Previous encounters
There have been 84 competitive matches between the two teams in Milan, with the record standing at 54 wins for Inter (the latest 1-0 in the 2022/23 Serie A season), 20 draws (most recently 1-1 in the 2024/25 Serie A season) and 10 wins for Napoli (the most recent being a 1-0 win in the 2019/20 Coppa Italia).
Match analysis
Inter are just one point away from finishing this first half of the season top of the table: following their win over Parma and Milan’s draw with Genoa, the Nerazzurri have secured the chance to finish the first half of the season on top, if they win or draw in their rearranged Matchday 16 fixture against Lecce.
The last time Inter finished first in the first half of a Serie A season was in the 2023/24 season, which ended with them winning the Scudetto. Inter are also the last team that finished the first half of the season top of the table and then lost to another team (2021/22 season, with Milan winning the league title).
Inter are on a six-game winning streak in the league: their latest loss was to Milan on 23 November (0-1 in the Milan derby). The Nerazzurri are the team that has scored the most goals in the 2025/26 Serie A season (40) as well as the team with the most goals in the final 15 minutes, including stoppage time (nine).
Only Juventus (15) have more players who have scored a goal this season compared to Inter (second place at 13, tied with Cagliari).
Napoli will face one of the teams that has received no red cards so far (Inter, like Torino, Lecce, Verona and Cagliari). Napoli, on the other hand, are the team that has benefitted from the most players of the opposing team being sent off (four).
Napoli are the team that has scored the most goals between the 31st and 45th minute, including stoppage time (seven), alongside Atalanta.
Before Napoli v Verona, Napoli had not conceded two goals in the first half in Serie A since Milan 2-1 Napoli, on 29 September 2025.
There have been three competitive encounters between Cristian Chivu and Antonio Conte: the record stands at one draw and one win for the Napoli coach.
In their first 30 matches as Inter coaches, both Simone Inzaghi and Cristian Chivu have won 21 games.
Antonio Conte will be facing his former club: he coached Inter in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. He made 102 appearances as Inter coach, with a record of 64 wins, 23 draws and 15 losses, reaching the Europa League final during his first year at Inter and winning the league title in his second year.
Lautaro Martinez is currently this season’s top scorer after playing 18 games (10 goals). Since his Serie A debut, Manuel Akanji has played 100% of the minutes available, the only Inter player to achieve this.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo scored his first 2025/26 Serie A goal against Verona: the Napoli captain had not scored since 26 October 2024 (Napoli 1-0 Lecce at the Stadio Maradona).
* Dati Kama.Sport
