Venezia v Napoli: Preview, predicted line-ups and team news
Winless Venezia have lost all six Serie A games and have a new head coach. They host a Napoli side looking for a second straight win under their manager.
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Venezia v Napoli: new boss, same losing run
Venezia have changed their head coach and are still searching for a first point. Giovanni Stroppa has paid for a start that has brought six defeats from six, and Davide Nicola is the man tasked with fixing it, according to DAZN's preview of the game.
His first home game is a hard one. Napoli visit the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo on Saturday, with kick-off at 2pm BST.
The hosts have scored five goals in six games and conceded 16. They were beaten 3-1 at Atalanta on Monday 12 October, the latest in a run that includes a 4-2 home defeat to Fiorentina and a 2-0 loss to Lazio. Napoli are not flying either, but they are comfortably ahead.
Venezia's problems are at the back. They have conceded in every game, with an average of 2.7 per match both home and away. Three of their six games have gone over 2.5 goals, and they have failed to score in three.
There is some underlying support. Their recent-form numbers show an expected goals figure of 1.83 for and 2.35 against, and 58.3% average possession. They have 14.83 shots per game. The finishing and the defending have been poor, not the build-up.
Their only penalty of the season was missed.
Napoli have won three, drawn one and lost two of their six, and sit on 10 points. They are coming off a 3-0 home win over Frosinone on 10 October. That followed a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina and a 1-0 home win over Bologna.
Napoli have scored 10 and conceded six. They have scored in every game and kept three clean sheets, two of them at home. Away from home they average 1.7 goals for and 1.3 against, and they have one win, one draw and one defeat on the road. Their 3-2 defeat at Inter on 5 September remains their heaviest setback.
Stats for Venezia v Napoli
- Venezia have lost all six Serie A games this season and have no points, with five goals scored and 16 conceded.
- Napoli have won three of their six league games and kept three clean sheets, with 10 goals scored and six conceded.
- Napoli have won three of the four meetings since August 2021, with one draw. Venezia have not beaten them.
- The last meeting finished 0-0 at the Penzo on 16 March 2025. Napoli won 1-0 at home on 29 December 2024.
- Venezia have failed to score in three of six league games. Napoli have scored in all six.
Form guide ahead of Venezia v Napoli
Venezia's last six results read six defeats, with 0.83 goals scored and 2.67 conceded per game. Napoli's read three wins, one draw and two defeats, with 1.67 scored and 1.00 conceded. The gap is clear, but Napoli's form is not spotless. They lost at home to Como and at Inter in successive games in late August and early September. Their recent-form numbers show 1.91 expected goals for and 1.47 against, a solid but unspectacular profile. Venezia's numbers are worse than Napoli's at the back and not far off at the other end, which is why a freak result cannot be ruled out entirely.
Venezia v Napoli in the Serie A table
Venezia have played six and have zero points. Napoli have played six and have 10. Inter lead the table on 16 points, and Lazio are second on the same total, so Napoli are six points off the top.
A win keeps Napoli in the chase for a Champions League place and ahead of the chasing pack. A defeat would leave Venezia with a seventh straight loss and with the first point of the season looking a long way off. This is the point of the campaign where a bottom-three place can start to feel permanent.
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NapoliHead-to-head record: Venezia v Napoli
The sides have met four times in Serie A recently. Napoli have won three and one game has been drawn, with Venezia yet to win. The average is 1.25 goals per game. Neither team has scored in a meeting where the other also scored, so both teams to score and over 2.5 goals have a rate of 0%. The last meeting finished 0-0 at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo on 16 March 2025.
Those meetings were low scoring, and Venezia's present defence looks nothing like the one that held Napoli to a draw 19 months ago. That points to Napoli winning, but the pattern of tight games and clean sheets is a reminder that this is not a guaranteed rout. The markets give Napoli a shorter price than the history suggests, and the correct score lean is towards a narrow away win.
Where this fixture is won and lost
The biggest gap is goals conceded. Venezia let in 2.67 a game in their six, against Napoli's 1.00. Napoli's three clean sheets compare with none for the hosts.
The second gap is scoring. Napoli average 1.67 goals a game and have never failed to score, while Venezia average 0.83 and have drawn a blank three times. Venezia's shot volume of 14.83 a game matches Napoli's 14.67, so the difference is in what happens at each end. Napoli simply have more composure in front of goal.
Predicted line-ups for Venezia v Napoli
Venezia have used a 3-5-2 in all six games and should stay with it despite the change in head coach. Napoli have mostly started with a 4-3-3.
**Venezia: Moreno, Gomes; Sagrado, Duncan, Bašić, Dagasso, Haps; Yeboah, Adams
Napoli: Milinković-Savić; Di Lorenzo, Rafa Marín, Rrahmani, Spinazzola; McTominay, Lobotka, De Bruyne; Politano, Højlund, Neres
Key differentials · last 10 league games
| Metric | Venezia | Napoli | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg goals scored | 0.83 | 1.67 | Napoli |
| Avg goals conceded | 2.67 | 1 | Napoli |
| Avg shots on target | 4.33 | 4.83 | Napoli |
| Avg possession % | 58.3 | 50.2 | Venezia |
| Avg corners for | 4.33 | 5.5 | Napoli |
| xG for / against | 1.83 / 2.35 | 1.91 / 1.47 | Napoli |
| Clean sheets (last 6) | 0 | 3 | Napoli |
| Failed to score | 3 | 0 | Napoli |
| BTTS rate | 3/6 | 3/6 | Level |
| Over 2.5 rate | 3/6 | 3/6 | Level |
Where to watch Venezia v Napoli: TV and online streams
Venezia v Napoli kicks off at 2pm BST on Saturday 17 October at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo. The game is shown on DAZN where selected. A UK TNT Sports or BBC broadcast has not been confirmed for this fixture.
Venezia v Napoli betting tips
The value is in Napoli keeping it tight. They have kept clean sheets in three of six games, while Venezia have scored in only three. That makes the under 2.5 goals and both teams not to score prices look better than the short odds on the home win drifting to 7/10. Over 1.5 goals at 1/5 is the safe base for the builder.