Napoli will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 27 points behind Juventus.
Even though the relationship between Northern and Southern Italy has improved, there's still cultural, political and historical differences. These play out in the football matches between the big teams from each region, such as when Juventus from the north meet Napoli from the south. The sporting rivalry has increased since the 1980s when Napoli became more regular contenders for trophies, led by legend player Diego Maradona. This should be an all-action match!
Juventus could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Coppa Italia game only four sleeps ago.
It's quite the trip for Juventus when visiting Napoli as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Napoli form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Napoli are 3-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). It's been an uphill battle for Napoli in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Genoa game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. Napoli has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager I. Gattuso and the players.
Napoli are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 231 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Milik).
Napoli's previous game was a Coppa Italia match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Lazio (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the home loss against Fiorentina with the scoreline 0-2.
The Napoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Juventus form and stats
Juventus have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games. Juventus have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Juventus has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Juventus won their last game, 3-1 versus Roma played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Parma in the Serie A.
Juventus are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
Napoli and Juventus have met before this season: Juventus - Napoli 4-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Napoli won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Juventus has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
  C. Ronaldo 16 goals |   A. Milik 7 goals |  P. Exequiel Dybala 5 goals |
Napoli missing players
Juventus missing players
| Napoli | Juventus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 39 |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 95% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 70% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 65% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 70% |
| 20% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 30% | 30% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 6.3 | 6.6 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 7 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 383 | 231 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 141 | 352 |
| 121 | 68 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 48 | 128 |
| 23% | 16% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 31% | 30% |
- Juventus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Juventus have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Napoli has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 51 |
| 2 | Inter | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 47 |
| 3 | Lazio | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 45 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 29 | 38 |
| 5 | Roma | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 38 |
| 6 | Milan | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 31 |
| 7 | Cagliari | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Parma | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Bologna | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Torino | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 11 | Hellas Verona | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Napoli | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Udinese | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Lecce | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 16 |
| 18 | SPAL | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 15 |
| 19 | Genoa | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 15 |
| 20 | Brescia | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -20 | 15 |