Soccer betting preview: Napoli welcomes Inter in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sun 19.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Paolo (60240 seats)

The managers C. Ancelotti and L. Spalletti are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie A league table.

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

Napoli are steadily winning games and points here at Stadio San Paolo. 12 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 18 games.

A good away victory last time out for Napoli, who won 2-1 against SPAL. Before that, Napoli had a home game versus Cagliari which ended with a victory 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Napoli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 2.

Goals decide football matches and Napoli are scoring many of them at home; 37 on target from 18 matches. Napoli have only conceded 15 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Inter form and stats

9 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Inter playing as the away team this season.

Inter won their last game, 2-0 versus Chievo played at home. A 0-0 draw at Udinese's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Inter in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Inter, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Inter are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 29 times in 18 away games so far. As opposed to that, Inter have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Inter - Napoli 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 3 - 3 (Napoli wins - draws - Inter wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Milik
17 goals / 3 assists
D. Mertens
14 goals / 10 assists
L. Insigne
10 goals / 6 assists

Napoli missing players

Inter missing players

Napoli Inter
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played 4 18 36
23 12 1 Won 1 9 19
7 4 1 Drew 1 4 9
6 2 2 Lost 2 5 8
68 37 6 Scored 6 29 54
32 15 7 Conceded 9 19 28
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 92%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 75% 61% 58%
64% 61% 75% Over 2.5 75% 56% 42%
28% 28% 25% Over 3.5 75% 33% 22%
14% 22% 25% Over 4.5 50% 17% 11%
56% 56% 100% BTTS 75% 44% 36%
39% 44% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 39% 47%
17% 11% 0% Failed To Score 25% 22% 25%
 
6.8 7.8 9.2 Corners For (avg) 6 6.7 7.8
4.1 3.7 2.8 Corners Against (avg) 7.8 4.9 4
2 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.8 2.3 1.9
5 1 1 Red Cards 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Napoli
All Champions League Europa League Serie A Coppa Italia Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-04-19 SA Napoli 1 - 1 Genoa
11-04-19 EL Arsenal 2 - 0 Napoli
14-04-19 SA Chievo 1 - 3 Napoli
18-04-19 EL Napoli 0 - 1 Arsenal
22-04-19 SA Napoli 1 - 2 Atalanta
28-04-19 SA Frosinone 0 - 2 Napoli
05-05-19 SA Napoli 2 - 1 Cagliari
12-05-19 SA SPAL 1 - 2 Napoli
19-05-19 SA Napoli 18:30 Inter
26-05-19 SA Bologna - Napoli
Inter
All Champions League International Champions Cup Europa League Serie A Club Friendlies Coppa Italia
All Home Away
14-04-19 SA Frosinone 1 - 3 Inter
20-04-19 SA Inter 1 - 1 Roma
27-04-19 SA Inter 1 - 1 Juventus
04-05-19 SA Udinese 0 - 0 Inter
13-05-19 SA Inter 2 - 0 Chievo
19-05-19 SA Napoli 18:30 Inter
26-05-19 SA Inter - Empoli
20-07-19 ICC Manchester United 11:30 Inter
24-07-19 ICC Juventus 11:30 Inter
27-07-19 CF PSG - Inter

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Juventus 36 28 5 3 69 27 18 15 3 0 38 12 18 13 2 3 31 15 42 89
2 Napoli 36 23 7 6 68 32 18 12 4 2 37 15 18 11 3 4 31 17 36 76
3 Inter 36 19 9 8 54 28 18 10 5 3 25 9 18 9 4 5 29 19 26 66
4 Atalanta 36 19 8 9 73 44 18 9 5 4 33 18 18 10 3 5 40 26 29 65
5 Roma 37 17 12 8 64 47 18 11 5 2 41 25 19 6 7 6 23 22 17 63
6 Milan 36 17 11 8 50 34 18 11 4 3 29 17 18 6 7 5 21 17 16 62
7 Torino 36 15 15 6 48 32 18 11 2 5 29 18 18 4 13 1 19 14 16 60
8 Lazio 36 17 7 12 52 40 18 9 4 5 33 22 18 8 3 7 19 18 12 58
9 Sampdoria 36 14 7 15 58 51 18 9 2 7 26 16 18 5 5 8 32 35 7 49
10 Sassuolo 37 9 16 12 52 57 19 5 10 4 33 33 18 4 6 8 19 24 -5 43
11 SPAL 37 11 9 17 42 53 18 5 7 6 18 23 19 6 2 11 24 30 -11 42
12 Cagliari 37 10 11 16 35 52 18 8 6 4 22 18 19 2 5 12 13 34 -17 41
13 Fiorentina 36 8 16 12 47 44 18 5 8 5 25 19 18 3 8 7 22 25 3 40
14 Bologna 36 10 10 16 42 51 18 8 4 6 25 20 18 2 6 10 17 31 -9 40
15 Udinese 37 10 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 22 22 18 2 5 11 15 30 -15 40
16 Parma 36 9 11 16 39 59 18 4 7 7 17 25 18 5 4 9 22 34 -20 38
17 Genoa 37 8 13 16 39 57 19 6 8 5 21 22 18 2 5 11 18 35 -18 37
18 Empoli 36 9 8 19 46 67 18 8 3 7 29 29 18 1 5 12 17 38 -21 35
19 Frosinone 36 5 9 22 29 67 18 1 5 12 14 38 18 4 4 10 15 29 -38 24
20 Chievo 36 2 12 22 25 75 18 1 6 11 14 37 18 1 6 11 11 38 -50 15

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