shots on Target S O   78 157
26% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genoa 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Sassuolo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hellas Verona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Roma 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Crotone 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 +/- P
1 Juventus 38 26 5 7 76 43 19 16 2 1 46 17 19 10 3 6 30 26 33 83
2 Inter 38 24 10 4 81 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 19 13 4 2 41 19 45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 19 12 2 5 51 26 19 11 7 1 47 22 50 78
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 19 14 3 2 46 17 19 10 3 6 33 25 37 78
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 19 10 4 5 36 27 19 11 3 5 41 24 26 70
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 17 66
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 19 10 3 6 31 24 19 8 5 6 30 26 11 62
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 19 8 3 8 44 33 19 6 6 7 25 30 6 51
9 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 19 5 8 6 22 22 19 7 5 7 29 26 3 49
10 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 19 7 2 10 26 24 19 7 5 7 30 33 -1 49
11 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 19 9 5 5 29 25 19 3 8 8 18 26 -4 49
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 19 5 8 6 25 29 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 47
13 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 19 7 4 8 32 28 19 4 8 7 20 28 -4 45
14 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 19 6 3 10 19 28 -14 45
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 19 6 4 9 25 30 19 6 2 11 23 35 -17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 19 7 4 8 23 30 19 4 3 12 23 38 -22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 19 7 1 11 24 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -26 39
18 Lecce 38 9 8 21 52 85 19 4 5 10 30 41 19 5 3 11 22 44 -33 35
19 Brescia 38 6 7 25 35 79 19 3 5 11 21 34 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 25
20 SPAL 38 5 5 28 27 77 19 2 4 13 16 40 19 3 1 15 11 37 -50 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genoa 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milan 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Sassuolo 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hellas Verona 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Roma 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Crotone 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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Read more about Serie A

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.