High-flying Napoli travel to Genoa looking to continue their 100% record in Serie A and stay clear of the chasing pack. Napoli’s only defeats this season have come at the hands of Manchester City and Shakthar Donetsk in the Champions League and they look to be the team to catch in Serie A. Genoa managed to register a league win this season last weekend and need to start picking up more points if they are to avoid a relegation scrap.
Serie A – Genoa vs Napoli – Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Wednesday 25th October 2017
Kick-off: 19.45 GMT
Serie A – Luigi Ferraris, Genua – Wednesday 25th October 2017 – 19:45 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 15/4 at Ladbrokes |
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Genua
NapoliGenoa
Ivan Juric’s men currently sit in 17th place in the Serie A table with 5 points from their 8 games so far. Their much needed win against Cagliari last time out will surely be a huge confidence booster for the whole club.
Their 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats have left them embroiled in a relegation scrap currently but a win against Napoli could lift them as high as 12th in the Serie A table. 16 year old Pietro Pellegri has scored 2 goals this season, a quarter of Genoa’s league tally and he has a host of suitors all over the world looking at him.
Napoli
Napoli will be rueing their missed opportunities in the Champions League against Manchester City as they eventually lost 2-1 despite a missed penalty from Dries Mertens. Their domestic form however has been exemplary, with 8 wins from their opening 8 games – scoring 26 goals in the process – to sit 2 points clear of Inter Milan at the top of the table. Dries Mertens has not had any problems finding the net in Serie A however, with 9 goals from his 8 games making him the league’s joint top scorer with Inter’s Mauro Icardi.
Head to Head
The two sides have met on 31 occasions previously, with Napoli leading the head to head 14:7 with a further 10 draws being played out between the two teams.
Genoa frustrated Napoli at home last season and managed to get a well-earned point in a 0-0 draw last September before Napoli got their revenge in February 2017 with a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Piotr Zielinski and Emanuele Giaccherini.
Odds and Predictions
Genoa have struggled to score this season whilst Napoli have the most potent attack in the division.
Both teams to score – NO – is good value at 6/5 with Paddy Power.
Dries Mertens has banged the goals in this term and looks in fine form.
Dries Mertens to score anytime is a banker bet at 8/13 with William Hill.
Napoli scored 3+ goals away from home on 4 occasions already this season.
Napoli to score 3+ goals in the match looks a savvy bet at 5/4 with Coral.
Napoli have only conceded 5 goals in 8 Serie A games this term.
Napoli to win the match to nil pays a healthy 11/8 with Ladbrokes.
Score Prediction
Genoa 0 – 3 Napoli – 10/1 with Bet Victor.
Top Betting Tip
Genoa will be delighted to have picked up their first win of the season last time out but Napoli are a different proposition and are one of the form teams in Europe currently. Napoli to win the game with a -2.5 Asian Handicap represents a good bet at 21/10 with Bet 365.