Match Overview
On Friday, Juventus host Napoli at the Allianz Stadium in Turin for an exciting game in the Italian Serie A competition. This game will put down the marker for what this season of the Italian premier competition will signify. Napoli will want nothing better than coming here and beating Juventus. The home team, however, will know how to defend well.
Key Highlights
At the time of writing, Juventus are ranked in the second position of the league table with 33 points to their name. Napoli, on the other hand, are perched three spots below them in the same standings, with 24 points inside their kitty. Napoli are certainly not as bad as their positioning in the league table suggests, and they will want to rectify that in this game.
Injury Report
Juventus will have to make do without the services of Timothy Weah and Mattia de Sciglio whereas for Napoli, Mathias Oliver, Mario Rui and Alessandro Zanoli will be unavailable for selection.
Prediction
When these teams last met, at the same venue, Napoli emerged victorious by a narrow yet significant 1-0 scoreline back in April. Juventus, however, are a different beast this season, and will know how to ward off the threat posed by the visiting side. It will be quite an interesting game. We expect BTTS (both teams to score) in this game.
ITALY. SERIE A | W1 X W2 |
08/Dec 19:45 Juventus VS Napoli | 1:0 (0:0,1:0) |