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Napoli vs Internazionale

Competition – Serie A

Stadium – Stadio San Paolo

Date: 21st October 2017

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

This is the biggest game in the Italian Serie A this season so far and could be the turning point for the winner as these two teams and currently first and second in the league table.

Napoli remains the only team in Europe’s top five leagues that still has a 100% record this season and they look likely to prioritise winning the league over Champions League this season.

They won their last league game away at AS Roma 0-1 – a result that showed everyone that they are prepared to fight it out for the title.

They also earned a lot of praise for how they played Pep Guardiola’s team in the Champions League as a Dries Mertens penalty saved by Ederson stopped them from sharing the points in that game.

This game will be a major test and a win here would send the right signal to their fellow title challengers that they are ready to go all the way.

Napoli have won at Roma and Lazio already this season – two of the toughest grounds to win at.

Inter Milan will be banking of Mauro Icardi to continue his fine form in front of goal after his hat trick performance in the Milan derby last time out.  He has scored 9 goals already.

Inter have also scored in all of their fixtures so far and this game has the making of a thrilling encounter with both sides capable of outscoring the other.

Inter have lost three of the last 5 meetings between these sides.

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

Napoli

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W AS Roma 0-1 Napoli Oct 14, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Napoli 3-0 Cagliari Oct 1, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Napoli 3-1 Feyenoord Rotterdam Sep 26, 2017 Champions League
W SPAL 2-3 Napoli Sep 23, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Lazio 1-4 Napoli Sep 20, 2017 Italian Serie A

Internazionale

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Internazionale 3-2 AC Milan Oct 15, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Benevento 1-2 Internazionale Oct 1, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Internazionale 1-0 Genoa Sep 24, 2017 Italian Serie A
D Bologna 1-1 Internazionale Sep 19, 2017 Italian Serie A
W Crotone 0-2 Internazionale Sep 16, 2017 Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Internazionale 0-1 Napoli Apr 30, 2017 Italian Serie A
Napoli 3-0 Internazionale Dec 2, 2016 Italian Serie A
Internazionale 2-0 Napoli Apr 16, 2016 Italian Serie A
Napoli 0-2 Internazionale Jan 19, 2016 Italian Coppa Italia
Napoli 2-1 Internazionale Nov 30, 2015 Italian Serie A


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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