Serie A Gameweek 9 Wed, Oct 28 · 19:45 U-Power Stadium, Monza
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Our take

Napoli are slight favourites.

Napoli are the stronger side on L90 Strength (63 vs 18). Recent goals, xG and shots on target narrow the gap for Monza. Napoli are without A. Buongiorno. Monza have 5 days of rest, Napoli 4.2 and have to travel 663 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel663 kmRest days5 · 4.2Matches / 14d2 · 3
Monza23%
Draw24%
Napoli54%
Expected goals 1.12 – 1.84
Monza18%
Draw23%
Napoli59%
Expected goals 0.94 – 1.89
Monza22%
Draw24%
Napoli54%
Expected goals 1.10 – 1.84
Monza17%
Draw22%
Napoli61%
Expected goals 1.00 – 2.06
Monza23%
Draw23%
Napoli54%
Expected goals 1.24 – 1.99
Over 2.5 57% Both score 57% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 35 minutes ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Monza)
11°CMainly clear
  • Precipitation 3%
  • Wind 3 km/h
  • Humidity 84%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Monza and Napoli. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

MonzaNapoli
18 L90 StrengthIn forecast 63
18 Current StrengthIn forecast 61
34 AttackIn forecast 61
26 DefenceIn forecast 70
43 Form indexContext 44
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Monza

Attack−18%
Defense risk+18%

Napoli

Attack+22%
Defense risk−14%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

MonzaNapoli
1.86 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.43
2.14 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.83 xGVia Att/Def 1.79
1.34 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.77
+0.03 Goals minus xGContext -0.36
100% Scored inContext 86%
14% Clean sheetsContext 43%
13.71 ShotsContext 16.71
5.86 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.43
43% On target shareContext 33%
10.00 Shots in the boxContext 11.86
74% Box shareContext 70%
14% ConversionContext 9%
3.83 OffsidesContext 3.00
13.14 Shots allowedContext 15.57
5.14 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.86
2.71 BlocksContext 4.40
3.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.86
64% Save rateContext 74%
44% PossessionIn forecast 53%
376 PassesContext 510
306 Accurate passesContext 443
81% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.57 Team ratingContext 6.88
11.86 FoulsContext 8.57
11.00 Fouls sufferedContext 8.86
1.57 Yellow cardsContext 0.86
0.14 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.20
2.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.10
1.56 xGVia Att/Def 1.81
1.37 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.79
+0.04 Goals minus xGContext -0.61
90% Scored inContext 80%
10% Clean sheetsContext 40%
11.90 ShotsContext 14.70
4.90 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.00
41% On target shareContext 34%
8.67 Shots in the boxContext 10.20
68% Box shareContext 67%
13% ConversionContext 8%
3.78 OffsidesContext 2.90
14.30 Shots allowedContext 16.20
5.10 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.20
2.90 BlocksContext 5.13
3.44 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.90
65% Save rateContext 69%
46% PossessionIn forecast 53%
407 PassesContext 516
341 Accurate passesContext 450
84% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.62 Team ratingContext 6.82
10.80 FoulsContext 9.00
12.10 Fouls sufferedContext 9.40
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 1.10
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Monza
Rest5 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km273 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 43 · 7 pts vs 7.7 for an average club · +1.8 vs expected
  • W19 OctH · Cagliari4–01.4 xPts
  • L11 OctA · Lazio1–30.7 xPts
  • W18 SepH · Sassuolo2–11.2 xPts
  • L13 SepA · Lecce2–31.1 xPts
  • D6 SepA · Parma1–11.0 xPts
Napoli
Rest4.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel663 km1,067 km in 14d
Schedule load21%Moderate
Form 44 · 7 pts vs 7.7 for an average club · -1.7 vs expected
  • L17 OctA · Venezia0–12.3 xPts
  • L13 OctA · Villarreal1–31.1 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Frosinone3–02.1 xPts
  • D20 SepA · Fiorentina1–11.6 xPts
  • W13 SepH · Bologna1–01.7 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Monza Napoli
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 21
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match5Serie A 2026-2027, 23 Oct4.2Serie A 2026-2027, 24 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km663 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways273 km1,067 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 31 / 3 / 5
Next matchdays after this one2.84

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Monza Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Cagliari (H) 4–0, 19 Oct
1N. Törnqvist(G)
44A. Carboni 2S. Goglichidze 60E. Kouadio
7Ricardo Mangas 14E. Akinsanmiro 8M. Foe-Ondoa 19S. Birindelli
46J. Robinson 47Dany Mota
9Gustavo Varela
Napoli Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Venezia (A) 0–1, 17 Oct
1A. Meret(G)
5B. Badiashile 13A. Rrahmani 31S. Beukema
37L. Spinazzola 68S. Lobotka 6B. Gilmour 22G. Di Lorenzo
8S. McTominay 23Giovane
20L. Lucca
+1 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Monza No reported absences
Napoli Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.03 goals
Attack line −0.0% · Defence line −11.8% of weighted minutes
  • DEF A. Buongiorno Starter 6.65
Total impact vs full squads
  • Monza+0.6 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Napoli-0.6 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Monza · Home 2.00points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
2-0-1
Scored
2.67
Conceded
1.33
Napoli · Away 1.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-1-2
Scored
1.25
Conceded
1.25

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 1 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

1 Monza wins1 draws4 Napoli wins
Goals per game0.67 – 1.83 Over 2.533% Both scored17% Clean sheets33% · 67%
  • 19 Apr 2025Monza0–1Napoli
  • 29 Sep 2024Napoli2–0Monza
  • 7 Apr 2024Monza2–4Napoli
  • 29 Dec 2023Napoli0–0Monza
  • 14 May 2023Monza2–0Napoli
  • 21 Aug 2022Napoli4–0Monza

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Monza7 games · scored 13 · conceded 15
4 0-15
2 2 16-30
3 3 31-45
3 3 46-60
3 1 61-75
2 2 76-90
Napoli7 games · scored 10 · conceded 7
0-15
3 1 16-30
1 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 61-75
3 2 76-90
Monza10 games · scored 16 · conceded 21
4 0-15
3 2 16-30
3 3 31-45
4 6 46-60
3 4 61-75
3 2 76-90
Napoli10 games · scored 12 · conceded 11
1 0-15
4 3 16-30
1 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
1 1 61-75
3 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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