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Napoli vs Cagliari: All the Match Statistics

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Cagliari has lost its last two matches against Napoli without scoring, and could, for the third time in Serie A, suffer three consecutive defeats against the Neapolitans without finding the net, after 1966 and the 2017-2018 period.

Napoli has lost only one of its last 28 games against Cagliari in Serie A (19W, 8D), with the defeat dating back to September 25, 2019 (0-1 at home); in particular, the Neapolitans have won seven of the last eight first-round matches against the Sardinians, with an aggregate score of 21-3.

Cagliari has lost its last three away games against Napoli in Serie A and has already recorded a streak of four consecutive defeats on the Neapolitans' home turf on two occasions, between 1966 and 1969 and during the 2011-2014 period.

Napoli is unbeaten in its last 13 Serie A matches (8W, 5D) – the last defeat dates back to last February 23, 1-2 vs Como; this is the longest current unbeaten streak in the top five European leagues.

Cagliari is coming off two consecutive away defeats – the most recent precisely at the Maradona, last May 23 – and has not lost more consecutive away games in Serie A since November-December 2023 (a streak that reached four).

In each of the previous nine Serie A seasons, Cagliari has never won within its first two matches of the league, while the last coach to win within his first two games in charge of the Sardinians in the top flight was Leonardo Semplici, between February and March 2021.

No team conceded fewer shots than Cagliari on the opening day (four, tied with Milan); moreover, the Sardinians attempted six shots on target, fewer only than Inter (nine) and Juventus (eight) so far in Serie A.

Among the players currently in Serie A, Scott McTominay is the only one to have reached double digits in goals this calendar year (10 goals); furthermore, in 2025, no player in the competition has scored more headers than the Scotsman: four, tied with Roberto Piccoli.

On the first matchday, Kevin De Bruyne scored on his seasonal league debut for the first time since 2020/21 (goal and assist vs Wolverhampton in the Premier League); in his career across the top 10 European leagues, the Belgian has never scored in each of his first two matches in a single league season.

The first 22 Serie A appearances of Sebastiano Luperto came wearing the Napoli shirt, between 2015 and 2020; thanks to his goal on the opening day, the class of '96 is the first defender to score in each of the last four seasons in the competition (2022/23), during which he has played 111 Serie A matches, tied with Giovanni Di Lorenzo and only fewer than Federico Baschirotto (113) among players in the same position.

Carlo Gioia

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