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Towards Roma-Napoli: Match Statistics

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Napoli has remained unbeaten in 10 of the last 11 Serie A matches against Roma (6W, 4D); the exception in this period was a 2-0 win for the Giallorossi on December 23, 2023, decided by goals from Lorenzo Pellegrini and Romelu Lukaku, with José Mourinho on the bench.

Roma has won only two of their last nine home games against Napoli in Serie A (2D, 5L), although they have remained unbeaten in the two most recent ones (1W, 1D); the last time they played more consecutive home matches without losing against this opponent was in 2016 (5: 4W, 1D).

Roma and Napoli face each other with at least 25 points each in the standings before the 15th matchday of Serie A for the first time in their history in the competition; previously, the two teams had only met with so many points each at the 16th round of the 2015/16 season, in a match that ended 0-0.

Roma occupies first place alone in Serie A for the first time in over 10 years, that is, since the 10th matchday of 2015/16 with Rudi Garcia (on that occasion, Napoli was also among the chasers, two points behind); moreover, the Giallorossi can reach double digits in wins after 13 league games for the first time since 2017/18.

Napoli has lost three of their last four Serie A away matches (1W) after having achieved four wins in the previous five away games between this and last season (1D); furthermore, the Partenopei have not scored an open-play goal away from home since last September, with Rasmus Højlund against Fiorentina.

Roma has conceded just six goals in this league and only twice in the last 50 years have they conceded at most the same number after 12 Serie A matches in a season (four in 2003/04 and three in 2013/14). Offensively, however, this is only the second time a team has earned at least 27 points with fewer than 16 goals scored (15) at this point in the competition in the three-points-for-a-win era, after Inter in 2015/16.

Roma and Napoli, together with Sassuolo, are the three teams that have not lost a single point from a leading position in this Serie A; in particular, the Giallorossi have scored the first goal of the match in eight of their nine wins recorded in the current tournament.

Roma (144) and Napoli (142, same as Lecce) are two of the three teams that have recorded the most high turnovers of opponent sequences in this Serie A; the two teams facing each other in this match finished this ranking last season in 3rd and 15th place respectively (420 for the Giallorossi, 359 for the Azzurri).

Matteo Politano is the player who has attempted the most shots without scoring in this Serie A (23), with his last goal in the competition dating back to March 30, against Milan; the Napoli player, who scored his first goal in the tournament precisely against Roma on September 20, 2015, has provided a total of four assists against the Giallorossi and has not made more against any other opponent in the top flight (four also against Udinese, Hellas Verona, and Torino).

Matías Soulé, who scored in the last league match against Cremonese, has nine Serie A goals with Roma; only two foreign players have reached double digits in goals for the Giallorossi before turning 23 in the entire history of the competition: Érik Lamela (19) and Cengiz Ünder (13).

Carlo Gioia

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