Napoli take on the visitors Juventus in the round 18 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Friday, January 13th at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Naples).
Naples was in the top three in the end of last season, and only gradually lagged behind a couple of competitors from Milan. But a number of leaders, led by Insigne, left the project just after that. And it was curious to see how the updated team will play, taking into account the complicated schedule? And the starting segment brought a lot of positive emotions for the fans. Their favorites, among whom the Georgian newcomer, Khvicha, famously revealed himself, started with a festival in the Champions League and, most importantly, won 13 of the 15 first rounds in Serie A. At San Paolo, they even started talking louder about the chances for the Scudetto . And then suddenly offensive 0-1, with which the winter segment began - they could not answer Inter to Dzeko's goal. But it turned out to quickly recover from this blow: the next opponent, Sampdoria, was defeated 2-0. Or was this opponent simply too weak?
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Juventus faced a fairly familiar problem. Again, the management of this football giant was convicted of serious (the accusation is allegedly written on 500+ pages!) violations, which promises not only real criminal terms for the directors, but is also associated with the prospect of a forced demotion to Serie B. It is clear that in a vacuum in management transfers also hung under the question mark - and time in January flows very quickly! At the same time, everyone remembers how hard the “black and white” started the season. But if in the Champions League everything ended with a terrible result in the form of 1 victory over Maccabi, with 5 defeats, including in Haifa, then in Calcio they managed to win back positions. Starting with 3 wins with a couple of losses in the first 9 rounds, then, from mid-October, there were only victories. This series was continued even after a long pause, with difficulty, thanks to Milik's only goal in the 91st minute, beating Cremonese. Approximately the same dealt with the “Udinese”. The same 1-0, only Danilo scored against the Zebras a couple of minutes earlier.
In the last 7 head-to-head matches, Juventus had only 2 wins. Napoli won three times during this time, in addition, in 2020, they took the Coppa Italia in a penalty shootout. The Partenopeia get their chance to show the validity of the scudetto claims. "Old Signora" are not bad, but nothing more. We expect that the wards of Luciano Spalletti will be able to win an important match at home.
Prediction for the match: Napoli to win.
