Napoli widely expected to beat Roma

Napoli host Roma this Sunday at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona for round 20 of the Serie A. Currently, Luciano Spalletti's team are 1st in the table with 50 points, while José Mourinho's team are 4th with 37 points.

Napoli head into this game after a 0x2 win against Salernitana (Serie A 2022/23), whilst Roma surpassed Spezia with a 0x2 victory (Serie A 2022/23). On the other hand, José Mourinho's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 6 matches in the Serie A 2022/23. Digging back into the archives highlights that Luciano Spalletti's team and Roma have faced each other one hundred sixty-four times, with José Mourinho's team holding the advantage: 59 victories, against 50 victories of Napoli. Specifically in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Luciano Spalletti's team has the advantage in the duels against Roma: 36 wins in 82 games, while José Mourinho's team has 21 wins.

In the Serie A, one hundred fifty-five games were played between the two teams, with 53 wins for Roma, 54 draws and 48 wins for Napoli.

Considering the Serie A 2022/23, from Napoli's most influential players, Elif Elmas has entered the pitch 19 times, and Alex Meret is the one with more minutes played (1710). Victor Osimhen has scored 13 goals, the most across Napoli's squad. As for Roma, Tammy Abraham has entered the field 19 times, and Rui Patrício has played the most minutes (1710). Paulo Dybala is their current best scorer with 7 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Napoli winning 1x0. Luciano Spalletti's team is given the favouritism to win this match.