Crotone vs Napoli Preview

Crotone vs Napoli

Competition – Serie A

Stadium – Ezio Scida

Date: 29th December 2017

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

Crotone have almost nothing going for them this season.

They have a serious relegation fight on their hands and head into this game without any points taken from the top 6 sides in the league this season.

They have lost to all 5 of the top six teams they have played this season, not scoring in any of those games and they lost heavily to both AC Milan and Udinese at home.

They face a Napoli side that has conceded fewer goals than Juventus and it is hard to see them getting more than 1 goal in this game.

Crotone have lost four of their last five meetings against Napoli.

Napoli have bounced back to winning ways and are also vying for the Scudetto once again.

The Naples based side had slipped up in the title race after some poor showings but with most of their title challengers also faltering, they are back at the top and looking to consolidate their position there.

Their fans will be hoping that they can end year 2017 with a win.

The last 12 months have seen the Partenopei rise to the top of Italian football through the help of some of their stars like Dries Mertens who is enjoying a really good year.

Juventus remain their major challengers after Inter Milan and AS Roma both suffered losses over the weekend.

Napoli have a five points cushion over third place Inter Milan.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Crotone

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Sassuolo 2-1 Crotone 10 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
L Crotone 0-3 Udinese 4 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
L Genoa 1-0 Crotone 30 Nov, 2017 Italian Coppa Italia
L Juventus 3-0 Crotone 26 Nov, 2017 Italian Serie A
L Crotone 0-1 Genoa 19 Nov, 2017 Italian Serie A

Napoli

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Torino 1-3 Napoli 16 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
D Napoli 0-0 Fiorentina 10 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
L Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-1 Napoli 6 Dec, 2017 Champions League
L Napoli 0-1 Juventus 1 Dec, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Udinese 0-1 Napoli 26 Nov, 2017 Italian Serie A

H2H

DATE COMPETITION
Napoli 3-0 Crotone 12 Mar, 2017 Italian Serie A
Crotone 1-2 Napoli 23 Oct, 2016 Italian Serie A
Crotone 2-1 Napoli 17 Mar, 2007 Italian Serie B
Napoli 1-0 Crotone 21 Oct, 2006 Italian Serie B


Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

October 26, 2024
Bologna 16:00 AC Milan
December 1, 2024
Fiorentina 18:00 Inter Milan
December 23, 2024
Fiorentina 18:30 Udinese
Inter Milan 20:45 Como
December 28, 2024
Empoli 15:00 Genoa
Parma 15:00 Monza
Cagliari 18:00 Inter Milan
Lazio 20:45 Atalanta
December 29, 2024
Udinese 12:30 Torino
SSC Napoli 15:00 Venezia
Juventus 18:00 Fiorentina
AC Milan 20:45 Roma
December 30, 2024
Como 18:30 Lecce
Bologna 20:45 Verona
January 4, 2025
Venezia 15:00 Empoli
Fiorentina 18:00 SSC Napoli
Verona 20:45 Udinese

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atalanta 17 13 1 3 42 19 +23 40
2 SSC Napoli 17 12 2 3 26 12 +14 38
3 Inter Milan 15 10 4 1 40 15 +25 34
4 Lazio 17 11 1 5 32 24 +8 34
5 Fiorentina 15 9 4 2 28 11 +17 31
6 Juventus 17 7 10 0 28 13 +15 31
7 Bologna 16 7 7 2 23 18 +5 28
8 AC Milan 16 7 5 4 25 16 +9 26
9 Udinese 16 6 2 8 19 25 -6 20
10 Roma 17 5 4 8 23 23 +0 19
11 Empoli 17 4 7 6 16 19 -3 19
12 Torino 17 5 4 8 17 22 -5 19
13 Genoa 17 3 7 7 14 26 -12 16
14 Lecce 17 4 4 9 11 29 -18 16
15 Como 16 3 6 7 18 28 -10 15
16 Parma 17 3 6 8 23 33 -10 15
17 Verona 17 5 0 12 21 40 -19 15
18 Cagliari 17 3 5 9 16 28 -12 14
19 Venezia 17 3 4 10 17 30 -13 13
20 Monza 17 1 7 9 15 23 -8 10

Serie A Results

December 22, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Juventus
Atalanta 3 - 2 Empoli
Venezia 2 - 1 Cagliari
Roma 5 - 0 Parma
December 21, 2024
Lecce 1 - 2 Lazio
Genoa 1 - 2 SSC Napoli
Torino 0 - 2 Bologna
December 20, 2024
Verona 0 - 1 AC Milan
December 16, 2024
Lazio 0 - 6 Inter Milan
December 15, 2024
AC Milan 0 - 0 Genoa
Como 2 - 0 Roma
Parma 2 - 3 Verona
Bologna 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Lecce 2 - 1 Monza
December 14, 2024
Juventus 2 - 2 Venezia
Udinese 1 - 3 SSC Napoli
Cagliari 0 - 1 Atalanta
December 13, 2024
Empoli 0 - 1 Torino
December 9, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Udinese

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