Who scored his first-ever goal in Serie A against Napoli?
Muriel
Luis Muriel scored his very first goal, out of his 99 thus far, in Serie A against Napoli on the 2nd of December 2011 while Lucho was playing for Lecce: the match ended in the 4-2 victory of the Partenopean team. In total, Muriel has scored against Napoli 3 times during the course of his career and, oddly enough, all of them in matches with a final result of 4-2: in addition to the aforementioned Lecce-Napoli, the Cafetero striker also scored a goal in April 2015 during Sampdoria’s 2-4 defeat to Napoli and the absolute stunner in Atalanta-Napoli (4-2) in February 2021. Highlights of the match are available down below.
For how many matches in a row have we been scoring against Napoli?
8
Atalanta’s scoring streak against Napoli has run unbroken for the last 8 league matches: never before have the black-and-blue team been on a longer scoring run against the Partenopei in Serie A. Marten de Roon scored Atalanta’s latest goal against Napoli during the home match played last April at the Gewiss Stadium, whereas Duván Zapata started the goal-scoring run in the home match played on December 2018.
Which is the most recurrent outcome of games between Atalanta and Napoli?
1-1
The most frequent outcome of clashes entailing Atalanta and Napoli is 1-1, with it being the final result of 14 out of the 102 matches played between the 2 clubs in Serie A. The most recent 1-1 dates back to over 7 years ago; namely on the 22nd of March 2015, during matchday 28, with Pinilla on the scoresheet for Atalanta.
Which team has accrued the most points away?
Honours Even
Atalanta and Napoli are the clubs with the highest tally of away points thus far in the Serie A (16), on a par with Roma, who, however, played 7 games compared to the 6 played by the Nerazzurri and the Neapolitan side. Whereas Napoli currently flaunt the best attack playing away with 14 goals scored, Atalanta on the other hand, confide in the best defence with only 2 goals conceded.
Atalanta and Napoli have conceded the least number of headers.
False
Both Atalanta and Napoli owe much of their most-deserved success to the unwavering performances of their defences, so much so that Nerazzurri and Partenopei alike have conceded a single header thus far in the league. Despite the impressive results, they are not the best in this peculiar chart, currently led by Udinese with zero headers conceded.
