The challenge of the “Maradona” in the numbers and curiosities provided to us by the A League
- Sono 14 i precedenti ufficiali a Napoli tra le due squadre: 10 vittorie partenopee, 3 pareggi e 1 affermazione toscana.
- The last challenge in Naples was in August 2007 Coppa Italia, 3-1 in extra time for the Azzurri thanks to Lavezzi’s hat trick after Kutuzov’s guest lead.
- Pisa won in Naples in Serie A in January 1986 by 1-0, Berggreen’s decisive goal. The coaches were Ottavio Bianchi for the home team and Vincenzo Guerini for the Tuscans.
- It had been since the 2021/22 tournament that Napoli had not won the first 3 days of Serie A: then partenopei at 9, together with Roma and Milan. At the end of the season azzurri third.
- After 3 days Napoli has the best defense in Serie A, along with Roma (1 goal conceded by both).
- If Napoli were to win against Pisa, one would have to go back to 2021/22 to see the Azzurri win the first four days of Serie A.
- Pisa is still searching for a goal by one of its own players in the 2025/26 season: dry in the Coppa Italia at Cesena and in 2 out of 3 days of Serie A. The Nerazzurri’s only goal was scored in Bergamo on the first day of A, an own goal by Hien.
- Pisa has been missing a victory in Serie A for 12552 days: the last time was on May 12, 1991, Pisa-Bari 1-0.
- Antonio Conte, out of 41 Italian league matches as a coach, has lost only once in September (September 2006 in Serie B, Arezzo-Bari 0-1) compared with 24 wins and 16 draws. Considering only Serie A, he is unbeaten in the 26 matches played in September, with 19 wins and 7 draws.
- Among the 20 Serie A coaches, Antonio Conte is the coach with the highest point average in the Italian professional leagues: 2.06. In this ranking we find in second place Massimiliano Allegri (1.87) and in third place Fabio Grosso (1.72).
- In the month of September, Gilardino’s teams have a point average of 0.90, the result of 4 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses in 20 Italian league matches.
- First coaching confrontation between Antonio Conte and Alberto Gilardino
- Second goal in 3 Serie A days for Kevin De Bruyne. There are so far 9 Belgian players with more than 10 goals in Serie A. The top scorer is former Neapolitan Dries Mertens at 113 goals; on the podium are Lukaku (84) and Oliveira (72). The first in double figures reached by De Bruyne is Cyril Ngonge, with 10 goals.
- Rasmus Hojlund took 14 minutes to score his first goal in Serie A 2025/26. 10 his goals in the Italian top league, without any penalty kicks. The Dane had never scored so early in Serie A at the level of minutes, so far for him there was 1 goal scored in the first half (in the 41st minute against Salernitana) and 8 in the second half