Can Napoli’s home defence halt Roma’s unbeaten Serie A start?
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Napoli’s home defensive record faces Roma’s unbeaten away record, with the seven-point table gap adding clear context and both squads carrying listed absences.
Before kickoff
The table gap meets two contrasting records
The pre-match provisional Serie A table places AS Roma third with 17 points from seven games, while Napoli are ninth with 10 points from seven. Roma are seven points ahead of Napoli (17 v 10), and trail league leaders Inter by two points; Napoli trail Inter by nine. The result therefore matters to Roma’s position near the top and to Napoli’s effort to reduce the gap.
Napoli’s most recent-first seven-match form is Win, Loss, Loss, Win, Draw, Win, Loss. At Maradona Stadium, their league record this season is two wins, no draws and one loss, with five goals scored, two conceded and two clean sheets. Roma’s seven-match sequence is Win, Win, Win, Win, Draw, Draw, Win. Away from home, Roma have two wins, one draw and no losses, scoring six goals and conceding none, with three clean sheets.
Goal threat and confirmed absences
D. Malen leads Roma’s scorer chart with six goals in six appearances. Napoli’s main listed threat is K. De Bruyne, who has three goals and one assist in seven appearances. Napoli will be without Alisson Santos, A. Buongiorno, David Neres and C. Favasuli; A. Vergara is questionable. Roma will be without M. Bah, P. Dybala, M. Kone and M. Svilar; L. Pellegrini is questionable.
The key question at the 16:00 UTC kickoff on Saturday, October 24, is whether Napoli’s home defence can maintain its record against Roma’s away attack and Malen’s scoring threat.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Inter | WWDWW | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 19 | |
| 2 | Lazio | WWWDW | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 19 | |
| 3 | AS Roma | WDDWW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 17 | |
| 4 | AC Milan | WDWDD | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 15 | |
| 5 | Como | WDLWW | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 14 | |
| 6 | Frosinone | WLWDW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | |
| 7 | Cagliari | LDWWW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| 8 | Juventus | LDWLD | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Napoli | LWDWL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |
| 10 | Torino | WWDLW | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |
| 11 | Atalanta | LWLLL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | |
| 12 | Lecce | WLLWL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
| 13 | Sassuolo | LDLWD | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | |
| 14 | Monza | WLWLD | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | |
| 15 | Bologna | LWDLD | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | |
| 16 | Udinese | LLLLL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | |
| 17 | Genoa | LWLDL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | |
| 18 | Fiorentina | LLDWL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | |
| 19 | Parma | LLWLD | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | |
| 20 | Venezia | WLLLL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 |