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Napoli vs Verona Prediction & Betting tips
This weekend, Napoli will take on the surprising PhD student Hellas Verona in-house. That team managed to earn nine points with a minimum goal difference (6-5 after seven games). Between 2014 and 2018, these teams played against each other nine times. Napoli won eight times, Verona stunted once.
Napoli:
Just as in previous seasons, Napoli was regarded as the main competitor for champion Juventus. After seven rounds of play it has not been able to live up to these expectations, the backlog on Juve is now six points and that on Inter five. Precious points were spilled in the two weeks before the international break. First at home against Cagliari. Virtually all the chances in that match were for the Azzuri, Insigne and Mertens who were able to spoil the chance. The team of Ancelotti then got the lid on, in the 87th minute Cagliari scored from the only good chance it got the 0-1.
Then the Partenopei also suffered damage in Turin. Torino managed to keep it tight at the back and gave the attacking Napoli few possibilities. Substitute Fernando Llorente got the only good chances in this match with three headers. As he was not sharp in the completion, this match ended in a justly bloodless draw. We also saw this result in the meantime when Napoli visited Genk for the Champions League. At times, the Belgians had the better of the game, but the sights were not on their way or goalkeeper Alex Meret got in the way. On the other hand, the Naples team repeatedly hit the post and it was a miracle that this game ended without goals.
Hellas Verona:
One-time Series A champion Hellas Verona (1985) started well after returning to the highest level. It lost the two games against top teams Juventus and AC Milan but did good business against the competition. For example, fellow promoter Lecce already won 0-1, draws against Cagliari, Udinese and Bologna and in the last match before the international break even Sampdoria.
The Verona team made the best use of the poor shape of La Samp, which is stiff at the bottom with only three points from seven games. There were few opportunities from open play with which the Gialloblu dealt best. It took the lead within ten minutes when defender Marash Kumbulla towered above everyone and headed in a Miguel Veloso corner. The 33-year-old Portuguese has shown his good kicking technique several times at Genoa in recent seasons and also gives his new team the necessary points. Ten minutes before the end, he aimed a free kick straight into the goal, which ended via a Sampdoria defender in his own net.
Napoli vs Verona head to head matches
06.01.18 SA Napoli Verona 2 : 0
19.08.17 SA Verona Napoli 1 : 3
10.04.16 SA Napoli Verona 3 : 0
16.12.15 COP Napoli Verona 3 : 0
22.11.15 SA Verona Napoli 0 : 2