Tournament – UEFA Champions League;
Stage – Play Offs – 1/8-Finals;
Date – 21/02/2024;
Kick-Off – 21:00 GMT;
Venue – Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Naples).
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For our prediction in this match featuring Napoli vs Barcelona, we’re backing both teams to score, this is because both sides have not failed to get on the scoresheet in all of their previous Champions League fixtures. Barcelona have also looked solid in their away run this season.
For our second prediction, we will be keeping it safe with our choice of under 3.5 goals scored in the game. Although Napoli have not been very solid at registering a lot of goals this season, this could also prove to be quite difficult for Barcelona as they are the visiting side.
Napoli have only welcomed Barcelona at home just once in a Champions League faceoff, and Head -To-Head stats shows that Barcelona have had the better outcome between the two sides. The Serie A side who were giants last season, did fall quite off the ladder this season as they are currently in 9th spot on the La liga table with just 36 joint points with Torino.
Xavi’s side have had a fair run of games in their last five league fixtures. With W3, D1, L1, Barcelona sits in third spot on the La liga table with 54 points played from 25 games. Their hopes of progressing to the next stage of the Champions League against a Napoli side they’ve always had it easy with might, may seem easy as Napoli are currently not a threatening side this season
Predicted Starting Lineups
Napoli: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Ostigard, Mazzocchi, Anguissa, Lobotka, Traore Politano, Simeone, Kvaratskheilia
Barcelona: ter Stegen, Cancelo, Cubarsi, Araujo, Kounde, Pederi, Christensen, de Jong, Raphinha, Lewandowski, Yamal