Serie A: Juventus vs. Napoli Betting Preview, Odds, Prediction

Juventus meets Napoli in the closing match of the Serie A‘s round 3. The two big rivals who had several interesting title races over the recent few years are coming into this clash with just one thing on their minds, and that is to win. Juventus is the absolute favorite, but they slipped lat week against Roma on the road. Meanwhile, Napoli is perfect in recent times.

Preview

Juventus (-110) played 2-2 against Roma at Olimpico and spoiled the good opening of the campaign. The Old Lady beat Sampdoria 3-0 in the first round of Serie A at Allianz Stadium. However, we need to say that something isn’t looking quite well in Juve. It seems that the team is a bit old, and we are pointing a finger towards the defensive part of the team.

The two leading center-backs, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci are 36 and 32, and Matthijs De Ligt, who arrived from Ajax last year, didn’t meet the expectations. 

Cristiano Ronaldo is still the No.1 option in attack, and despite his age, the Portuguese doesn’t have any problems in delivering superb performances. 

Napoli (+275) was excellent in the first two games of the new season. At first, Gattuso’s guys defeated Parma on the road, 0-2, before inflicting a humiliating loss to Genoa, 6-0. It was a very good intro for the upcoming derby in Turin.

After a long time, the Parthenopeans are coming in one season without the pressure on their backs. After taking the Italian Cup last year, the fans are satisfied, as well as the owners, and Gatusso has enough credit. 

Napoli played four matches in this campaign, including the ones during the preseason. They haven’t allowed a single goal during that time, scoring 16 on the other end, which is very impressive, no matter that they didn’t have high-profile teams across themselves in those two friendly contests (Teramo, Pescara).

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Federico Bernardeschi, Alex Sandro, and Matthijs de Ligt won’t play in this derby due to injuries. At the same time, Adrien Rabiot received a red card against Roma and has to skip the game due to a suspension.

A big blow for Napoli is Lorenzo Insigne’s absence, because one of the best, if not the best player of this club has a hamstring injury. Piotr Zielinski is also out.

Head to Head Matches

Napoli has the edge over Juventus in the last two games. The most recent was in the finals of Coppa Italia, where they won after the penalties. Prior to that one, Napoli beat Juve in Serie A at San Paolo, 2-1. 

Prediction

Juve is the host in this matchup, and when looking at the tradition, they haven’t won just once in the previous nine games against Napoli in Turin. Also, in four of the last five, they’ve scored twice or more on three occasions three times. Meanwhile, the guests are superb and are pilling on pressure. Therefore, both teams to score will be our recommendation, with the odds at -115. 

We expect a highly entertaining match on Sunday with both Juve and Napoli going after a win.