Serie A Round 8 2026-10-24 · 16:00 UTC finished
Napoli (home)
VS Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples
Roma (away)
Prediction
28% Napoli (home)
29% Draw
43% Roma (away)
Expected goals 1.17 — 1.31 Over 2.5 goals: 45% Both teams to score: 50%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Napoli Roma
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.922.09
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.220.68
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 44
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 14.1 9.1
Matches in the last 7 days 44
Matches in the next 7 days 33
Travel to this match (km) 0190

What the data says

Match data Moderate evidence

Napoli vs Roma: what the data says

Home last five: 1.40 points, 2.56 xG for, 1.30 against per game. Away: 2.20 / 2.15 / 1.29.

NapoliRoma
1.00 Goals conceded per match 0.60
1.2 Big chances faced per match 2.0
1.40 Points per game 2.20

What is worth noting before kickoff?

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability for this match is below 50% (backtest hit rate for this band is 42.7%%).

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Napoli

  • injured Alessandro Buongiorno return: Early November 2026
  • injured Alisson Santos return: Early November 2026
  • injured Amir Rrahmani return: doubtful
  • injured Costantino Favasuli return: Early November 2026
  • injured David Neres return: Early November 2026

Roma

  • injured Lorenzo Pellegrini return: Late November 2026
  • injured Manu Koné return: Mid November 2026
  • injured Mile Svilar return: Early November 2026
  • injured Paulo Dybala return: Early November 2026

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Napoli 16 · 8 8 draws · 10 Roma

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-02-15Napoli 2 - 2Roma
2025-11-30Roma 0 - 1Napoli
2025-02-02Roma 1 - 1Napoli
2024-11-24Napoli 1 - 0Roma
2024-04-28Napoli 2 - 2Roma
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Data coverage

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