There are four consecutive successes with which the Napoli shows up at the appointment against the Verona. But let’s not forget that the yellow and blue team was one of the three to beat the Neapolitans: it happened on the first day, a heavy 3-0 among other things. As for the Venetians, during the last round of the championship the first draw of the season arrived and for the first time since this Serie A began, the team coached by Zanetti managed to put together two useful results in a row.
There are only three defeats suffered in the championship between A and B, at home, by Napoli against Verona. And to find the last one you also have to take a big leap back, to be precise to January 2, 1983 (exactly 42 years ago). On that occasion the Scaligeri won 2-1 thanks to a brace from Pierino Fanna.
Napoli’s series of positive internal results with the yellow and blue has reached 23: 15 wins and 8 draws.
Conte’s team is making defensive solidity one of its main prerogatives. They are at the top of the clean sheet rankings (games finished without conceding a goal) with 11. On the other hand, in front of them there will be the worst defense of the tournament, because Verona have conceded 42 goals in 19 games, so they are traveling at an average of over two goals scored per game.
The blue one is a team that manages to trigger another march in the second half. Napoli gained 14 points in the second half of the game (the comparison is made with the result achieved at half-time). This is the data that is mainly making the difference compared to Atalanta and Inter who are chasing even if it is true that these are teams that have to recover some matches.
ALL PREVIOUS IN NAPLES (SERIES A AND SERIES B)
40 matches played
23 victories Naples
14 draws
3 victories Verona
71 goals scored Naples
20 goals scored Verona
THE FIRST CHALLENGE IN NAPLES
1948/1949 Serie B Napoli vs Verona 0-1, 17th matchday
THE LAST CHALLENGE IN NAPLES
2023/2024 Serie A Napoli vs Verona 2-1, 23rd matchday
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