With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Napoli fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lecce.
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!
Napoli form and stats
Napoli have collected 14 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-2-5.
A strong away win for Napoli against Sampdoria the last match, as Eljif Elmas, Dries Mertens, Diego Demme and Arkadiusz Milik were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Juventus in a game that was won 2-1.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Napoli as they are travelling to their away game against Inter in the Coppa Italia. That match is three days after this one.
Napoli are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Napoli have conceded 14 goals.
Lecce form and stats
There's been little loot from Lecce's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. Lecce only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on F. Liverani, the Lecce manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Lecce had fun at their own home (Stadio San Paolo, Napoli) last time out, beating Torino 4-0. Gianluca Lapadula, Antonín Barák, Alessandro Deiola and Filippo Falco scored. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Hellas Verona's place.
As you can tell from the results above, Lecce was very dominant against Torino, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Gianluca Lapadula, Antonín Barák, Alessandro Deiola and Filippo Falco providing the goals.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Lecce we find three games. Results are zero Lecce wins, zero draws and three defeats.
Lecce are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). For Lecce, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lecce - Napoli 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Napoli six wins, two draws and Lecce one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Milik 8 goals |   M. Mancosu 6 goals |  D. Mertens 5 goals |
Napoli missing players
Lecce missing players
| Napoli | Lecce | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 34 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 42 |
| 91% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 55% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 64% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 45% | 50% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 68% | 55% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 59% |
| 18% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 6.1 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 416 | 251 | 80 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 129 | 288 |
| 132 | 72 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 41 | 94 |
| 26% | 18% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 29% |
- Lecce have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Lecce have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lecce have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lecce haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Napoli has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 54 |
| 2 | Inter | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 26 | 51 |
| 3 | Lazio | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 32 | 50 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 29 | 39 |
| 5 | Roma | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Bologna | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Cagliari | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Parma | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Milan | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Napoli | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| 12 | Torino | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Udinese | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | Lecce | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 18 | Genoa | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | -20 | 16 |
| 19 | Brescia | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 15 |
| 20 | SPAL | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 15 |