On the 18th of April, Napoli and Roma will play a match in Napoli in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Napoli sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Fiorentina. Nicolás González scored the first goal for Fiorentina in the 29th minute, then Dries Mertens tied it up for Napoli in the 58th minute , but Fiorentina kept scoring and walked away with the win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Napoli should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 5th placed Roma, recorded a 2-1 win against Salernitana. Ivan Radovanović struck first for Salernitana in the 22nd minute, then Carles Pérez tied it up for Roma in the 81st minute on a feed from Henrikh Mkhitaryan But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 85th minute on a goal by Chris Smalling. Roma is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
On Sunday Oct 24th, Roma hosted Napoli at the Stadio Olimpico in their last match together. Roma and Napoli battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Roma nor Napoli could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Roma’s top weapon lately has been Tammy Abraham, who has three goals in the last five matches. Victor Osimhen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 5 goals for Napoli.