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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 UEFA 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:

March 17, 2024
Atalanta 19:00 Fiorentina
April 25, 2024
Udinese 19:00 Roma
April 26, 2024
Frosinone 19:45 Salernitana
April 27, 2024
Inter Milan 14:00 Torino
Lecce 14:00 Monza
Juventus 17:00 AC Milan
Lazio 19:45 Verona
April 28, 2024
Bologna 14:00 Udinese
Atalanta 17:00 Empoli
SSC Napoli 17:00 Roma
Fiorentina 19:45 Sassuolo
April 29, 2024
Genoa 19:45 Cagliari

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Inter Milan 33 27 5 1 79 18 +61 86
2 AC Milan 33 21 6 6 64 39 +25 69
3 Juventus 33 18 10 5 47 26 +21 64
4 Bologna 33 17 11 5 48 26 +22 62
5 Roma 32 16 7 9 57 38 +19 55
6 Atalanta 32 16 6 10 59 37 +22 54
7 Lazio 33 16 4 13 42 35 +7 52
8 SSC Napoli 33 13 10 10 50 41 +9 49
9 Fiorentina 32 13 8 11 45 36 +9 47
10 Torino 33 11 13 9 31 29 +2 46
11 Monza 33 11 10 12 35 43 -8 43
12 Genoa 33 9 12 12 35 40 -5 39
13 Lecce 33 8 11 14 30 48 -18 35
14 Cagliari 33 7 11 15 36 56 -20 32
15 Verona 33 7 10 16 31 44 -13 31
16 Empoli 33 8 7 18 26 48 -22 31
17 Udinese 32 4 16 12 30 48 -18 28
18 Frosinone 33 6 10 17 40 63 -23 28
19 Sassuolo 33 6 8 19 39 65 -26 26
20 Salernitana 33 2 9 22 26 70 -44 15

Serie A Results

April 22, 2024
AC Milan 1 - 2 Inter Milan
Roma 1 - 3 Bologna
April 21, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Atalanta
Salernitana 0 - 2 Fiorentina
Torino 0 - 0 Frosinone
Sassuolo 0 - 3 Lecce
April 20, 2024
Verona 1 - 0 Udinese
Empoli 1 - 0 SSC Napoli
April 19, 2024
Cagliari 2 - 2 Juventus
Genoa 0 - 1 Lazio
April 15, 2024
Atalanta 2 - 2 Verona
Fiorentina 1 - 1 Genoa
April 14, 2024
Inter Milan 2 - 2 Cagliari
Sassuolo 3 - 3 AC Milan
SSC Napoli 2 - 2 Frosinone
April 13, 2024
Bologna 0 - 0 Monza
Torino 0 - 0 Juventus
Lecce 1 - 0 Empoli
April 12, 2024
Lazio 4 - 1 Salernitana
April 8, 2024
Udinese 1 - 2 Inter Milan

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