* Atalanta have won four of their last six Serie A meetings with Napoli (D1 L1), including their last two; only between 1997 and 1998 have they won three such games in a row (three 1-0 wins).
* After failing to score in three consecutive Serie A matches against Napoli between 2009 and 2010, Atalanta have found the net in 19 of their last 21 such meetings against them – among the sides they’ve faced 10+ times in this period (since 2011/12), against no other team have Napoli kept fewer clean sheets than against Atalanta (2/21).
* Napoli and Atalanta have not drawn in their last six Serie A meetings played at the Gewiss Stadium: three wins apiece, with the last two won by the Nerazzurri.
* After winning six Serie A matches in a row between November and December, Atalanta have won only three of their last 12 such matches (D5 L4); in this period, since December 18th, they have scored 1.2 goals per game on average, whilst they had scored 2.2 per game in the first part of the season.
* Napoli have earned 34 points in 15 Serie A away matches so far, only in the 2017/18 campaign have they had as many at this stage of the competition (39 back then); indeed, they have lost only one such match this season (W10 D4), on November 21, against Inter (2-3).
* Napoli (21) and Atalanta (17) are two of the top three sides to have attempted the most shots in 2022 following a high turnover (AC Milan, 18).
* Atalanta have found the net with 18 different players in Serie A this season, more than any other side and a record for the club in a single top-flight campaign; the last side to have had more was Sassuolo, 19 in 2018/19.
* Atalanta’s striker Luis Muriel has scored just four league goals this season, he last scored as few as four in a Serie A campaign in 2014/15 (for Sampdoria and Udinese) – he has scored three Serie A goals against Napoli, including his very first goal, on December 3, 2011, for Lecce.
* Napoli have won 70% of their Serie A games this season with Victor Osimhen (14/20), whilst their winning percentage drops to 50% without him (5/10); also, the points per game ratio drops without the Nigerian (2.3 v 1.7) – Amir Rrahmani will miss this game too; however, Napoli have won each of their three league matches without him so far.
* Napoli’s striker Dries Mertens has been involved in six goals (four goals, two assists) in his last seven Serie A starts against Atalanta, whilst he failed to score or assist a single goal in his first four against them.
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Source: legaseriea.it