Napoli-Verona: curiosities and precedents
After the 3-0 success on the first day of the 2024/25 Serie A, Hellas Verona could beat the Napoli in both seasonal matches of a single top flight championship for the first time in its history.
Il Napoli they have not lost any of their last 19 home matches against Hellas Verona in Serie A (W14, D5): this is the longest open streak of home matches without defeat against a single opponent in the tournament for the Neapolitans. Furthermore, only against Atalanta (series of 23 between 1956 and 1996) and Udinese (21 between 1952 and 1996) have the Azzurri played at least 20 consecutive home games without ever losing in the top flight.
Il Napoli ended the first round with 44 points: considering three points for a victory always, only three times have the Neapolitans obtained more after 19 seasonal matches in Serie A: 50 in 2022/23, 48 in 2017/18 and 48 in 1987/88.
Il Napoli it is the team that has recorded the most clean sheets this season in the top five European leagues: 11; the Neapolitans have not recorded so many after 19 seasonal Serie A matches since 1986/87. The Campania team could also keep a clean sheet in 12 of their first 20 matches in a single top flight for the first time since 1981/82.
Il Napoli has alternated a defeat with a victory in the last four home league games: the Azzurri have not recorded at least two successes in a row in front of their fans in Serie A since the first five home games of this tournament.
With the victory against Bologna and the draw against Udinese, Hellas Verona remained undefeated in two matches in a row for the first time in this championship; the Scaligeri could record three games in a row without defeat in a single Serie A season for the first time since the period between November and December 2023 (three draws in that case).
L’Hellas Verona they have won both of their last two Serie A away games against Parma and Bologna (3-2 in both cases) and have only once recorded more away successes in a row in their history in the tournament: a series of three between November and December 1984.
Challenge between the team with the largest difference in favor between goals conceded and Expected Goals against in this championship (Napoli+4.4, with 12 goals conceded and an xG against of 16.4) and vice versa the one with the greatest difference against between goals conceded and Expected Goals against (Hellas Verona-10.2, with 42 goals conceded and an xG against of 31.8).
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