Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Juventus & Napoli face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Super Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Even though the relationship between Northern and Southern Italy has improved, there's still cultural, political and historical differences. These play out in the football matches between the big teams from each region, such as when Juventus from the north meet Napoli from the south. The sporting rivalry has increased since the 1980s when Napoli became more regular contenders for trophies, led by legend player Diego Maradona. This should be an all-action match!
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 have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Juventus form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore as Juventus have scored 16 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Juventus has recorded two wins in a row here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The fans are hoping that Juventus will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie A game against Inter. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Genoa (after extra-time).
This is expected to be a close game, with Juventus perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Juventus as a small favourite), we find three games. Juventus has won one of these, drawn one and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Bologna in only four days. This game is also played here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore.
Goals decide football matches and Juventus are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Napoli collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the Serie A. 6 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Napoli has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing from Piotr Zieliński, Hirving Lozano, Diego Demme, Matteo Politano and Lorenzo Insigne (2) secured the home win 6-0 against Fiorentina in their previous game. Before that, Napoli secured a home win against Empoli with the score 3-2.
As mentioned above, Napoli was the only team on the pitch versus Fiorentina in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Napoli in our archives, and the results are: one win for Napoli, zero draws and two defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Napoli manager I. Gattuso as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hellas Verona.
The travelling fans enjoy Napoli's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Napoli as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Juventus five wins, two draws and Napoli three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ronaldo 15 goals |   L. Insigne 9 goals |  H. Lozano Bahena 8 goals |
Juventus missing players
Napoli missing players
| Juventus | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 57 | 29 | Scored | S | 19 | 54 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 15.5 | 18.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 17.1 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 40 |
| 2 | Milan | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | Napoli | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 34 |
| 4 | Roma | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Juventus | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 33 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 32 |
| 7 | Lazio | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Benevento | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | Bologna | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Spezia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 18 |
| 15 | Udinese | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Genoa | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Torino | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 19 | Parma | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 20 | Crotone | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -20 | 12 |