Sunday, at 19:30, Napoli will receive the Genoa visit in a match for the 31st Serie A. The match will take place at the San Paolo stadium in Naples.
Having the nearest Inter at seven lengths behind it, Napoli needs victory to stay quiet on the 2nd place of the Serie A hierarchy. The “Azzurri” committed it in the intermediate stage, “Carlo Castellani”, losing in front of Codola Empoli (1-2), and now they have to wash their sins against their own supporters against an approachable opponent.
Andrei Radu’s band did not fancy this season with the relegation zone, but if it continues the “gray” line of results, it will do so soon. Paradoxically, the only success of “griffins” in the last six rounds came in front of Juventus (2-0). Otherwise, Genoa was more likely to be an approachable opponent, including for bands under or under the hierarchy, such as Frosinone (0-0, Udinese (0-2) or Parma (0-1) 4 home with Inter, revealed the defensive weaknesses of the Genoese group, but also its limits.
In the last ten direct confrontations between the two bands, Napoli was forced seven times, while the other three duels ended in a tie;
The previous direct match took place on the tour, when Napoletans forced “Luigi Ferraris”, score 2-1;
The last success of the Griffin in front of the Napoletans dates from January 2012, from a 3-2 on own field;
Probable teams:
Napoli (4-4-2): Meret- Malcuit, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Mario Rui- Callejon, Allan, F. Ruiz, Zielinski- Milik, Mertens
Genoa (3-5-2): Radu-Biraschi, Gunter, Criscito- Sturaro, Lerager, Veloso, Bessa, Lazovic-Lapadula, Sanabria
Given the circumstances of this game, we expect a solid evolution of the hosts. Evolving on his own ground, where he feels the best, and having an approached opponent, we think Carlo Ancelotti’s band will not crash and pick up the three points in a natural way and without much emotion.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1.67
