Napoli v Roma in 12 numbers

0

Napoli are the only team not to score a single headed goal over the first fifteen matches of this season.

4

Napoli have emerged victorious in four out of their last five home games against Roma in the top division and have kept clean sheets in three of them. A sole Giallorossi win in December 2011 bucks this trend.

6

Napoli have conceded six fewer goals than Roma this season – 12 compared to 18 – and have given away 14 fewer shooting opportunities to the opposition.

7

Miralem Pjanic notched his seventh goal of the campaign against Torino and his fourth from a free-kick – both are records for the Bosnian over a single season. The midfield maestro has also netted three times against Napoli in the last two years – the only Giallorossi goalscorer in this fixture over the same period – but none have come at the San Paolo.

9

Gonzalo Higuain is the top goalscorer in Serie A with 14 strikes. He's scored in nine back-to-back home league games: 12 goals overall, with four doubles.

12

Roma are the deadliest team from set pieces in the Italian top flight, scoring 12 goals from dead-balls – four of which have been free-kicks. On the contrary, Napoli are the second-least prolific behind Carpi, having only netted once out of 28 attempts from set pieces.

13

Roma have scored the most on their travels this season: 13 goals in eight games.

19

The most frequent scorelines between these two sides in the Italian top division are 1-1 and 0-0, occurring 19 times. Nevertheless, there hasn't been a draw in this fixture for three seasons, with the home side coming out on top on every occasion.

25

Napoli have hit the back of the net for 25 league matches in a row at the San Paolo: 62 strikes overall at an average of 2.5 goals per game.

48

Roma have drawn 48 times with Napoli in Serie A, only Torino have shared the spoils with the Azzurri on more occasions (51).

64%

The Giallorossi have won 64% of matches with Mohamed Salah on the pitch – seven out of 11 – scoring at a rate of 2.2 goals per game. These numbers drop down to 25% and 1.5 respectively without the Egyptian flyer.

90

Roma have had the most shots on target this season with 90 goal-bound attempts, while Napoli are in hot pursuit on 89. Two of the most prolific attacks in Serie A are also going head-to-head on Sunday – the Giallorossi are joint-first with Fiorentina on 30 goals, with the Azzurri a couple back on 28.