This could be an interesting match as Napoli have their presumed home advantage while Roma are ahead 3 points in the Serie A table.
- Napoli has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie A
- Roma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Napoli form and stats
2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Napoli have to build on here at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in the Serie A.
Napoli's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Roma (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Rijeka.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Napoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost two.
Goals are plentiful at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in the league this season as Napoli has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Napoli defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Roma form and stats
Playing away, Roma have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie A this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Roma, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Napoli (placed 7th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at CFR Cluj.
Roma are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Roma has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. In the opposite end, Roma have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Napoli, two draws and four wins for Roma. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mkhitaryan 5 goals |  J. Veretout 4 goals |  E. Džeko 3 goals |
Napoli missing players
Roma missing players
| Napoli | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 56% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 33% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 38% |
| 22% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 16.4 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.5 | 14 |
| 5.7 | 7.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 33% | 33% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 42% |
- Napoli has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie A
- Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Roma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Inter | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Sassuolo | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Juventus | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Napoli | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | Atalanta | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Lazio | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Bologna | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Udinese | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Spezia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Benevento | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Parma | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Torino | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Genoa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 20 | Crotone | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 2 |