Serie A: Napoli anticipated to beat Lecce

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Paolo, Napoli (60240 seats)

This should be quite the engrossing battle at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in the Serie A. Napoli is in 1st place and welcome Lecce in 15th position. Learn more about the match here!

Insights:
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (9) in Serie A

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Napoli and Lecce.

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Napoli form and stats

The overall Serie A stats at home this season for Napoli are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alex Meret not having conceded a league goal in 222 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Napoli, facing Fiorentina in a game that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Meret got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.3 out of ten. Meret topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Napoli won a home game hosting Monza (4-0).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Napoli home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.

Napoli are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Lazio awaits in three days.

Napoli has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Lecce form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Serie A ended in defeat. Last season Lecce had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 6, drew 9 and lost 4.

Lecce's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Empoli that finished 1-1. Attacker Strefezza got a player rating of 7.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Strefezza scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Sassuolo's place.

It's early days yet, but Lecce has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Napoli six wins, two draws and Lecce two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliK. Kvaratskhelia
K. Kvaratskhelia
3 goals
NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
2 goals
NapoliP. Zieliński
P. Zieliński
1 goals

Napoli missing players

Lecce missing players

Napoli Lecce
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
9 4 4 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
67% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
7 10 10 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.3
3.3 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20.3 22 22 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 11.3
5.7 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.3
53% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
 
6.7 5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 13.3
3.3 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Napoli have the most scored goals (9) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+7) in Serie A
Napoli Last season Lecce
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   19 38
0 0   Won W   6 19
1 1   Drew D   9 14
0 0   Lost L   4 5
2 2   Scored S   22 59
2 2   Conceded C   17 31
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 71%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 45%
100% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 39%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   32% 18%
 
3 3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.5
2 2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.8
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
16 16   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 15
6 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.1
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 31%
 
4 4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 9.3
4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 2.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 3 2 1 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 7
2 Milan 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
3 Lazio 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
4 Atalanta 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 7
5 Torino 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
6 Roma 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 7
7 Inter 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 6
8 Juventus 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
9 Fiorentina 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
10 Salernitana 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
11 Udinese 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 4
12 Sassuolo 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
13 Spezia 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
14 Empoli 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
15 Lecce 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
16 Bologna 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 1
17 Hellas Verona 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
18 Sampdoria 3 0 1 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 1
19 Cremonese 3 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 0
20 Monza 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 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 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

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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.