Juventus 2-0 Napoli: Bianconeri move 3 points clear of Partenope

Four goals at Monza four days ago. Then a blank against Juventus. Napoli lost 2-0 to a side that had come into the game off a 2-0 defeat at Genoa: the pitch turned the freshest trends on their head.

The table after the match

The table already includes this result. Juventus are 7th on 17 points after 10 games: 5 wins, 2 draws, 3 defeats, 13 goals scored and 10 conceded. Napoli are 8th on 14 points, also after 10 games: 4 wins, 2 draws, 4 defeats, 17 goals scored and 13 conceded.

One number tells the story of the two sides. Napoli have scored 17 goals to Juve's 13, but they have also conceded 13 to Juve's 10. This time Juventus kept a clean sheet. Even so, Napoli remain the higher scorers of the two.

Form: neither side came in confident

Over their last 5 games, across the league and cup competitions, the records were identical: 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats. How they got there was different.

Juventus (most recent first):

• 0-2 defeat at Genoa;
• 2-0 win at Lecce;
• 2-2 draw at home to Rennes in the Europa League;
• 0-3 home defeat to Lazio;
• 2-1 win away at Celta Vigo in the Europa League.

In total, 6 goals scored and 8 conceded. An unsteady side: two away wins, but also a defeat on the road at Genoa and a heavy one at home to Lazio.

Napoli:

• 4-1 win away at Monza;
• 3-3 draw at home to Roma;
• 4-3 win over Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League;
• 0-1 defeat at Venezia;
• 1-3 defeat away at Villarreal in the Champions League.

In total, 12 goals scored and 11 conceded. This was a side built for open games: 4 goals, 3 goals, 4 goals in three of their last 5. Against Juventus they couldn't find a single one.

Anyone looking only at Napoli's attack could have read them as favourites. Anyone looking at the defence and the run of results could have seen a more even contest. The 2-0 backs the second reading.

Head-to-head and the De Bruyne factor

In the last 5 meetings before this one, Napoli had the edge: 3 wins for Napoli, 1 for Juventus and 1 draw, with 12 goals in total. Napoli won 2-1 at home on 7 December 2025. In the last two meetings at Juventus's ground, though, the Bianconeri have won: 3-0 on 25 January 2026 and now 2-0. The 2024 meeting at the Juventus ground ended 0-0.

Among Napoli's league scorers, K. De Bruyne stands out: 4 goals and 1 assist.

What to watch in the coming days

For Juventus, the question is consistency. Their recent league sequence reads 2-0 at Lecce, 0-2 at Genoa, 2-0 against Napoli: now they have to show the latest result isn't just another swing. Napoli, 8th on 14 points, need to work out whether their defence can survive open games: they have conceded 11 goals in their last 5. Keep an eye on De Bruyne too: Napoli's attack remains the more prolific of the two, but without solidity at the back, goals aren't enough.