Benevento vs Napoli Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
There are only two previous Serie A games between Benevento and Napoli, with the Partenopei winning both meetings without conceding a single goal.
Napoli are unbeaten in 10 Serie A games against teams from Campania (W8 D2); their last such defeat was in February 1984, against Aveilino (0-1 with a goal by Ramon Diaz).
Napoli have won 21 of their last 23 Serie A games played again st newly promoted teams (two defeats, against Empoli in 201 9 and Lecce in 2020), scoring 66 goals (2.9 per game on average).
In their last seven Serie A games, Benevento have alternated between a defeat and a win, losing their most recent against Roma (2-5). Only two of Napoli's last eight Serie A wins have come away from home.
Indeed the Partenopei have won only two away games since the beginning of July (a draw and four defeats considering the awarded game against Juventus). Only Atalanta's games (23) have seen more goals in total than those of Benevento (20) in this Serie A season; however, the Giallorossi have conceded 12 goals (compared to eight scored), more than any other team so far.
Only Athletic Bilbao (0.4) have a lower average expected goals against per game rate than Napoli (0.6) in the top five European leagues this season; indeed, the Partenopei have conceded only 25 shots in three games played, with just six on target.
Gianluca Caprari has scored three goals in seven games against Napoli in Serie A, the last one coming in the last meeting against the Partenopei in July. The Benevento striker has also scored five goals (four goals and one assist) In his last five league appearances.
Gianluca Lapadula is the player who has scored the most goals with newly promoted teams in Serie A since the beginning of July: six in nine games between Lecce and Benevento. The striker scored a brace in his last match in the competition against Napoli (February 2020).
Napoli striker Dries Mertens has scored four goals in two previous Serie A games against Benevento: a hat-trick at San Paolo in September 2017 and a goal at \figorito in February 2018.
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