Atalanta vs Napoli Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Napoli have only won one of their last six games against Atalanta in all competitions (D2 L3); the Partenopei had won three times in their previous four matches against the Nerazzurri.
The last draw between Atalanta and Napoli at Bergamo in Serie A dates back to 2014: since then there have been two home wins and three away wins in five such meetings.
In the last four Serie A meetings in which both Atalanta and Napoli were in the top six positions in the standings at the start of the matchday, the Bergamo side remain unbeaten (W3 D1).
Atalanta have gone three home games without a win in the league (D2 L1), after a run of four consecutive home wins; the Nerazzurri haven’t gone longer without a home win in Serie A since March 2016 with Reja as coach (seven games).
Napoli have just drawn one league game this season, the fewest of any side in Europe’s top five leagues. The last three teams with a maximum of one draw in their first 21 Serie A matches of the season finished either as champions (Juventus in 16/17) or bottom of the table (Parma 14/15 and Benevento 17/18).
Atalanta (11) and Napoli (9) are the two teams that have scored the most goals via substitutes in Serie A this season: together they account for 26% of the goals from the bench across the league this season (20/76).
Only Roma (198) have faced fewer shots in Serie A season than Atalanta and Napoli (both 204). They happen to be the two sides that have attempted the most shots themselves (Napoli 370, Atalanta 352).
Luis Muriel is the top scorer in Serie A in 2021 (six). Muriel currently ranks in third place for Serie A substitute goals in the three-points-per-win era (21), behind Giampaolo Pazzini (22) and Alessandro Matri (25).
Only Domenico Berardi (four) has scored more goals from outside the box than Matteo Politano in Serie A this season (three, the first of which was against Atalanta): the Napoli winger has only done better once in a single top-flight season: four such goals in 2017/18.
Atalanta are the favourite opponent of Napoli striker Andrea Petagna in Serie A: he has scored five goals in five games against his former team, with whom he played 63 games in the competition, scoring nine times.
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