Early betting lines indicate Napoli advantage hosting Torino at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Paolo, Napoli (60240 seats)

The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Napoli leading Torino by 16 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Napoli has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Torino has the most conceded goals (31) in Serie A

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Napoli form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli as Napoli have scored 17 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Napoli has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 202 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Petagna was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Napoli will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie A game against Lazio (placed 8th). Prior to that, an away loss at Inter.

Napoli are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew three and lost three.

Napoli are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in their league games, having scored an impressive 17 goals in 6 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Torino form and stats

There's been little loot from Torino's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Serie A. Torino, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Serie A, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Torino are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Torino delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Bologna (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Roma's place.

The draw against Bologna came from a losing position. The Torino manager M. Giampaolo brought on Simone Verdi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

You'll want to know how Torino managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.

Torino are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. For Torino, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Napoli, three draws and zero wins for Torino. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

TorinoA. Belotti
A. Belotti
9 goals
NapoliH. Lozano Bahena
H. Lozano Bahena
6 goals
NapoliD. Mertens
D. Mertens
4 goals

Napoli missing players

Torino missing players

Napoli Torino
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 4 6 13
8 4 1 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 4
4 2 0 Lost L 3 4 8
26 17 6 Scored S 7 9 21
11 7 0 Conceded C 12 14 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
58% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 77%
42% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 50% 62%
17% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 46%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 85%
42% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
17.2 18.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 10.5 10.8
6.3 7.8 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.3 4.5
34% 36% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 36%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Napoli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Napoli has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torino has the most conceded goals (31) in Serie A
  • Torino has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Serie A
  • Torino has the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Serie A
  • Torino have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Torino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torino haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 13 9 4 0 29 14 6 3 3 0 14 7 7 6 1 0 15 7 15 31
2 Inter 13 9 3 1 32 16 7 5 1 1 17 11 6 4 2 0 15 5 16 30
3 Juventus 13 7 6 0 28 10 6 4 2 0 12 3 7 3 4 0 16 7 18 27
4 Roma 13 7 3 3 28 21 6 4 2 0 15 5 7 3 1 3 13 16 7 24
5 Napoli 13 8 0 5 26 14 6 4 0 2 17 7 7 4 0 3 9 7 12 23
6 Sassuolo 13 6 5 2 23 15 7 2 3 2 10 10 6 4 2 0 13 5 8 23
7 Atalanta 12 6 3 3 26 18 6 3 1 2 14 9 6 3 2 1 12 9 8 21
8 Lazio 13 6 3 4 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 6 4 1 1 11 8 0 21
9 Hellas Verona 13 5 5 3 17 12 7 3 2 2 9 6 6 2 3 1 8 6 5 20
10 Sampdoria 13 5 2 6 21 21 6 2 1 3 11 9 7 3 1 3 10 12 0 17
11 Udinese 12 4 3 5 14 15 6 2 1 3 5 7 6 2 2 2 9 8 -1 15
12 Benevento 13 4 3 6 15 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 6 2 1 3 7 11 -8 15
13 Cagliari 13 3 5 5 19 24 6 2 2 2 10 10 7 1 3 3 9 14 -5 14
14 Bologna 13 4 2 7 19 25 6 3 0 3 12 13 7 1 2 4 7 12 -6 14
15 Parma 13 2 6 5 12 23 7 1 4 2 3 8 6 1 2 3 9 15 -11 12
16 Fiorentina 13 2 5 6 13 21 7 2 3 2 8 8 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 11
17 Spezia 13 2 5 6 18 27 6 0 3 3 7 14 7 2 2 3 11 13 -9 11
18 Torino 13 1 4 8 21 31 7 0 3 4 12 17 6 1 1 4 9 14 -10 7
19 Genoa 13 1 4 8 12 26 7 1 1 5 10 15 6 0 3 3 2 11 -14 7
20 Crotone 13 1 3 9 11 28 6 1 1 4 6 12 7 0 2 5 5 16 -17 6

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Read more about Serie A

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.