AS Roma vs SSC Napoli Preview 23/10/2022

AS Roma vs SSC Napoli – 23/10/2022

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The Derby del Sole takes centre stage in Serie A this weekend, as Jose Mourinho’s Roma welcome league leaders Napoli to the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday night time.

Napoli have but to style defeat this season. Consequently, they discover themselves on the Serie A summit – two factors away from second-place Atalanta.

Nevertheless, Roma aren’t too far behind. Following three straight wins, Mourinho’s males sit fourth – 4 factors shy of Napoli.

The membership from the capital have solely misplaced two of their ten league outings this time period, securing seven wins and one draw within the course of.

Not solely have Roma gained every of their final three Serie A video games, however they’ve additionally gained 5 of their earlier seven – scoring over 1.5 targets on 4 events throughout that interval.

Because of a powerful finish to the earlier marketing campaign, Roma have misplaced simply 4 of their final 27 league matches.

That stated, Mourinho’s males will struggled to assert all three factors in opposition to high-flying Napoli – whatever the house benefit.

As for Napoli, they’ve claimed eight wins and two attracts in Serie A this season. Alongside Atalanta, they continue to be unbeaten in 2022/23.

Luciano Spalletti’s aspect have gained every of their previous six league outings, dispatching Lazio, Spezia, Milan, Torino, Cremonese and Bologna alongside the way in which.

Having netted 25 targets in ten video games (2.5 targets per recreation), Napoli are the league’s high scorers by a long way this season.

Not solely have Napoli prevented defeat in every of their final 14 Serie A clashes, however they’ve additionally prevented defeat in 26 of their earlier 29. That isn’t excellent news for Roma.

Head-to-head: Napoli are at present having fun with a five-game unbeaten streak on this fixture, having claimed three wins and two attracts since their final loss in opposition to Roma.

Sadly for Roma, they’ve solely managed to win one in all their previous eight Serie A conferences with their Derby del Sole rivals.

Group information: Roma are lacking numerous key gamers attributable to damage in the intervening time, most notably Paulo Dybala and Georginio Wijnaldum.

As for Napoli, they appear set to be with out the injured duo of Amir Rrahmani and Frank Anguissa for the journey to the capital.

Though Roma are having fun with a stable marketing campaign to this point, there is no such thing as a denying that Napoli are on a totally completely different stage proper now.

For that purpose, Forebet predicts that Napoli will declare the Derby del Sole bragging rights this time round – scoring over 1.5 targets en path to victory.