Serie A – Match-day 10 Sees Napoli take on Bologna

League Leaders Napoli are keen to use home advantage, as they take on Bologna at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday – Kick-off 6:00pm GMT.

Leaders Napoli are currently 16 places higher than their opponents Bologna, when the two sides meet, they will sit in first and seventeenth positions respectively.

League leaders Napoli will seek to win every game, this meeting is no exception

This match sees Napoli looking for a return to form, following a defeat in their last match against Cremonese.

Also, League leaders Napoli’s League position speaks for itself, as they continue their rich vein of winning form. Their last win, was the 5th in a row, a rich vein of form that has drastically improved their Serie A position. With 7 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws for a total of 23 points so far this season, they have secured the top spot in the Serie A having won seven games and drawn two meetings.

When Napoli host Bologna, they will do so on the back of three victories and one dart on their own ground.

The ultimate prize this season will be for Napoli to finish top of the Serie A and secure automatic qualification for the Champion’s League. However, they must play each game as it comes and secure the points, if that is to be achieved.

Good atacking and defensive team

Napoli have a solid defence, with only seven goals conceded in their previous matches. They have a good scoring average of 22 goals (20 from open play and two penalties). This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (5), Matteo Politano (3), and Min-jae Kim (2).

Napoli are likely to be missing two of their key players when they start Sunday’s game, due to injury and illness.

Bologna have seven points to their name, going into this tie

With Thiago Motta’s men stubbornly held to a 1-1 draw in their last match, he will hope to find the key to unlock the defence in this fixture.

Also, Bologna are quickly becoming the Serie A’s draw specialists, having recorded four in their last eight fixtures. They currently stand seventeenth in the League, with seven points for a total of 1 wins, 4 losses and 4 draws having won one game, drawn four matches, and lost four fixtures.

Playing away from home, Bologna have drawn one game and lost three meetings.

A victory for Bologna would put them on 10 points.

Bologna may have to resort to second choice players, given the number of first choice players that are now unavailable through injury, illness or suspension.

Napoli v Bologna – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels it’s an encounter that strangely has tended to favour the visiting team with Napoli 20 wins and six draws. Further, Bologna have been hugely successful away to Napoli of late, winning six meetings times in the last four. Their most recent encounter in this competition Bologna secured a 0-2 away win.

Other players of note for Napoli are Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Matteo Politano with five goals each and for Bologna are Marko Arnautovic and Nicolas Dominguez with six goals both.