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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Paolo Mazza (16134 seats)

This could be an interesting match as SPAL have their presumed home advantage while Napoli are ahead 31 points in the Serie A table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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SPAL form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for SPAL are 5-7-5 (wins-draw-losses).

A good away victory last time out for SPAL, who won 4-0 against Chievo. In the match before that, SPAL hosted Genoa and drew the game 1-1.

SPAL has scored 17 goals at home this season, in 17 matches. SPAL have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Napoli form and stats

10-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Napoli in their matches away. Napoli love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Napoli won their last game, 2-1 versus Cagliari played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Frosinone with the score of 2-0.

Napoli are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 29 times in 17 away games so far. Napoli are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 16 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Napoli - SPAL 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 0 - 3 (SPAL wins - draws - Napoli wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

SPAL missing players

Napoli missing players

SPAL Napoli
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
35 17 4 Played 6 17 35
11 5 3 Won 3 10 22
9 7 0 Drew 2 3 7
15 5 1 Lost 1 4 6
39 17 7 Scored 7 29 66
48 21 4 Conceded 6 16 31
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 83% 88% 89%
74% 71% 100% Over 1.5 67% 76% 77%
49% 47% 75% Over 2.5 50% 65% 63%
20% 18% 0% Over 3.5 17% 29% 29%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 14%
51% 53% 75% BTTS 50% 53% 54%
29% 35% 25% Clean Sheets 33% 35% 40%
29% 29% 0% Failed To Score 33% 24% 17%
 
5.2 5.4 5.5 Corners For (avg) 6.3 5.4 6.6
5.7 5.4 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.7 4.6 4.2
3 3.1 4.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 2.4 2
3 2 0 Red Cards 0 4 5
Key stats this season:
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have won significantly less corners away then at home.

SPAL
All Serie B Serie A Coppa Italia Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-03-19 SA Frosinone 0 - 1 SPAL
03-04-19 SA SPAL 1 - 0 Lazio
07-04-19 SA Cagliari 2 - 1 SPAL
13-04-19 SA SPAL 2 - 1 Juventus
20-04-19 SA Empoli 2 - 4 SPAL
28-04-19 SA SPAL 1 - 1 Genoa
04-05-19 SA Chievo 0 - 4 SPAL
12-05-19 SA SPAL 16:00 Napoli
18-05-19 SA Udinese 13:00 SPAL
26-05-19 SA SPAL - Milan
Napoli
All Champions League Europa League Serie A Coppa Italia Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-04-19 SA Napoli 1 - 1 Genoa
11-04-19 EL Arsenal 2 - 0 Napoli
14-04-19 SA Chievo 1 - 3 Napoli
18-04-19 EL Napoli 0 - 1 Arsenal
22-04-19 SA Napoli 1 - 2 Atalanta
28-04-19 SA Frosinone 0 - 2 Napoli
05-05-19 SA Napoli 2 - 1 Cagliari
12-05-19 SA SPAL 16:00 Napoli
19-05-19 SA Napoli 18:30 Inter
26-05-19 SA Bologna - Napoli

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Juventus 35 28 5 2 69 25 18 15 3 0 38 12 17 13 2 2 31 13 44 89
2 Napoli 35 22 7 6 66 31 18 12 4 2 37 15 17 10 3 4 29 16 35 73
3 Atalanta 36 19 8 9 73 44 18 9 5 4 33 18 18 10 3 5 40 26 29 65
4 Inter 35 18 9 8 52 28 17 9 5 3 23 9 18 9 4 5 29 19 24 63
5 Milan 35 16 11 8 50 34 18 11 4 3 29 17 17 5 7 5 20 17 16 59
6 Roma 35 16 11 8 62 47 17 10 5 2 39 25 18 6 6 6 23 22 15 59
7 Lazio 36 17 7 12 52 40 18 9 4 5 33 22 18 8 3 7 19 18 12 58
8 Torino 35 14 15 6 45 30 17 10 2 5 26 16 18 4 13 1 19 14 15 57
9 Sampdoria 35 14 7 14 57 49 17 9 2 6 25 14 18 5 5 8 32 35 8 49
10 Sassuolo 35 9 15 11 50 54 18 5 9 4 33 33 17 4 6 7 17 21 -4 42
11 SPAL 35 11 9 15 39 48 17 5 7 5 17 21 18 6 2 10 22 27 -9 42
12 Cagliari 36 10 10 16 34 51 18 8 6 4 22 18 18 2 4 12 12 33 -17 40
13 Fiorentina 35 8 16 11 47 44 17 5 8 4 25 18 18 3 8 7 22 25 3 40
14 Parma 35 9 11 15 38 55 18 4 7 7 17 25 17 5 4 8 21 30 -17 38
15 Bologna 35 9 10 16 38 50 17 7 4 6 21 19 18 2 6 10 17 31 -12 37
16 Genoa 36 8 12 16 38 56 18 6 7 5 20 21 18 2 5 11 18 35 -18 36
17 Udinese 35 8 10 17 31 49 18 7 5 6 19 20 17 1 5 11 12 29 -18 34
18 Empoli 35 8 8 19 44 66 18 8 3 7 29 29 17 0 5 12 15 37 -22 32
19 Frosinone 35 5 9 21 28 64 17 1 5 11 13 35 18 4 4 10 15 29 -36 24
20 Chievo 35 2 12 21 25 73 18 1 6 11 14 37 17 1 6 10 11 36 -48 15

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