Will Napoli be able to beat Roma later on?

Napoli and Roma face each other this Sunday at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona for matchday 34 of the Serie A. Currently, Napoli are 8th in the table with 49 points, while Daniele De Rossi's team are 5th with 58 points. The match will be broadcast live at 12:00 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Napoli head into this clash on the back of a 1-0 defeat against Empoli (Serie A 2023/24), while the visitors overcame Udinese with a 1-2 win (Serie A 2023/24). When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Napoli and Roma have faced each other one hundred sixty-seven times, with Daniele De Rossi's team holding the advantage: 61 victories, against 51 victories of Napoli. Specifically in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Napoli have the advantage in the duels against Roma: 37 wins in 83 games. Daniele De Rossi's team has 21 wins.

In the Serie A, one hundred fifty-seven games were played between the two teams, with 54 wins for Roma, 54 draws and 49 wins for Napoli.

Considering the Serie A 2023/24, from Napoli's most influential players, Giacomo Raspadori participated in 33 games, and Giovanni Di Lorenzo is the one with more minutes played (2880). Victor Osimhen has scored 13 goals, the most across Napoli's squad. As for Roma, Bryan Cristante is the most used player in a total of 32 games (2846 min). Paulo Dybala is the current best scorer with 12 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Roma winning 2-0. Napoli will have to work hard if they want to overcome this major hurdle.