Napoli vs AS Roma prediction for Sunday’s Serie A round 20 clash at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples. You can follow our free predictions betting tips and preview on this page.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Napoli to Win – 1.78
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Over 2 Goals – 1.46
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Anytime Correct Score 1-0 – 1.53
Napoli to Win
Napoli have won eight of their nine home games in Serie A making them 89% favorites to win this game. The Blues have won seven straight games at the Diego Armando Maradona. Napoli beat Roma in two of the last three meetings in Naples.
Over 2 Goals
According to the statistics, there is an 85% chance that this match will produce over two goals. 89% of Napoli’s home games and 80% of Roma’s away games ended with two or more goals, the same trend happened in the last four h2hs in Naples.
Anytime Correct Score 1-0
One of the main reasons for Napoli’s success this season is their ability to score first and take a 1-0 lead. In detail, in eight of the nine home games, Napoli made the first breakthrough. Roma on the other hand conceded first in five of their ten away fixtures.
Napoli
Napoli have increased the gap at the top of Serie A to 12 points with second-placed AC Milan. The Blues recorded their 16th win of the season in 19 games by beating Salernitana 0-2 in Salerno in the previous round. Napoli are currently on a three-match winning run.
Incredible stuff offensively by Stefano Pioli’s men as they scored nine goals in their last three outings. Napoli have the best attack in Serie A with 46 goals scored and took over as the best defensive team from Juventus after beating the Bianconeri by 5-1 two rounds ago.
AS Roma
With the 0-2 away win at Spezia, AS Roma have recorded their second consecutive win, extending their unbeaten run to six games and keeping clean sheets in the last two games. Roma are currently in the fourth position with 37 points. The Giallorossi have won four of their last eight league games.
Jose Mourinho’s team’s recent success is down to a strong defense in the last eight matches. Roma conceded 0.75 goals per game in that period which is 10.7% lower than their season’s average of 0.84. However, the Giallorossi let in 1.10 goals per game on the road.
Napoli beat three of the four games they played against the top four ranked teams in the league. In addition, the Blues are undefeated against Roma in the previous six meetings winning four and drawing two games. In conclusion, we predict Napoli to emerge as the winners in this game.
Napoli are averaging 2.89 goals per game when playing at home and scored two or more goals in their last six matches at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. With odds of 1.81 at 1xBet, we predict Napoli to score over 1.5 goals and consider it as our safe bet.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is Napoli’s best player this season in many departments. The Georgian leads his team in terms of rating with a score of 7.55. In addition, Kvaratskhelia scored seven goals for Napoli and is the leading player with seven assists.
Juan Jesus has a muscle injury for Napoli while Kvaratskhelia has a virus and will be out for a few days.
On Roma’s side, Wijnaldum is still recovering from a broken leg and is expected to be back in February.
Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Lozano, Osimhen, Elmas;
AS Roma: Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Zeki Celik, Zalewski, Cristante, Matic; Dybala, Shaaarawy, Abraham;
Sunday’s game will be played at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples.
The kickoff for this game is on 29th of January, 2023 at 19:45 UTC.
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