First half of the Serie A match between Venezia and Napoli for Stadio Pierluigi Penzo don end 0-0, with the bottom side holding Napoli despite the visitors’ pressure. The game kick off at 09:00 on Saturday 17 October, and Napoli came into the contest eighth on the table with 8 points while Venezia sit bottom without a single point.
Napoli had chances before the break. Scott McTominay see attempts from inside the box blocked, and Sam Beukema also get a shot blocked from the left side after Giovane headed pass. Giovanni Di Lorenzo missed a header to the left from the centre of the box after Billy Gilmour cross following a corner. Venezia also had a moment when Akor Adams header from the centre of the box went high and wide to the left.
Play stop for a while because of injury to Matías Moreno, but the delay clear and both teams continue. Venezia manager na Davide Nicola, while Massimiliano Allegri dey in charge of Napoli. Napoli continue to press for opener, with McTominay and Di Lorenzo among those involved as the first half close.
History before the match still dey hang over Venezia. Napoli don go unbeaten in 14 of their 16 Serie A meetings with Venezia, winning 7 and drawing 7. That run reach 10 straight games without defeat against the same opponents, with 6 wins and 4 draws. Venezia last top-flight win over Napoli na 4-1 at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo on 8 March 1942, and dem no score against Napoli in their last seven Serie A attempts.
Venezia lose all six Serie A matches this season, a run dem only suffer once before, in 1949-1950. Napoli, meanwhile, get only one point from their last two away games, after dem lose to Inter and draw with Fiorentina. Against newly promoted sides, Napoli win their last seven Serie A matches, scoring 18 and conceding two, and dem keep clean sheet in 8 of their last 9 such games, including the last five in a row.
Venezia dey top the yellow card list this season with 18, and dem get the lowest ratio of fouls to bookings in the division, picking up a card every 3.6 fouls. For Napoli, Kevin De Bruyne scored twice against Frosinone and fit score in two consecutive league games for the first time in four years. The last time na October 2022, when he score in back-to-back Premier League matches for Manchester City against Brighton and Leicester City. Since the start of August, De Bruyne get hand in 7 goals, 5 of his own plus two assists, across ten appearances for club and country.
Venezia confirmed lineup for 3-5-2 na Filip Stankovic, Redouane Halhal, Matías Moreno, Juan Jesus, Antoine Hainaut, Kike Pérez, Simon Sohm, Toma Basic, Ridgeciano Haps, John Yeboah and Akor Adams. Napoli start with Alex Meret, while their confirmed formation na 3-4-2-1.
