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Match Preview: Napoli vs Bologna

On 16 October 2022, catch the live broadcast of Napoli vs Bologna from the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on TLN TV at 11:55A!

Match Insights: Napoli

Napoli have won each of their last four Serie A matches against Bologna (keeping three clean sheets), after the Emilians had registered two wins and a draw in the previous three.

In Napoli’s last nine matches at home against Bologna in Serie A, there have been seven wins for the Azzurri and only two for the Rossoblu – there hasn’t been a draw since a 1-1 on January 16th 2012 (Acquafresca and Cavani).

Match Insights: Bologna

2015/16 (six points) is the last time that Bologna have picked up fewer points (seven currently) in the first nine games of a Serie A championship and the last time they won one of the first nine game came in 2013/14.

Thiago Motta remains unbeaten in both games as a manager at Napoli in Serie A: a 0-0 draw with Genoa in November 2019 and a 1-0 win with Spezia in December 2021 – two of his four cleans sheets on the road in charge of top-flight teams have come against the Azzurri.

Napoli vs Bologna: Players to Watch

Napoli boast both the defender who has created the most open play chances (Giovanni Di Lorenzo, 14), and the second-ranked defender for chances created in general (Mario Rui, 20, behind only Cristiano Biraghi, 30) in Serie A this season.

Andrea Cambiaso is the only Bologna defender to have made nine appearances in the league this season: his only Serie A goal came against Napoli, in the 2-1 defeat with Genoa on August 29th 2021.

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