Barcelona vs Napoli prediction for Thursday’s Europa League clash at Camp Nou in Barcelona. The Blaugrana find themselves in the Europa League playoffs as they host Napoli to secure a place in the round of 32. You can follow our free prediction betting tips and preview on this page.
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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Barcelona Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals – 1.84
Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Napoli 0 Goals Handicap – 2.83
Bookmaker ratings prediction three: Both Teams To Score Yes – 1.65
Barcelona Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals
Despite a horrible Champions League group stage campaign, Barcelona are still a force to reckon with. The bookies are favoring the Blaugrana to win but we will add a double chance to reduce the risk. In addition, Barcelona’s all six matches in the Champions League saw under 3.5 goals.
Napoli 0 Goals Handicap
Out of six games in the Europa League group stage, Napoli covered the 0 handicap four times. Certainly, the Blues will fight for a draw in the Nou Camp and we think they may be able to pull it off. Moreover, Napoli are undefeated in their last five away games in Serie A.
Both Teams To Score Yes
Barcelona and Napoli met twice before competitively in the Champions League and on both occasions there were goals from both sides. Additionally, there is a 60% chance that there will be goals at both ends according to the statistics.
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Preliminary review and match prediction for Barcelona vs Napoli
Certainly, Barcelona are not having their best season as we can see from their results. In fact, in La Liga, Barca are having their worst campaign in 11 years. Also, they were eliminated from the Champions League group stage for the first time since 1998.
Hence, the Blaugrana are playing in the Europa League for the first time since the 2003/04 season. However, after a slow start to the season, Xavi replaced Koeman as manager and recently the team looks in better shape as they are undefeated in seven games in Spain.
An average of 2.33 goals conceded at the Nou Camp shows Barcelona’s vulnerability while playing at home. Hence, Xavi needs to fix this issue since he can’t afford to see his team concede goals in a knockout stage and expect to qualify.
After beating Leicester on matchday six, Napoli secured the second spot of Group C and have to go through the playoffs. Obviously, Napoli’s season saw ups and downs since August. In fact, the Blues were off to a great start in Serie A and were leading the table until November.
However, that wasn’t the case in the Europa League as Spaletti’s team grabbed one point from their two opening games. Nonetheless, three wins from their next four fixtures were enough to get them through. Now they face a tough challenge against one of Europe’s best teams.
Barcelona vs Napoli match prediction
Xavi worked hard in the January transfer window to improve his lineup and that showed against Atletico Madrid. Surely, for a team like Barcelona being knocked out of the CL is a failure. Nevertheless, the Blaugrana will fight to do well in the Europa League.
We think Xavi found a fine combination between his new players and the old ones and Barca’s results will improve. However, Napoli are a stubborn team and will do their best to go back to Naples with a draw. Hence, we think the double chance combo with a home win or draw is the best choice to bet for this game.
Safe Bet
Barcelona were either drawing or winning after the first half of their last seven games. The Barcelona 0 goals handicap in the first half bet has odds of 1.50. Hence, we will count this as our safe bet for this game.
Quick Rich
There is a 25% chance that this match will end in a draw according to statistics. Surely we are in presence of two teams who are at the moment in similar form. As a result, we think it is a good option to opt for a draw here which has odds of 3.64 for a quick profit.
Barcelona vs Napoli First Goalscorer
Barcelona will be on the offensive from the start to secure a fine comfortable result in the first leg. That will open up the space for the likes of Osimhen to exploit and as a result find the target. The Nigerian opened the scoring in a Napoli match five times this season and we will back him to repeat the feat in Camp Nou.
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— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli)
Barcelona vs Napoli Team News
In Napoli’s last match against Inter, Spaletti’s team played his best team and even had Mertens on the bench. Lozano author of five goals this season is out with a shoulder injury. All other main players are ready for the trip to Barcelona.
Barcelona vs Napoli Lineups
Barcelona: ter Stegen, Araujo, Pique, Alba, Pedri, Bousquets, de Jong, Traore, Torres, Gavi.
Napoli: Ospina, Rui, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Di Lorenzo, Ruiz, Lobotka, Insigne, Zielinski, Politani, Osimhen.
Most Popular FAQ for Barcelona vs Napoli
Who won the last meeting between these clubs?
Barcelona beat Napoli 3-1 on August 8, 2020, in Barcelona.
Where will this match be played?
Thursday’s game will be played at Nou Camp in Barcelona.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds at Vbet for Barcelona vs Napoli.
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