The strongest verified ref pattern for Napoli in the current sample.
Serie A08/23
Ref×team split · N=10
#RefWin ratevs baselineClose gamesOpponent whistle volume minus team volume per game. Positive means your team is whistled less (or the opponent more), a favorable minors/flags edge.
How Napoli compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.
Close games (≤1 goal margin)
97 of 156 games match this window
Avg combined goals
Close-match avg
2.2
Season avg
2.6
Pressure impact
-0.4
Avg cards
Close-match avg
22.6
Season avg
22.6
Pressure impact
+0.0
Over rate
Close-match avg
44.3%
Season avg
51.3%
Pressure impact
-7.0 pp
Over benchmark: 2.4 combined goals · Seasons: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 156 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
Individual refs: stats for one official across all Napoli games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: Napoli went 91-28 (76.5%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than Napoli.
Scores, fouls, cards, and referee assignments from ESPN (1569 games, 197 with sportsbook totals). Referee coverage only where ESPN lists gameInfo.officials (2021-22 onward); games without referee names are excluded entirely. football-data.co.uk I1 CSVs lack a Referee column and are not used. Matrix: 490/962 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 331 games skipped (no official listed).