Serie A still waiting for first 0-0 draw after five rounds, matching 2015-16 wait

No goalless draw yet in Serie A

"There still hasn’t been a 0-0 draw in Serie A this season, after four five rounds of matches," writes Stephen Hogg. "Is this getting near a record yet?"

Chris Roe replied with historical comparison: "I only have just over 30 years’ worth of Italian league data so, within that small sample, this is equal to the longest wait for a goalless draw (between Napoli and Carpi), which came in the fifth round of matches in Serie A in the 2015-16 season."

Comparisons in England and beyond

"In the Premier League, we had to wait until the fifth round of matches on 17 September 2023 for a goalless draw (Bournemouth and Chelsea)."

Roe notes that longer waits have happened elsewhere, and "you’d not be surprised to find the 21 divisions in which a longer wait was needed for a goalless draw all happened a long time ago."

The longest top-flight wait came in just the second ever season in 1889-90 when the first goalless draw came in the 17th round of matches.

This was only beaten by the 1894-95 season in tier two, where the first (of only two goalless draws in the season) came on 23 March 1895 between Arsenal and Crewe Alexandra, which was the 25th match of the season for Crewe (and the 26th for Arsenal).

Equalling this is a much more recent example from the Scottish third tier in 2013-14, which also had its first goalless draw in the 25th round of matches (between Airdrie United and East Fife on 22 February 2014)."