Napoli anticipate the arrival of Salernitana with belief in picking up all three points. Can they? Open our preview!
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Serie A
- Salernitana have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli have performed here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona this season with 7 wins from 11 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Napoli, as their goalkeeper Alex Meret has completely shut out the opponents for 216 minutes in the Serie A.
Napoli enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bologna's place. The match ended 2-0 with Lozano (2) scoring. Midfielder Lozano was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.53 (out of ten) in that game. Lozano scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the home Coppa Italia game against Fiorentina (after extra-time) that was lost 2-5.Everyone expects Napoli to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found ten games: six home wins, zero draws and four defeats. Napoli have won with at least two goals margin four times in similar situations.
Napoli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Napoli have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Salernitana form and stats
Salernitana have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-1-7 (10 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Salernitana in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Lazio, 0-3. Tacchio got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Tacchio dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hellas Verona at their stadium, the result 2-1.Salernitana are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found three matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were two wins, zero draws and one defeat. Of the defeats, one game were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Salernitana, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Salernitana - Napoli 0-1 was the output when these sides formerly met, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Napoli wins - draws - Salernitana wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mertens 6 goals |  F. Ruiz Peña 5 goals |  P. Zieliński 5 goals |
Napoli missing players
Salernitana missing players
| Napoli | Salernitana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 39 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | 46 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 45% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 60% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 35% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 36% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 55% | 55% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 14% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 5.1 | 6.5 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.3 | 19.2 | 20.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 34% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 11 | 9.6 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 17.6 | 17.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 6.2 |
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Napoli have scored more than double the goals of Salernitana.
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Serie A
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (12) 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.
- Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Salernitana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Salernitana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Salernitana have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A
- Salernitana have the most conceded goals (46) in Serie A
- Salernitana have the the worst goal difference (-33) in Serie A
- Salernitana 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 | Inter | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Milan | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 46 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Juventus | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Roma | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Lazio | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 35 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Empoli | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Bologna | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Spezia | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -19 | 22 |
| 15 | Udinese | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Venezia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 22 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -33 | 11 |
