* Roma have won only one of their last eight Serie A meetings against Napoli (D3 L4): 2-1 on November 2nd 2019. The last two matches in this fixture have finished level – it last reached three in a row in 1995.
* Roma are the side against whom Napoli have drawn the most Serie A away matches: 29 out of 75 (including a 0-0 in the most recent one, on October 24th 2021).
* Roma are winless in their last 12 Serie A home matches against sides in the top four positins of the table at the beginning of a matchday (D7 L5), losing the most recent three. Their last such victory was back on May 12th 2019 under Claudio Ranieri (2-0 v Juventus).
* Roma have won their last three Serie A matches and could win four in a row for the first time under José Mourinho – they last managed to do so in August 2020 under Paulo Fonseca.
* Napoli have won each of their last 10 games between Serie A and the Champions League: only once in their history among all competitions (since 1929/30) have they had a longer winning run: 11 between April and September 1986, under Ottavio Bianchi.
* Since last season, Napoli (35) and Roma (31) are the two sides to have scored the most set-piece goals in Serie A.
* Napoli have had 15 different scorers this season, the most by any team in the big five European Leagues in all competitions (level with Bayern Munich).
* Roma’s Andrea Belotti has scored five Serie A goals against Napoli, including his first two in the competition (a brace for Palermo on September 24th 2014). He is looking for his first league goal this season, with his last one in the competition in May for Torino against Empoli (a hat-trick).
* Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been involved in 13 goals in 14 appearances for Napoli this season, more than any other Serie A player in all competitions.
* Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has delivered one assist in each of his last four games: the last Napoli player to go on a longer run among all competitions was Lorenzo Insigne, with five in a row between January and February 2016.
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Source: legaseriea.it