Napoli vs AS Roma Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form points the same way

Looking further back, Roma's longer run of results, 12 wins from 20 across all competitions, lines up with their bright start to the season. They've beaten Lecce 4-0 away, seen off Atalanta at home, and only really slipped up against Torino in that spell.

Napoli: 20 completed matches; AS Roma: 20 completed matches.

Napoli

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

20

Difference

+12

AS Roma

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

25

Difference

+20

Napoli's record over the same longer sample is more mixed, with six losses in twenty matches. Recently they've lost at home to Como, been beaten away at Genoa, and drawn at Fiorentina, so the shape of that form fits their lower league position.

Roma look like the form side by some distance right now, though form can shift over the weeks before this game is played.

Comparative Team Statistics: Napoli vs AS Roma

History says this fixture is rarely one-sided

The last several meetings between these two have been tight. February's game finished 2-2 in Naples, and the reverse fixture last season ended 1-0 to Roma. Go back further and draws and one-goal margins crop up again and again.

Whatever the current form gap suggests, this head-to-head record shows these two usually make it competitive when they meet.

Five games in, the table already tells a story

After five Serie A matches, Roma sit top of the table with 13 points from four wins and a draw. Napoli, by contrast, are down in ninth with just seven points, having lost two of their opening five games.

Roma's goal difference stands out too, with 14 scored and only 3 conceded. Napoli have already shipped six goals in the same number of matches.

It's still early days, but the gap between these two sides is already significant.

Malen and Dybala doing the damage for Roma

Dušan Malen has been prolific for Roma, with six goals in five appearances, while Paulo Dybala has chipped in four assists over the same span. Matías Soulé has also contributed, with goals and an assist to his name.

AS Roma:

Best scorers:

D. Malen - 6

M. Soulé - 2

Best assist providers:

P. Dybala - 4

G. Mancini - 2

M. Soulé - 1

Penalty cards:

Hermoso x 2

There's no matching player data available for Napoli here, so a direct comparison isn't possible. Hermoso has picked up two yellow cards for Roma, which is worth keeping in mind given how often he's involved in games.

Roma's attacking numbers look heavily concentrated in a couple of key players right now.