Roma vs Napoli

Roma and Napoli will face off at the Stadio Olimpico in an exciting Serie A match-up.

Roma’s rotated starting XI succumbed to a humiliating 6-1 away defeat in midweek Europa Conference League action, casting a shadow on their decent start to this Serie A season. The ‘Giallorossi’ sit fourth in the Serie A table after the opening eight rounds, with none of their league matches under current manager Jose Mourinho ending level (W5, L3). Despite their indifferent showings in recent times, Roma can draw confidence from their intimidating 100% competitive home record under Mourinho (W6). Indeed, they have won all four Serie A matches at the Stadio Olimpico this season, including the last two without conceding. What’s more, Roma boast a narrow all-time lead in their top-flight meetings with Napoli (W53, D52, L47) despite losing four of the last five Serie A editions of Derby del Sole on home turf (W1).

In the meantime, Luciano Spalletti has brought Napoli on the cusp of setting an unprecedented feat as the ‘Partenopei’ look to win each of their first nine Serie A matches for the first time in the club’s top-flight history. The visitors have been nothing short of outstanding on the road this term, winning all four Serie A away games by an aggregate score of 12-2, finding the net before half-time on each occasion. By extension, Napoli have won each of their last eight Serie A travels and could equal their best-ever winning top-flight streak away from home with another success here. They also have the recent H2H stakes on their side, having beaten Roma in each of their last three Serie A meetings, as many victories as they had in their ten top-flight encounters beforehand (W3, D2, L5).