Napoli have made it clear this season their main goal is to win the Serie A title and this weekend they host Sassuolo on Sunday afternoon. Younger fans of Napoli will not remember the last time their team won Serie A and they come into this match sitting top of the table and aiming for their first league title since the 1989/90 campaign. That famous team included none other than Diego Maradona and Napoli now have quality players who are looking to follow in his footsteps, such as Dries Mertens, Marek Hamsik and Lorenzo Insigne.
Serie A Stadio San Paolo, Naples – 29th Sunday October – 14:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 13/2 at Ladbrokes |
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Napoli
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Napoli suffered their first defeat of the season when they went down 2-1 to Manchester City away from home in the Champions League. This result was followed by a 0-0 home draw with Inter Milan, a match Napoli were hoping to win. These two results were the first set-back for Napoli this season but it didn’t take them look to get back to winning ways in mid-week as they defeated Genoa 3-2 away from home in Serie A. Napoli remain undefeated in Serie A this season and their only dropped points in their 10 league games came in the 0-0 draw with Inter Milan. Napoli are unbeaten in their last 22 Serie A games and have won 11 of their last 12 in the league. They have also kept a clean sheet in their last 3 home Serie A games.
Sassuolo Form
Sassuolo have been struggling this season and slumped to another defeat in mid-week as they went down 1-0 at home to Udinese on Wednesday night. That was Sassuolo’s sixth defeat of the season and they have been struggling to get points on the board, hence their 15th position in Serie A. Their only 2 wins this season have come away from home and both were 1-0 victories at Cagliari and SPAL. Sassuolo will be hoping for a better performance defensively than when they played Lazio away from home, as they conceded 6 goals that day. However, the real problems over the course of the season have come at the other end of the pitch. Sassuolo have scored only 5 goals in 10 Serie A games and pointless Benevento are the only team with a worse goal scoring record.
Team News
Maurizio Sarri could be tempted to rest some of his key players for this match with Manchester City to come in the Champions League. However, Napoli want to win Serie A this season and so the manager is likely to stick to his best starting XI, with Arkadiusz Milik the only player unavailable. Sassuolo are without Timo Letschert, Claud Adjapong, Edoardo Goldaniga and Alfred Duncan for this game. They also have doubts over Paolo Cannavaro and Domenico Berardi.
Top Betting Tips
Napoli have been excellent this season and will strongly believe they can take another 3 points from this game. Napoli are 1/6 with Ladbrokes to win the game. Napoli are renowned for their attacking prowess but have been good defensively at home in recent Serie A matches. With Sassuolo struggling to score goals, this match presents Napoli with the chance to keep their fourth clean sheet in a row at home in the league. Napoli to win to nil is available at 21/20 with Ladbrokes. Having been held to a 0-0 in their previous home match, Napoli will be keen to score a few goals in-front of their home fans ahead of the tricky Champions League games with Manchester City. You can get 4/9 with Ladbrokes for Napoli to win and over 2.5 goals to be scored.