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The Azzurri Want to Continue Their Unbeaten Streak…

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Napoli and Pisa have faced each other 14 times in Serie A, with six wins for the Neapolitans and three for the Tuscans (5 draws); notably, the Neapolitans are unbeaten in the last six matches against the Nerazzurri, in which they have achieved four victories (2 draws).

Napoli is unbeaten in six of the seven home matches against Pisa in Serie A (4 wins, 2 draws), winning the most recent one (2-1, September 30, 1990 – goals by Diego Maradona and Careca, Michele Padovano for the Nerazzurri); the Neapolitans have only beaten the Tuscans in two consecutive home matches during the first two encounters of this kind, between 1969 and 1983.

Napoli is the team currently experiencing the longest unbeaten streak in the top five European leagues: 15 consecutive matches, including 10 wins and five draws; specifically, the Neapolitans could achieve at least five consecutive wins in Serie A for the third time under Antonio Conte’s leadership, after last October and last January (the latter streak reached seven).

If defeated, Pisa would find themselves with no more than one point after the first four matches played in a Serie A season for the third time in their last four participations in the top category, after 1987/88 (zero) and 1988/89 (one).

Napoli has won six of the last seven home matches in Serie A (1 draw), conceding only four goals in total; specifically, the Neapolitans could achieve three consecutive clean sheets at the Maradona in the league for the first time since the period of September-October 2021.

Pisa has never won in 14 previous Serie A encounters against the reigning champions (4 draws, 10 losses); specifically, the last two such encounters faced by the Tuscans were precisely against Napoli, in the 1990/91 season: a defeat in the first leg at the Neapolitans' home (1-2) and a home draw of 1-1 in the return leg, with Mircea Lucescu at the helm.

Napoli and Pisa are two of the four teams that have not made a single counterattack in this championship, along with Inter and Lecce; however, while the Neapolitans are second for actions composed of at least 10 consecutive passes (56, only fewer than Inter with 58), the Tuscans are last in this ranking along with Torino (11 for both).

Pisa is the team that has seen the most balls played in their penalty area by opposing teams in this Serie A, a total of 102 (an average of 34 per match); on the other hand, Napoli has allowed their opponents less than half compared to the Tuscans (50).

Kevin De Bruyne is the player who has collected the most through passes in this championship: seven, at least three more than any other (followed by Youssouf Fofana with four); after the goal against Fiorentina, the Belgian could score in two consecutive league appearances for the first time since October 2022 (against Brighton and Leicester).

The last goal in Serie A by M’Bala Nzola came precisely against Napoli, in the home match wearing the Fiorentina jersey on May 17, 2024 (2-2); that match was also the last one started by the Angolan forward in the Italian top league (three substitute appearances so far with Pisa in the championship).

Carlo Gioia

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