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Liverpool vs Napoli Prediction & Betting tips
Numerous top teams have already solved their tickets for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. On Wednesday evening wants to follow suit with the defending champion Liverpool FC.
The leader of the English Premier League needs for a victory in the home game against Naples or Schützenhilfe the Belgian from Genk, which should not lose against RB Salzburg.
The aim of the “Reds” but it should be logical to retract the fourth threes in a row in the group stage and thus not only the progress, but also to secure the first place in Group F.
If we give Liverpool and Naples the odds of bookmakers believe, then such a scenario is relatively likely, especially since the Italian guests had last to struggle with various problems.
In the club at the foot of Mount Vesuvius in early November, it went haywire. Domestic gazettas even reported a mutiny within the club, as the players should have been anything but satisfied with senior management decisions.
The Neapolitans have been without a win for five Serie A games, and in the Champions League the “Partenopei” still has to worry about the last 16. Under these circumstances, we would be surprised if a tip between Liverpool and Naples on the guest true.
The team of Jürgen Klopp is in front of a home crowd at Anfield a real power and won, among other things, the recent seven encounters in the group stage of the Champions League.
However, as the prices point to a simple success of the favorite but with little value, we have decided to make a prediction in the duel between Liverpool and Naples that Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Co. will meet at least once in both halves. Against an unsettled Italian team, this idea does not seem too far-fetched.
Liverpool:
So far, Liverpool Football Club has played 21 competitive games this season. If you ignore the defeat on penalties in the Community Shield against Manchester City, then Naples was the only team that could bring the Reds to their knees.
Last season’s Champions League winner may be the best and most consistent team in the world right now. Who leads the strong Premier League with nine points ahead and undefeated, must inevitably be counted again to the hottest atmosphere of the contenders for the handle pot.
However, what often takes a back seat to the overall very positive coverage is the fact that the leaders have won seven of the previous twelve victories with exactly one goal advantage.
Also in the Champions League fell the 4: 3 against RB Salzburg or the 2: 1 win in Genk significantly scarcer than expected. As such, on Wednesday we would be wary of giving Liverpool and Napoli a prediction on a home side handicap success.
On the other hand, it is more interesting to conclude bets that the strong offensive of the English top club is once again running hot. In the latest three group games in the premier class Mané and Co. scored ten goals.
In all three matches, the Reds scored at least one goal in both the first and second rounds. In the Premier League, such an assessment would also have been successful in six out of twelve, so statistically speaking, before the duel Liverpool vs. Liverpool. Naples the tip on a goal of Klopp-protégés in both halves brings quite attractive quotations.
The most important personnel for the possibly pre-decisive home game against Naples is Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian sat on the bench last weekend in the late 2-1 triumph at Crystal Palace over the entire season, but should be fit in time by Wednesday. Thus, only Joel Matip and Nathaniel Clyne would definitely fail. Shaqiri remains a question mark.
Naples:
In Naples the tree is burning! The reigning Italian runner-up threatens to sink into chaos. Already at the beginning of November there were reports from the press, according to which the players opposed the club boss Aurelio De Laurentiis and finally let go on own initiative even a demanded training camp.
That the ongoing unrest, which by the way by no means burden the relationship between professionals and coaches, nevertheless lead to a sporting downhill, is not really a big surprise. Naples’ last victory is October 23, more than a month in the past.
In the last six competitive games, the “Azzurri” remained without full sense of achievement and thus lost a lot of ground in Serie A. After the 1-1 win over the weekend at AC Milan, which was already the fifth division of points in the wake of the aforementioned Sieglos series, the light blue fell back to position seven. Five counters are currently missing on the targeted Champions League ranks.
At least in the premier class, the starting position before the remaining two games is quite positive. Since the Italians have decided the direct comparison against Red Bull Salzburg (3: 2, 1: 1) and are currently four points ahead of the Austrians, they already have a three on Wednesday in Liverpool or two weeks later in the home game against the severed Belgian tail light from Genk.
Even in the case of a defeat at Anfield, the Ancelotti team would still be in the last sixteen in their own hands. On the other hand, this rather comfortable constellation ensures that the “Partenopei” in England can even be more courageous than expected. If Napoli win on the Merseyside, you would even be close to winning the group.
The loss of the Italian international Lorenzo Insigne, who had to be replaced injured at the weekend after a good hour, is particularly heavy.
The agile attacker could be replaced by Dries Mertens or Fernando Llorente. Even the former German junior national player Amin Younes could become an option.
Liverpool vs Napoli head to head matches
17.09.19 CL Napoli Liverpool 2 : 0
28.07.19 CF Liverpool Napoli 0 : 3
11.12.18 CL Liverpool Napoli 1 : 0
03.10.18 CL Napoli Liverpool 1 : 0
04.08.18 CF Liverpool Napoli 5 : 0