Lorenzo Insigne had a shocking penalty record as Napoli captain against Juventus, but his winner in February exorcised some of those demons.

The two clubs finally face off in Turin for the rescheduled Serie A Week 3 fixture on Wednesday at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT).

It was originally meant to play in October 2020, but was postponed due to a COVID outbreak at the Partenopei.

Insigne is due to start and he has a remarkable history against the Old Lady, including the curse of the spot-kick.

Lorenzo Insigne had a shocking penalty record as Napoli captain against Juventus, but his winner in February exorcised some of those demons.

The two clubs finally face off in Turin for the rescheduled Serie A Week 3 fixture on Wednesday at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT).

It was originally meant to play in October 2020, but was postponed due to a COVID outbreak at the Partenopei.

Insigne is due to start and he has a remarkable history against the Old Lady, including the curse of the spot-kick.

He now has four goals and four assists against Juve in 20 competitive games, and has scored in each of their last two meetings.

However, he had an infamous record against them from the spot.

Out of four penalty misses in competitive matches, three of them were against Juventus.

Gigi Buffon saved it during Napoli’s 3-1 defeat in May 2015, then he hit the woodwork in a 2-1 loss at the San Paolo in March 2019.

Most notably, Insigne fired a penalty off target in the Italian Supercup in January 2021.

It was still 1-0 at the time, that would’ve equalised and perhaps prompted extra time, instead Napoli went on to lose 2-0 with Insigne in floods of tears on the touchline.

Between those misses in March 2019 and January 2021, Insigne had converted all 12 spot-kicks.

However, the captain broke that taboo by converting the winning penalty on February 13, 2021.

Napoli won 1-0 and that could prove to be a decisive result in the race for fourth spot.

If two teams are level on points, their position will be decided first by head-to-head record and only then goal difference.

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