Stat Attack: Facts to know ahead of Napoli trip

Goal glut

Roma - whose 19 Serie A goals are only bettered by Inter Milan and Sassuolo (20) going into this weekend - have scored 74 league goals at the San Paolo; a historical record that only AC Milan and Juventus (both 87) can beat.

A woodwork lesson

Across the last seven Serie A matches between Napoli and Roma, the two have combined to hit the woodwork 11 times, with only the Milan derby (13) seeing the post and crossbar struck more often in fixtures since 2017.

Fruitful journeys

Napoli - who have lost their last two league games at home - have only won one of their last five Serie A matches against Roma at the San Paolo, with the Giallorossi winning two and drawing another two.

A good omen

Roma have picked up 17 points from their first eight league games and on each of the eight occasions they have claimed 18 points or more by the end of Matchday 9, they have ended the season in the top three.

Frugal at the back

If they manage to stop their hosts from scoring on Sunday, Roma - who have conceded just once in their last six matches in all competitions - would earn a second successive Serie A clean sheet for the first time since May 2019.

Set-piece specialists

No team has scored more goals from corners than Roma (3) this season, with all of those goals coming away from home.

Even Stevens

Roma and Napoli have both had 133 shots in the league this term, with only leaders Milan (135) having more attempts on goal, while Roma (65) and Napoli (66) are the two teams to have faced the least amount of shots from their opposition.

Double trouble

Roma captain Edin Dzeko has bagged two braces against Napoli in Serie A and both came at the San Paolo.

Micki on fire

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has scored five goals in his last two league games and only Zlatan Ibrahimovic (11) has been involved in more goals than the Armenian (9) this term, with Mkhitaryan laying on four league assists to go with his five goals.

Major milestone

Roma’s Spanish forward Pedro will make his 350th appearance across his time in Europe’s top-five leagues with his next outing and if he features against Napoli, they will be his 66th different opponent from his time in La Liga, the Premier League and Serie A.