Easy win predicted for Napoli when Hellas Verona visits

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

3rd position in the Serie A table for Napoli so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Hellas Verona visits Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Insights:
  • Napoli is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Napoli have scored more than double the goals of Hellas Verona.

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.

Hellas is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Napoli form and stats

39 points is a decent return from 18 Serie A games here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona for Napoli. The data says 12 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The Napoli fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona and will expect new points from this game. Napoli has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Napoli are returning here after visiting Fiorentina in a Serie A game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Lorenzo Insigne scored the goal(s). Nobody expected Napoli to beat Fiorentina in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Lorenzo Insigne (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Insigne scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).

Before that, Napoli had a home game versus Udinese which ended with a victory 5-1.

Goals are plentiful at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the league this season as Napoli has scored 49 goals here in 18 home games. On the other hand, Napoli have conceded 19 goals.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

Playing away, Hellas Verona have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 8 defeats in the Serie A this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on I. Juric, the Hellas Verona manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Hellas Verona played 2-2 against Bologna in their previous match. Davide Faraoni got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Faraoni scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Crotone's place.

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 Hellas as the away team, we found two results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and two defeats. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.

The visiting Hellas have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hellas have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hellas Verona - Napoli 3-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Napoli, zero draws and two wins for Hellas Verona. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
19 goals
NapoliH. Lozano Bahena
H. Lozano Bahena
11 goals
NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
10 goals

Napoli missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Napoli Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
24 12 5 Won W 2 5 10
4 3 0 Drew D 2 5 11
9 3 1 Lost L 1 8 15
85 49 20 Scored S 7 22 42
40 19 5 Conceded C 5 24 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
89% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 81%
57% 61% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 44%
41% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 28% 22%
27% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
54% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 61%
38% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 17%
8% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.2 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17 16.8 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 10.1 11.1
6.1 6.7 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.9 3.4
37% 40% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 42% 34%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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.
  • Napoli have scored more than double the goals of Hellas Verona.
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Napoli is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 37 27 7 3 84 34 18 16 1 1 48 17 19 11 6 2 36 17 50 88
2 Atalanta 37 23 9 5 90 45 18 12 3 3 49 22 19 11 6 2 41 23 45 78
3 Napoli 37 24 4 9 85 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 76
4 Milan 37 23 7 7 72 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 76
5 Juventus 37 22 9 6 73 37 19 14 2 3 40 18 18 8 7 3 33 19 36 75
6 Lazio 36 21 4 11 61 53 18 13 2 3 36 23 18 8 2 8 25 30 8 67
7 Roma 37 18 7 12 66 56 19 13 4 2 42 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 10 61
8 Sassuolo 37 16 11 10 62 56 18 6 8 4 29 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 6 59
9 Sampdoria 37 14 7 16 49 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -5 49
10 Hellas Verona 37 11 11 15 45 47 19 6 6 7 23 23 18 5 5 8 22 24 -2 44
11 Bologna 37 10 11 16 50 61 18 7 5 6 32 29 19 3 6 10 18 32 -11 41
12 Udinese 37 10 10 17 41 53 19 5 4 10 14 19 18 5 6 7 27 34 -12 40
13 Fiorentina 37 9 12 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 18 3 6 9 22 34 -12 39
14 Genoa 37 9 12 16 46 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 18 4 5 9 17 28 -12 39
15 Spezia 37 9 11 17 50 70 18 5 6 7 26 31 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 38
16 Cagliari 37 9 10 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 19 4 6 9 21 27 -15 37
17 Torino 36 7 14 15 49 68 18 3 8 7 24 35 18 4 6 8 25 33 -19 35
18 Benevento 37 7 11 19 39 74 19 2 7 10 19 39 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 32
19 Crotone 37 6 4 27 45 92 18 5 1 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 22
20 Parma 37 3 11 23 39 80 19 2 5 12 16 39 18 1 6 11 23 41 -41 20

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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 Inter 37 27 7 3 84 34 18 16 1 1 48 17 19 11 6 2 36 17 50 88
2 Atalanta 37 23 9 5 90 45 18 12 3 3 49 22 19 11 6 2 41 23 45 78
3 Napoli 37 24 4 9 85 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 76
4 Milan 37 23 7 7 72 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 76
5 Juventus 37 22 9 6 73 37 19 14 2 3 40 18 18 8 7 3 33 19 36 75
6 Lazio 36 21 4 11 61 53 18 13 2 3 36 23 18 8 2 8 25 30 8 67
7 Roma 37 18 7 12 66 56 19 13 4 2 42 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 10 61
8 Sassuolo 37 16 11 10 62 56 18 6 8 4 29 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 6 59
9 Sampdoria 37 14 7 16 49 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -5 49
10 Hellas Verona 37 11 11 15 45 47 19 6 6 7 23 23 18 5 5 8 22 24 -2 44
11 Bologna 37 10 11 16 50 61 18 7 5 6 32 29 19 3 6 10 18 32 -11 41
12 Udinese 37 10 10 17 41 53 19 5 4 10 14 19 18 5 6 7 27 34 -12 40
13 Fiorentina 37 9 12 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 18 3 6 9 22 34 -12 39
14 Genoa 37 9 12 16 46 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 18 4 5 9 17 28 -12 39
15 Spezia 37 9 11 17 50 70 18 5 6 7 26 31 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 38
16 Cagliari 37 9 10 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 19 4 6 9 21 27 -15 37
17 Torino 36 7 14 15 49 68 18 3 8 7 24 35 18 4 6 8 25 33 -19 35
18 Benevento 37 7 11 19 39 74 19 2 7 10 19 39 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 32
19 Crotone 37 6 4 27 45 92 18 5 1 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 22
20 Parma 37 3 11 23 39 80 19 2 5 12 16 39 18 1 6 11 23 41 -41 20

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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.