Previous encounters
There have been a total of 91 competitive matches between the two teams in Naples, with the record currently standing at 39 wins for Napoli (most recently a 1-0 win in the 2024/25 Serie A season), 27 draws (the latest being a 2-2 draw in the 2025/26 Serie A season) and 25 wins for Roma (the most recent being a 4-2 win in the 2017/18 Serie A season).
Napoli have remained undefeated against Roma for five consecutive matches, both at the Maradona and the Olimpico, with two victories and three draws. Their latest defeat dates back to the Serie A game on 23 December 2023, which Roma won 2-0.
Napoli have scored against Roma at home in each of their last 10 games: the Azzurri have scored a total of 18 goals in that period, with the last goalless match of this fixture dating back to the 2015/16 season.
Match analysis
Napoli are this season’s team with the fewest bookings (six, alongside Torino and Atalanta).
The Azzurri have won three consecutive home games: the last time this had happened was back in March-April 2026. If they win against Roma, it will be the first time they secure a four-game winning streak since the 2025/26 season.
Roma are one of the four Serie A teams with no players who have stayed on the pitch for the full 630 minutes, added time included, alongside Como, Monza and Torino. The Roma player with the most minutes under his belt is Mario Hermoso, with 506.
The Giallorossi have never conceded a goal by a subbed-on player this season (alongside Cagliari).
Saturday’s match will be the 32nd competitive encounter between Massimiliano Allegri and Gian Piero Gasperini: 14 victories for the former, 11 draws and six wins for the latter.
With this match, Gian Piero Gasperini will be the coach with the fourth-most appearances in the history of the single-round Serie A (645, overtaking Nils Liedholm). The only coaches with more appearances are Giovanni Trapattoni (689), Nereo Rocco (787) and Carlo Mazzone (792).
Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Amir Rrahmani are the two Napoli players who have played the full 90 minutes of every game this season so far.
Santiago Castro found the back of the net against Genoa: it was the Argentinian forward’s first goal for Roma. The last time he had scored in a competitive game was on 19 March 2026 (Roma 2-3 Bologna, Europa League); the last one in Serie A, on the other hand, was on 15 February 2026, Torino 1-2 Bologna.
Emanuele Lulli also scored against Genoa: it was the 19-year-old's first professional goal.
Donyell Malen scored one of his four braces in Serie A against Napoli (Napoli 2-2 Roma, 15 February 2026).
* Dati Kama.Sport
