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NAPOLI IN AWAY MATCHES

Napoli have never drawn in the five matches they played so far away from the San Paolo, in fact they lost four and won only one match, scoring 5 goals and conceding 11. Away from home the partenopei only gained 3 out of the 14 points they have in total, putting them in a table placing which is more reassuring since Mazzarri substituted Donadoni as coach (7 points in 3 matches is a good score).

With the new coach, Napoli managed to end a match without conceding any goals. This was in Florence where they won 1-0 thanks to a goal by Maggio in the final minutes. ( a true leit motiv of the last 3 encounters: even the victory against Bologna and the draw against Milan are exploits obtained in the dying minutes).

Previously Napoli lost 2-1 in Palermo on the first match day in a match out of which they deserved better,ssing the opportunities created. They then lost 4-1 in Genova against Gasperini’s team and 3-1 against Inter due to an initial negative approach ( a habit which also featured in the last match against Milan with the rossoneri scoring twice thanks to Inzaghi and Pato). The last match of Roberto Donadoni saw Napoli lose 2-1 against Roma.

THE MOST FAITHFUL

There are 5 Napoli players who did not miss a single championship match, two of which were present for the full 968 minutes played: goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis ( a former bianconero who made his debut in the Serie A with Juventus) and Slovak national Marek Hamsik, 22 years old leaving a great impression especially for his goal scoring talents (this season he already scored 5). They are followed by Uruguay midfielder Gargano and starting strikers Ezequiel and Lavezzi (two goals at present) and international Fabio Quagliarella (3 goals in the tournament).

THE PREVIOUS MATCH ON THE 31st OCTOBER

Juventus and Napoli already played once against each other on the 31st of October. The match dates back to 1954, the 7th match day of a championship which did not feature any of the two teams in the top positions (the azzurri in fact finished ahead of the bianconeri by one point).

The important parts of the match came all in the first half: on the 25th minute Boniperti scored the opener for Juventus but 10 minutes later the campani coached by Monzeglio managed to equalize thanks to Amadei. The result remained the same till the end, because the bainconeri missed a penalty taken by Praest. The line-up of the home team fielded by coach Also Olivieri was the following: Viola, Travia, Manente; Oppezzo, Ferrario, Gimona, Muccinelli, Mannucci, Boniperti, Bronée, Praest.

THE 1-0 LEGACY

The most frequent result in the history of Juventus-Napoli is 1-0, occurring 12 times (besides the last 2 matches played after our return to the Serie A). Here is the list of the match-winners: in 1938/39 Defillipis; 1946/47 Piola; 1956/57 Swedish national Hamrin, 3 minutes from full time; 1963/64 Miranda; 1977/78, a tricolour year, Boninsegna, at the start of the match; in the following season Tardelli decided the match, followed by Scirea for the third consecutive 1-0 result;

1-0 again in 1990/91 thanks to Casiraghi; 1993/94 Ciro Ferrara, as a Napoli defender, deviated the ball into his own goal after a shot by Andrea Fortunato; in 1994/95 the scorer was Fabrizio Ravanelli; finally in the two last championships with Ranieri with goals under the South End stand by Iaquinta in 2007/08 and Marchisio 2008/09.

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