Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Napoli 5th with 77 points, Crotone 19th with 23, 54 apart. Recent form flatters Crotone's table spot — 13th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 19th. Scoring rates set the scale: Napoli 2.26 scored and 1.08 conceded per game, Crotone 1.18 and 2.42, with the league averaging 1.53.
Momentum sat with Napoli, winners of their last three, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Napoli had taken 13 of 15 points to Crotone's 3.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 5 for Napoli, 0 for Crotone and 0 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture leans high-scoring: 80% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The venue was Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples, with room for 60,240 spectators. On the scoreboard, Napoli led 3-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-3.