Napoli vs Roma Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 🔥
Napoli have won four of their last seven Serie A matches against AS Roma (D1 L2), just one win fewer than in their previous 23 meetings (D6 L12) - since 2016/17 against no other side have the Giallorossi lost more league games (four).
AS Roma have scored 74 away goals against Napoli in Serie A: only Milan and Juventus (both at 87) have scored more on the road against the Partenopei in the Italian top-flight.
Napoli are drawless in Serie A this season - this side have begun a Serie A season without draws in their opening nine games played only three times: 1939/40, 1962/63 and 2018/19.
Napoli have lost their last two league home games: Gennaro Gattuso could become the first Napoli coach to suffer three consecutive Serie A home defeats on two occasions.
Roma have earned 17 points in Serie A this season: in the previous eight seasons where the Giallorossi have picked up at least 18 points in their opening nine games (in the three points for a win era), they always ended the campaign in the top three positions.
Napoli are one of the two teams, alongside Parma, that have not yet conceded a goal in the first 15 minutes of play in Serie A this term – in addition, the Partenopei have conceded the fewest goals during the first halves of play, only two (they are followed by AS Roma, with three).
Napoli have lost the fewest Serie A points from leading positions in 2020 (four) among the teams with games played in both seasons; on the other hand, only Lazio (24) has gained more points than Roma (20) from trailing situations over the same period.
Napoli striker; Dries Mertens has scored five goals in his last seven Serie A games against AS Roma, having scored none in his previous six meetings against the Giallorossi.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has scored five goals in his last two league games, the last Roma player to score 2+ goals in consecutive Serie A games was Edin Dzeko in 2017.
Edin Dzeko has scored two braces against Napoli in Serie A, both at San Paolo: against no other team in the top-5 European leagues has the AS Roma striker scored two or more goals in a single game on more occasions.
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