Previous encounters
Throughout the years, there have been 43 competitive matches between the two teams at the Maradona: the record stands at 26 wins for Napoli (the most recent being a 2-0 win in the 2024/25 Serie A season), 14 draws (most recently 0-0 in the 2022/23 Serie A season) and three wins for Hellas Verona (the latest was a 1-2 win in the 1982/83 Serie A season).
The last time the Gialloblu won in Naples was on 2 January 1983 in Serie A. The game ended 2-1 with a brace by Giuseppe Fanna and one goal by Claudio Pellegrini. Since then, there have been 26 competitive games in Naples between the two teams, with a record of 18 wins for the hosts and eight draws.
Match analysis
Napoli have won four consecutive matches 2-0: the two games that led to their Italian Super Cup win and their two subsequent Serie A games: the Azzurri have not conceded a goal in a competitive match for 377 minutes, the last one being in their 1-0 defeat to Udinese away on 14 December, with Jurgen Ekkelenkamp scoring in the 73rd minute.
Napoli remains unbeaten at home after 22 competitive games, with 16 wins and six draws. Their latest loss was to Lazio away (0-1), on 8 December 2024 in Serie A.
Napoli hold the record for the most opposing players being sent off during the 2025/26 Serie A season, namely four, alongside Parma.
Napoli are the team that has scored the most goals (seven) in the final fifteen minutes of the first half, including stoppage time. Napoli are one of the three teams who have scored the fewest goals with their substitutes (one goal, alongside Parma and Udinese), while Verona has conceded the most goals by the opponent’s substitutes (six).
Verona are the 2025/26 Serie A team that has conceded the most goals in the final 15 minutes, including stoppage time.
They are also the 2025/26 Serie A team with the fewest goal-scoring players (six).
This will be the third competitive encounter between Antonio Conte and Paolo Zanetti, with one home win each in their first two encounters. Zanetti won on matchday one of the last Serie A season, with the game ending 3-0 for Verona.
Amir Rrahmani scored his first goal of the 2025/26 Serie A season against Lazio; he had not scored since the Serie A game between Genoa and Napoli in December 2024. Rhahmani scored his first ever Serie A goal against Verona on 23 May 2021.
* Dati Kama.Sport
