Torino v Napoli: record clash, stats, trivia and past meetings | OneFootball

The seventh matchday of Serie A offers a showdown rich in history and intriguing data: Torino vs Napoli, scheduled for Saturday, October 18, is a match that over the years has always delivered emotions, significant numbers, and often unpredictable results.

Torino vs Napoli, a record-setting clash: stats, curiosities, and head-to-head history

Here are all the curiosities and statistics provided by Opta on the clash between the Granata and the Partenopei.

Head-to-head between Torino and Napoli in Serie A

Napoli have remained unbeaten in 19 of their last 20 meetings with Torino in Serie A, with a record of 14 wins, 5 draws, and just one defeat. The only Granata victory in this period dates back to January 7, 2024, when it ended 3-0 for the hosts at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.

In the total head-to-head tally, Napoli have faced Torino 142 times in the league:

53 wins for the Azzurri,

33 wins for the Granata,

56 draws (a record for Napoli against a single opponent).

However, only one of the last nine meetings between the two sides has ended in a draw (1-1 on March 8, 2024).

Napoli, dominance away from home

The Azzurri have won eight of their last ten away matches at Torino in Serie A (1 draw, 1 defeat), scoring 21 goals and keeping a clean sheet in five of the last six. Numbers that confirm Napoli’s solidity away from the Maradona, even if Conte’s team come into this with two consecutive away defeats between the league and the Champions League (against Manchester City and AC Milan). The last run of away losses dates back to the period between November 2023 and January 2024, with Walter Mazzarri on the bench.

Torino’s current form

Torino are going through a tough period: they have conceded 13 goals in the first six Serie A matchdays, a figure matched only in two previous seasons (1958/59 and 2020/21). The Granata have won just one of their last eleven league matches (3 draws and 7 defeats), failing to score in seven of them.

The most alarming figure concerns the attack: Torino have failed to score in four consecutive home Serie A matches and, in their history, have never gone five straight home games without a goal. Moreover, Juric’s team have conceded the most first-half goals in this Serie A (eight), more than any other side.

Napoli, aiming for consistency

Napoli could win at least six of their first seven Serie A matches of the season for the seventh time in their history. The last time was in 2021/22: in all six previous cases, the Partenopei then finished the league in the top three positions.

With an attack back to being explosive, the Azzurri aim to reaffirm themselves at the top, also thanks to a revitalized Rasmus Hojlund, who has scored four goals in six official matches. The Danish striker has scored in his last two games and aims to extend the streak: in his career he had only managed it once before, with Manchester United between January and February 2024.

Individual curiosities: Simeone and his past

A statistical note concerns Giovanni Simeone: with Napoli he has played 83 matches in Serie A (only six goals), but against the Partenopei he experienced some of the most iconic moments of his career. It was against the Azzurri, in fact, that the “Cholito” scored his first Serie A hat-trick, on April 29, 2018, in Fiorentina’s 3-0 win at the Franchi.

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