FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · Serie A · Sat 05 Sep 2026, 17:00 UTC

Inter 32 Napoli

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What the chances were worth

Inter
3.86
expected goals (xG)
Napoli
2.43
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 3–2; by chance quality the match ran 3.86–2.43.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Inter
47%
Draw
28%
Napoli
25%

The model made Inter to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 47% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Inter created the better chances — the xG read 3.9–2.4 and the shot count agreed (29–16, 8–7 on target). Inter got into the box far more often (20 shots inside it to 13) and Inter held 63% of the ball. Inter's finishing let them down — 3 from 3.9 xG despite 8 of 29 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On the balance of chances, the 3–2 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Inter
Napoli
63%
Ball Possession
37%
29
Total Shots
16
8
Shots on Goal
7
14
Shots off Goal
4
7
Blocked Shots
5
20
Shots inside box
13
9
Shots outside box
3
10
Corner Kicks
5
1
Offsides
2
542
Total passes
341
485
Passes accurate
264
7
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
6
Goalkeeper Saves
5
6
Free Kicks
6

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Inter 3-5-2

  1. 1 Josep Martínez (G)
  2. 7 P. Zieliński (M)
  3. 8 P. Sučić (M)
  4. 10 Lautaro Martínez (F)
  5. 17 A. Diouf (M)
  6. 23 N. Barella (M)
  7. 25 M. Akanji (D)
  8. 31 Y. Bisseck (D)
  9. 32 F. Dimarco (D)
  10. 94 F. Esposito (F)
  11. 95 A. Bastoni (D)

Bench: I. Provedel, B. Pavard, J. Stones, A. Stanković, A. Bonny, H. Çalhanoğlu, Carlos Augusto, R. Di Gennaro, C. Jones, M. Thuram, Luis Henrique, H. Mkhitaryan

Napoli 4-3-3

  1. 1 A. Meret (G)
  2. 13 Amir Rrahmani (D)
  3. 16 Rafa Marín (D)
  4. 19 R. Højlund (F)
  5. 21 M. Politano (F)
  6. 22 G. Di Lorenzo (D)
  7. 26 A. Vergara (M)
  8. 27 Alisson Santos (F)
  9. 37 L. Spinazzola (D)
  10. 68 S. Lobotka (M)
  11. 99 A. Zambo Anguissa (M)

Bench: M. Olivera, V. Milinković-Savić, N. Lang, B. Gilmour, C. Favasuli, K. De Bruyne, David Neres, N. Contini, S. Beukema, B. Badiashile, L. Lucca

The market’s read

Inter
57%
market implied · price 1.68 · opened 57%
Draw
25%
market implied · price 3.79 · opened 25%
Napoli
18%
market implied · price 5.42 · opened 18%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Inter or draw1.1681.5%-0.3 pts
Double chance Napoli or draw2.2043.0%+0.3 pts
Double chance either team1.2675.4%-0.0 pts
Draw no bet — Inter1.2375.7%+0.1 pts
Draw no bet — Napoli3.8324.3%-0.1 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2972.8%+2.3 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.9449.3%+2.8 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.2329.1%+3.2 pts
Both teams to score1.8749.9%+2.5 pts
Inter over 1.5 team goals1.7952.6%+2.0 pts
Napoli over 1.5 team goals4.1622.6%+1.3 pts
Inter clean sheet2.2042.4%-1.7 pts
Napoli clean sheet5.0019.0%-0.8 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-0 6.47 · 1-1 6.84 · 2-0 7.33 · 2-1 7.80 · 0-0 9.95

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-05 15:30 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
11 Jan 26Inter2-2Napoli
25 Oct 25Napoli3-1Inter