Serie A fixture preview and stats: Napoli against Milan

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

The Napoli & Milan bosses Spalletti and Pioli are both fearing and feeling excited about this very important match in the top area of the Serie A table.

Insights:
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Serie A
  • Milan have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Serie A

This could be an entertaining game with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Napoli form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona as Napoli have scored 23 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Napoli in their previous game, a fixture away at Lazio (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfield player Insigne got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Insigne scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Napoli handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and two defeats.

Napoli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with 23 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Napoli have conceded only 9 goals.

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Milan form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Serie A.

Leão got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Leão hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 8 of 8 times.

A draw for Milan before that, at their own venue hosting Udinese (1-1).

We have checked recent matches where Milan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were three victories, one draw and one defeat.

Milan have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 31 goals from 13 away matches. Milan have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Milan - Napoli 0-1 was the product when these two contenders last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Napoli won four, Milan were winners in two and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
8 goals
MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
8 goals
NapoliD. Mertens
D. Mertens
7 goals

Napoli missing players

Milan missing players

Napoli Milan
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
17 8 1 Won W 3 9 17
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
4 3 1 Lost L 0 1 4
49 23 5 Scored S 8 31 53
19 9 5 Conceded C 5 17 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 81%
44% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 77% 56%
26% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 33%
11% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 31% 22%
44% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 63%
48% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 33%
11% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
5.3 6.5 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.4 4.9
3.3 2.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.6 4.3
1.6 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
16.2 19.2 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14.5 15.6
5.6 6.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.5 5
32% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 43% 39%
 
10.5 8.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 12.7 11.2
3.4 2.5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.6 3.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Milan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Milan have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Milan have the most scored goals (31) away in Serie A
  • Milan have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Serie A
  • Milan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most clean sheets (13) in Serie A
  • Napoli have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Napoli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Napoli is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie A

  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 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
2 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
3 Inter 26 16 7 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 33 55
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 26 13 8 5 50 30 13 4 5 4 24 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 20 47
6 Roma 27 13 5 9 45 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 11 44
7 Lazio 27 12 7 8 54 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 14 5 3 6 22 24 12 43
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 25 5 11 9 32 42 12 3 6 3 16 19 13 2 5 6 16 23 -10 26
15 Sampdoria 27 7 5 15 35 46 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 3 2 8 13 21 -11 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 27 5 10 12 28 48 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 3 4 7 12 26 -20 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 25 3 6 16 20 56 13 1 4 8 10 29 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 15

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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.