Date: Tuesday, 24th January 2017
Kick-Off at 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Stadio San Paolo, Naples
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Napoli: Great performance and results in the previous months (Recent form: D W W W W)
Napoli are without a lose in all competitions since the end of October, when lost against champion Juventus with 1-2. In these 3 months are great in all competitions and back in the battle for the title in Serie A, because closed the gap to Juventus to only 4 points. In Champions League won their group, while here in Coppa Italia eliminated easily Spezia with 3-1 and now are on the quarter finals. They even rested some regular players in this game. In the previous weekend had a tough trip to San Siro against Milan in Serie A, but won it with 2-1 after two early goals from Insigne (6′) and Callejon (9′). Before that beat also Pescara with 3-1, Spezia with 3-1 and Sampdoria with 2-1. Last time, when they didn’t win a game was in the end of December against Fiorentina in a great game, which finished 3-3 in the end. Milik is still injured and out, while El Kaddouri, Ghoulam and Koulibaly are on African Cup of Nations and still out, but there are no fresh injury troubles, which is the most important.
Fiorentina: Improved performance in the new year (Recent form: L D W W W)
Fiorentina finished the previous year with 3-3 draw against Napoli, where lead with 3-2, but missed the victory in the end. This was their 3rd consecutive game without a win, so their finish of 2016 year was not good. But in the new year are much better. So far played 3 games in all competitions and won them all – 1-0 vs Chievo in Coppa Italia, 3-0 vs Chievo in Serie A and 2-1 vs champion Juventus. Kalinic is back in the squad after suspension, so they are with full squad available for this trip, so their good performance should continue.
BETTING VERDICT:
The previous meeting between these two sides finished 3-3 before a month. Now, both teams are in very good moment form – Napoli won 4 games in a row, while Fiorentina 3, so I expect an interesting fixture with both teams to score.
Napoli vs Fiorentina
Both teams to score – yes 1,75
