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Serie A · Regular Season - 8 · 2026-10-25 17:30 UTC · Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples

NapoliTeam strength 1780.3 · projected league finish #3
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Napoli
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
RomaTeam strength 1793.5 · projected league finish #2
Napoli wins 39.9%Draw — neither team wins 28.4%Roma wins 31.8%Average simulated goals 1.481.30

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Napoli have the highest number? Roma currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Napoli playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.48for Napoli and 1.30 for Roma. That makes Napoli the highest of the three result estimates at 39.9%. For the full league season, Napoli is projected to earn about 66points and Roma about 68. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Napoli a 39.9% chance of beating Roma at home in the Serie A on 2026-10-25, with 28.4% for the draw and 31.8% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.481.30; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.8% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores
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07.76.55.22.30.70.2
17.613.57.83.41.10.4
26.88.85.72.50.80.3
33.34.42.81.20.40.1
41.21.61.00.50.10.0
5+0.50.60.40.20.10.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores
11 13.5%21 8.8%12 7.8%00 7.7%10 7.6%20 6.8%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.8%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Napoli avoids defeat68.2%
Roma avoids defeat60.1%
Napoli allows no goals27.2%
Roma allows no goals22.8%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Napoli666.1%52.6%
Roma689.3%62.4%

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