Arguably the biggest match in Europe’s top leagues this weekend takes place at the San Paolo Stadium on Saturday night as Napoli host Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A. Napoli have established themselves at the top of Italian football in recent seasons but have still to win that elusive Scudetto. They have three third place finishes and two second place finishes to their name in the past 7 seasons and will be hoping to go one better this time around. Inter Milan won the Serie A title in 2009/10 and finished second the following campaign. Since then they have struggled and finished seventh in the table last season. The Inter Milan fans are hoping for something special this season.
Serie A – San Paolo, Neapel – Saturday 21th October 2017 – 19:45 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 16/5 at Ladbrokes |
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Napoli
Inter MilanNapoli Form
Napoli may have lost 2-1 at Manchester City in the Champions League in mid-week but could easily have come away with something to show for their efforts.
That result will not dent their confidence ahead of this game and Napoli have a fantastic 100% record in Serie A this season, winning all 8 of their matches. Not only have Napoli been winning games but they have been doing it in style and at home they won their last 6 Serie A games by 2 goals or more, scoring at least 3 goals in each of them.Including games from last season, Napoli have won their last 13 games in Serie A.
Inter Milan Form
Inter Milan do not have European football to play this season and will still be riding high from their 3-2 victory in the Milan derby last weekend. That huge win means Inter Milan are undefeated this season and have won 7 and drawn 1 of their 8 Serie A games. The only dropped points came in a mid-week 1-1 draw at Bologna and Luciano Spaletti will be keen to avoid dropping points in similar circumstances again this season. In almost any other season, Inter Milan’s record would be good enough to see them top of the table and they have been good to watch, with both teams scoring in 8 of their last 10 away league games.
Team News
Napoli are without long term absentee Arkadiusz Milik. Forward Lorenzo Insigne is rated as doubtful and if passed fit will join Dries Mertens and Jose Callejon in one of the most potent attacking line-ups in European foot ball.Inter Milan will be without the injured Marcelo Brozovic and that could see Borja Valero pushed into a more attacking role, with Joao Mario having to settle for a place on the bench. Roberto Gagliardini could come into central midfield.
Top Betting Tips
Napoli and Inter Milan are the top two teams in Italy this season but Napoli seem to be on another level compared to any other club in Italian football. This is reflected in the odds of 8/13 with Ladbrokes for Napoli to win this match. We should be in for an exciting game of football at the San Paolo and with both teams scoring plenty of goals and Napoli to win with both teams scoring at 15/8 with William Hill seems like a good bet. Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi is a striker in form following his hat-trick in the Milan derby last weekend. He has 9 goals to his name this season and you can get 6/4 with Ladbrokes for the Argentine to score at any time in this match.