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Serie A · Matchday 7 Match report

Venezia 1-0 Napoli: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

1-0Full time
Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, Venezia

Our picks against the result

6 of 12 right

  • Result Napoli win51% 1-0
  • Double chance Napoli or draw (X2)76% 1-0
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.556% 1 goal
  • More corners Napoli48% Napoli (0-12)
  • Yellow cards Around average 2 yellow cards · league 3.3
  • Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Under54% 4.5 Under73% 5.5 Under86%
  • Corners Around average 12 corners · league 9.5
  • Corners 12 corners 8.5 Over63% 9.5 Over52% 10.5 Under58%

Match stats

Venezia Napoli
  • 1 Goals 0
  • 2 Yellow cards 0
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 0 Corners 12

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Venezia vs Napoli in Serie A's Matchday 7 takes place at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo on Saturday 17 October 2026, and our model expects a Napoli win, with the double chance on Napoli win or draw.

Why this pick?

Our model's pick is a Napoli win, mainly because it rates Napoli clearly above the Serie A average on our strength rating while Venezia, newly promoted and bottom of the table, sit below it. The strongest point the other way is Venezia's home advantage. That counts for something, but it is not enough to close the gap the ratings and the goal model point to: over their last five matches Venezia have conceded big chances at a rate clearly higher than the league average, while Napoli have kept that measure clearly below it. Napoli have also won three of the four meetings since 2010. The call is moderately clear.

Form guide

Venezia

  • L 1-3 at Atalanta (A) Serie A · 12 Oct
  • L 0-2 vs Lazio (H) Serie A · 19 Sep
  • L 2-4 vs Fiorentina (H) Serie A · 11 Sep
  • L 2-3 at Frosinone (A) Serie A · 6 Sep
  • L 1-2 at Udinese (A) Coppa Italia · 2 Sep

Napoli

  • L 1-3 at Villarreal (A) Champions League · 13 Oct
  • W 3-0 vs Frosinone (H) Serie A · 10 Oct
  • D 1-1 at Fiorentina (A) Serie A · 20 Sep
  • W 1-0 vs Bologna (H) Serie A · 13 Sep
  • L 0-1 vs Arsenal (H) Champions League · 9 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

VeneziaNapoli
Attack 26 68 0.8 goals per match this season1.7 goals per match this season
Defence 5 84 2.7 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Serie A clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

0Venezia wins
1draw
3Napoli wins

4 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 16 Mar 2025 · Serie A Venezia 0-0 Napoli
  • 29 Dec 2024 · Serie A Napoli 1-0 Venezia
  • 6 Feb 2022 · Serie A Venezia 0-2 Napoli
  • 22 Aug 2021 · Serie A Napoli 2-0 Venezia

Serie A so far

Serie A records before the match
#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
8 Napoli 6 312 10:6 +4 10
20 Venezia 6 006 5:16 -11 0

Positions in our table of 20 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Serie A, Matchday 7
Kick-off
Venue
Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, Venezia

Questions and answers

What was the score of Venezia vs Napoli?

Venezia 1-0 Napoli in the Serie A (Matchday 7) on Saturday 17 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Venezia vs Napoli right?

No: our result pick was Napoli win, and the score after 90 minutes was 1-0. 6 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Venezia vs Napoli?

2 yellow cards (Venezia 2, Napoli 0), no red cards and 12 corners (Venezia 0, Napoli 12).

Other Serie A results that day

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Times are UTC.