Napoli Vs Bologna Preview Shows Bologna With One Point From Three
Napoli vs Bologna opens with Bologna carrying one point from their past three competitive matches. Napoli arrive with 213 minutes without conceding, a run that reached back to the 57th minute of the 0-2 loss to Lazio on 18 April 2026. The preview also points to a long local history, with 76 competitive meetings in Naples.
Conte and Italiano
Antonio Conte will face Vincenzo Italiano for the seventh time in a competitive match. Conte has won three of their previous six meetings, Italiano has won one, and the other two finished level.
That head-to-head sits inside a fixture Napoli have controlled at home more often than not. In Naples, Napoli have won 40 of the 76 competitive matches between the clubs, while Bologna have taken 13 and 23 have ended in draws.
Napoli’s Clean Sheet Run
Napoli’s defensive stretch runs through the same result that snapped it. Toma Basic scored in the 57th minute of Lazio’s 2-0 win on 18 April 2026, and Napoli have not conceded since.
Before that setback, Napoli had spent 1,387 minutes in the lead in the 2025/26 Serie A season, a total bettered only by Inter and Roma. They have also scored 15 set-piece goals, with only Inter and Genoa ahead of them in that category.
Bologna’s Road Form
Bologna’s latest win was a 2-0 result over Lecce on 12 April 2026, but their recent league form has been thin. They have picked up one point from their last three competitive matches.
The numbers around Bologna point to a side that stays involved in the contest. They have made 174 substitutions out of 175 possible in the 2025/26 Serie A season, engaged in 76.6 duels, and conceded six goals in second-half stoppage time, with only Verona worse on that last mark.
There is also danger in Bologna’s attack. Riccardo Orsolini has hit the woodwork seven times this season, the most of any player in Serie A, while Vincenzo Italiano’s team have attempted more long passes than any other club in the division. For Napoli, the home record and the clean-sheet run set the standard; for Bologna, the issue is whether one point from three can be turned into something steadier in Naples.
