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Napoli vs Shakhtar Donetsk Prediction & Betting tips
A season sometimes takes a strange course. The SSC Napoli is in the Italian Serie A the so far outstanding team and leads after 13 matchdays the table. All three competitive defeats conceded the Neapolitans in the Champions League, where they are therefore close to the end. With two games to go, Napoli are six points clear of Schachtjor Donetsk, which means they have to win their first two matches and rely on Manchester City forward support. Even a 3-2 victory on Wednesday night would be against the Ukrainians too little, since the first leg was lost 1: 2 (away goals rule). The team of Maurizio Sarri will do everything in their power to get the theoretical chance of reaching the last sixteen until the last matchday. In the current state, we trust the front runner of Serie A this in any case and speculate on a significant victory of the hosts. The betting odds for a handicap success are very interesting and worth a try in any case.
Napoli :
The fans of SSC Naples would not get out of jubilation at the moment, if not for the Champions League. In the league, everything is going according to plan, their club is still undefeated and leads the Serie A table, while champion Juve again left points in Genoa at the weekend. The offensive trio Mertens – Callejon – Insigne harmonizes splendidly and also led the weekend again the next threesome against AC Milan. This time it was Insigne who scored the opening goal. Substitute Zielinksi increased the score after the break.
Milan came only to the connecting goal in injury time and had to travel home empty handed. But let us now turn to the dark chapter of this season: In the Champions League, the Italians conceded on the first matchday the bitter and eventually decisive defeat at Schachtjor. The mandatory victory against Rotterdam followed the two appearance against Manchester City. Although the Neapolitans held well in two high-class games, they were twice beaten in the end. Donetsk meanwhile drew six points against Feyenoord and so stands the Serie A leaders on the fifth match day with his back to the wall.
Shakhtar Donetsk :
Shakhtar Donetsk can be more than satisfied with the season so far. In the national Premier League, they lead the table ahead of their constant rival Dynamo Kiev. After 16 games, the Orange-Blacks have 36 points and a goal difference of 31:14. So you make the best attack of the league and also internationally, everything goes according to plan. Nine points in the Champions League mean that they only need one point from the remaining two games to move into the last sixteen.
With the opponents Naples and Manchester City in front of the chest but is still far from won and relied on the fact that the Citizens come up on the last day with a B-Elf, it wants to Donetsk no one. The game on Tuesday night is therefore very important and the team has prepared intensively for it. Probably some players were thinking of the Champions League anthem on the weekend and thus have lost focus on their compulsory tasks. At home Donetsk suffered a surprising and unnecessary defeat at home to PFK Olexandrija (1: 2). Despite a goal-setting ratio of 16: 3 they stood at the end without points and the bankruptcy is not necessarily beneficial for self-confidence.
Napoli vs Shakhtar Donetsk head to head matches
13.09.17 CL Shakhtar Donetsk Napoli 2 : 1