Roma vs Napoli match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Olimpico

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Roma and Napoli are both riding high in the Serie A with their 6th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Roma have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Serie A
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Shakhtar Donetsk.

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Roma form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 14 Serie A games here at Stadio Olimpico for Roma. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Prior to that, an away loss at Parma in the Serie A.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Roma have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost two.

Roma can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 33 times. Roma's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Napoli form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Napoli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Milan (placed 2nd). Before that, Napoli secured a home win against Bologna with the score 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Napoli in our archives, and the results are: one win for Napoli, zero draws and one defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Napoli's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. Napoli have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Napoli - Roma 4-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Roma won four, Napoli won five and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
13 goals
RomaJ. Veretout
J. Veretout
10 goals
RomaH. Mkhitaryan
H. Mkhitaryan
9 goals

Roma missing players

Napoli missing players

Roma Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 14 3 Played P 3 13 26
15 10 0 Won W 1 7 16
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 2
6 1 1 Lost L 2 5 8
51 33 5 Scored S 3 23 56
37 15 6 Conceded C 5 18 29
92% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 77% 85%
69% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 62%
50% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 42%
23% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 23% 23%
54% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 50%
31% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 38%
23% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
14.8 16.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 16.8 16.6
5.5 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 5.2 5.9
36% 38% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 34% 36%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Roma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Roma have the most scored goals in the first half (30) 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 Inter 27 20 5 2 65 26 13 11 1 1 36 14 14 9 4 1 29 12 39 65
2 Milan 27 17 5 5 50 31 14 6 4 4 25 20 13 11 1 1 25 11 19 56
3 Juventus 26 16 7 3 54 22 13 10 2 1 29 9 13 6 5 2 25 13 32 55
4 Atalanta 27 15 7 5 63 34 14 8 3 3 38 20 13 7 4 2 25 14 29 52
5 Napoli 26 16 2 8 56 29 13 9 1 3 33 11 13 7 1 5 23 18 27 50
6 Roma 27 15 5 7 51 40 14 10 3 1 33 15 13 5 2 6 18 25 11 50
7 Lazio 26 14 4 8 42 37 13 8 2 3 21 16 13 6 2 5 21 21 5 46
8 Sassuolo 27 10 9 8 45 44 13 4 6 3 21 20 14 6 3 5 24 24 1 39
9 Hellas Verona 27 10 8 9 36 32 13 6 3 4 18 14 14 4 5 5 18 18 4 38
10 Udinese 27 8 9 10 30 35 13 5 3 5 12 12 14 3 6 5 18 23 -5 33
11 Sampdoria 27 9 5 13 37 42 13 5 2 6 21 21 14 4 3 7 16 21 -5 32
12 Bologna 27 8 7 12 36 42 13 6 3 4 24 21 14 2 4 8 12 21 -6 31
13 Fiorentina 27 7 8 12 33 42 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 2 3 8 15 26 -9 29
14 Genoa 27 6 10 11 28 39 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 2 5 6 8 18 -11 28
15 Spezia 27 6 8 13 34 50 13 2 5 6 15 22 14 4 3 7 19 28 -16 26
16 Benevento 27 6 8 13 27 52 14 2 5 7 13 28 13 4 3 6 14 24 -25 26
17 Torino 26 4 11 11 39 49 13 1 7 5 18 23 13 3 4 6 21 26 -10 23
18 Cagliari 27 5 7 15 30 46 14 3 3 8 15 24 13 2 4 7 15 22 -16 22
19 Parma 27 3 10 14 25 52 14 2 5 7 8 22 13 1 5 7 17 30 -27 19
20 Crotone 27 4 3 20 30 67 13 4 1 8 18 26 14 0 2 12 12 41 -37 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.