Napoli v Genoa: stats and facts before Serie A matchday 6 | OneFootball

Napoli and Genoa face off on Sunday, October 5, 2025, at the Maradona Stadium. Here are all the numbers and curiosities about the two teams ahead of the match.

Napoli-Genoa, statistics and curiosities before the 6th round of Serie A 2025/26

Genoa has only won one of the last 24 Serie A matches against Napoli (8 draws, 15 losses): 2-1 on February 6, 2021, with a brace from Goran Pandev and a goal from Matteo Politano.

The Rossoblù have conceded an average of 2.3 goals per game in the last nine matches against the Partenopei.

Napoli is unbeaten in the last 15 home games against Genoa in Serie A (9 wins, 6 draws), second only to the ongoing home unbeaten streak against Hellas Verona (20).

Three of the last four clashes between Napoli and Genoa have ended in a draw, as many as in the previous 13 confrontations.

Form Situation

With the 2-1 defeat against Milan, Napoli ended a streak of 16 consecutive useful results in the league (11 wins, 5 draws). The last time the Partenopei recorded two consecutive defeats in Serie A was in December 2023, with Walter Mazzarri on the bench.

Genoa has only earned two points in the first five rounds, equaling the worst start in Serie A in the era of three points for a win (same data as 2017/18, season ended in 12th place).

Napoli is the only team among those also present in the last two editions of Serie A to be unbeaten at home in 2025: 9 wins and 3 draws, an average of 2.5 points per game, second only to Juventus (2.58).

Tactical and Individual Statistics

Napoli is the team that has recorded the highest number of sequences of 10 or more passes in this Serie A: 95, 17 of which have led to a shot or a touch in the area (only Inter has done better, 26).

Kevin De Bruyne has scored 3 goals in the first five league games with Napoli. Only Edinson Cavani (5), Alfredo Aglietti, Arkadiusz Milik and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (4) have done better in the first six appearances of the Partenopei in the era of three points for a win.

Among Genoa's central attackers, Lorenzo Colombo is one of the most used without having yet scored or provided an assist: he has played 354 minutes, surpassed only by Moise Kean (450) and Santiago Giménez (393).

The average points in Serie A of Patrick Vieira leading Genoa is 1.13 per game (35 points in 31 games), lower than that of Alberto Gilardino (1.18, 59 points in 50 games).

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