Napoli vs. Bologna closes out Matchday 36

The last showdown on the third-to-last matchday of Serie A will take place at the Maradona, where Napoli are set to take on Bologna. After their draw with Como, the Partenopei are relatively comfortable but still looking for points to reinforce their position in the league. Meanwhile, Bologna have only picked up one point from their last three matches and hope to return to winning ways to finish in the top ten.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
There have been 76 previous official matches between the two sides in Naples: the record stands at 40 wins for the Azzurri (the last being a 3-0 victory in the 2024/25 Serie A season), 23 draws (the last being a 1-1 draw in the 2011/12 Serie A season) and 13 Bologna wins (the last 0-2, Serie A 2023/24).

DID YOU KNOW?

Napoli are the Serie A 2025/26 side with the most different goalscorers (19).

Napoli are the 2025/26 Serie A side who have scored the most goals in the first 15 minutes of play (11), alongside Inter and Como.

Napoli have not conceded a goal for 213 minutes. The last goal conceded by Basic came in the 57th minute on 18 April 2026 (Napoli v Lazio 0-2, Serie A).

Napoli are the 2025/26 Serie A side to have conceded the most penalties (9).

Only Inter (1797’) and Roma (1409’) have spent more time in the lead than Napoli (1387’) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Only Inter (24) and Genoa (16) scored more goals from set-pieces than Napoli (15) in the 2025/26 Serie A season. 

Only Milan (14) came from behind to claim more points than Napoli (13) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Bologna are the team in the 2025/26 Serie A season making the most substitutions (174 out of 175). 

Bologna have picked up just one point from their last three competitive matches. Their last win dates back to 12 April 2026 (Bologna 2–0 Lecce, Serie A). 

Only Verona (79.9) and Genoa (79.8) are involved in more duels on average than Bologna (76.6) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Only Verona (7) concedes more goals in second-half stoppage time than Bologna (6, alongside Fiorentina, Pisa and Genoa) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

No team in the 2025/26 Serie A season averages more long passes than Bologna (79.9).

COACHES and PLAYERS

The 7th official meeting between Antonio Conte and Vincenzo Italiano: the Azzurri manager leads 3-1, with two draws rounding off the head-to-head record.

Only Mike Maignan (8) has faced more penalties than Vanja Miliković-Savić (7) among Serie A goalkeepers in the 2025/26 season, but no one has saved more than the Azzurri goalkeeper (3).

Only Federico Dimarco (146) attempts more crosses from the byline than Matteo Politano (103) in Serie A 2025/26. 

Only Mateo Pellegrino (225) wins more ground duels than Rasmus Højlund (168) and Santiago Castro (162, the same as Vitinha) in Serie A 2025/26.

No one has missed more penalties than Riccardo Orsolini (2, the same as Nico Paz) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

No one has hit the woodwork more times than Riccardo Orsolini (7) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none 

Cautioned: Politano (Napoli); Cambiaghi, Lucumì, Ravaglia (Bologna)

REFEREE

PICCININI (COLAROSSI – YOSHIKAWA) IV: PERRI, VAR: MARINI, AVAR: GIUA

UPCOMING MATCHES 

Pisa-Napoli (Tbd)

Atalanta-Bologna (Tbd)

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