Match Report
Salernitana, 20th on 17 points, faced a 36-point deficit to Napoli (10th, 53). The last five rounds placed Napoli no better than 15th for form, against 10th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.31 goals per team per game, Napoli ran at 1.45 scored and 1.26 conceded, Salernitana at 0.84 and 2.13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 5 Napoli wins, 0 for Salernitana, 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
L. Marinelli took charge of the match — our records show 82 games refereed with an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game. Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,240. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.