12 matchday stats from Napoli 0–0 Roma

1. The first shot on target by either team wasn’t until the 85th minute – from Marek Hamsik of Napoli.

2. Having recorded nine shots on target against BATE on Wednesday, Roma failed to register one on Sunday evening – the first time since the 2-0 defeat to Juventus in November 2008 that the Giallorossi have ended a game without a single shot on target.

3. Roma did have five shots during the game - four of which were from inside the area.

4. 53% of the aerial duels were won by the visiting team from trhe capital.

5. Roma made 17 interceptions during the 90 minutes – eight more than Napoli.

6. In total, 1,036 passes were recorded during the game – 423 of which were made by Rudi Garcia’s side.

7. Five cards were issued – all yellow – and Roma picked up three of them.

8. The Giallorossi won 87.5% of all tackles they made – and conceded 17 fouls in contrast to the 13 committed by Napoli.

9. Kostas Manolas made seven clearances – two more than all of the Napoli players combined.

10. Edin Dzeko won 13 duels – compared to four for Higuain. The Bosnian also made seven recoveries while the Argentinian failed to make one.

11. The two most frequent passing combinations among the Roma team were Daniele De Rossi to Alessandro Florenzi and Miralem Pjanic to Iago Falque - 10 apiece.

12. Daniele De Rossi made 56 passes on the night – one fewer than he registered against BATE on Wednesday night. In both games he completed more passes than any of his team-mates.