Napoli 3-3 Roma: What the numbers say about a wild night at the Maradona

Roma have scored 16 and conceded three in seven Serie A games. Napoli are ninth after a bumpy start under Massimiliano Allegri, but McTominay’s brace against Bodø/Glimt has given them hope. Saturday at the Maradona, 5pm UK time, is a clash of trajectories. Here is everything you need to know before kick-off.

Sold by United for a reported €30.5m in 2024, McTominay scored 12 Serie A goals in his first season, clinched the Scudetto with an acrobatic finish and was named Serie A MVP. After a tough autumn, his brace against Bodø/Glimt rescued Napoli’s Champions League campaign. The full story of his reinvention.

Five defeats in nine games in all competitions, nine points off the top and a centenary season that has started badly. Tonight, Napoli face Bodø/Glimt at the Maradona. Is this the night Massimiliano Allegri's side reset their season, or the moment the problems become impossible to ignore? A measured look.

Around €156m spent, more than a dozen new signings, three coaches in four months and 14 goals conceded in six games. Fiorentina’s centenary season has started in crisis. We separate the structural problems from the bad luck, look at the Kean saga and the missing No.9, and ask whether Paolo Vanoli can save them again.

Fabio Pisacane overcame paralysis as a teenager, turned down a match-fixing bribe and made his Serie A debut at 30. Now he has Cagliari in the Champions League places. We explain the club, the coach, the style and the players, from Daniel Maldini to Harry Winks, and give an honest verdict on whether it can last.

Six games is 16% of the season. Some of what the Serie A table shows will last until May, some will be forgotten by Christmas. We go through the standings team by team, from Inter’s leaky defence to Venezia’s six defeats, and pick out what to watch on Matchday 7, including Juventus v Lazio on Sunday.