Juventus vs Napoli
Italian Serie A.
Date: Saturday, 29 October 2016
Kick-Off: 19:45 UK,
Venue: Juventus Stadium (Turin).
This weekend, Italian teams will be playing 11th round of the Italian Serie A. On Saturday evening, Juventus and Napoli will play their game at the Juventus Stadium in Torino. This game will be the biggest derby of the 11th round of the Italian Serie A.
Good news for both teams in this game will be that there are no injured players. Besides that, none of the players is suspended and because of that managers will be able to play in this game with their strongest squad. Gonzalo Higuain (6 goals) and Mario Mandzukic (2 goals), together with Miralem Pjanic (2 goals) will be the main attacking force for Juventus in this game. On the other hand, Jose Callejon (6 goals), A. Milik (4 goals) and D. Mertens (3 goals) will be the mail players in Napoli’s plans for this game.
Juventus is currently in the first place with 21 points from 9 games that they have played so far in the Serie A. On the other hand, Napoli has also played 9 games and in those 9 games they managed to win 17 points and they are in the 4th place. In the last five games that Juventus has played they managed to win in 4 games and in the remaining game they were defeated against Milan. Their last game was against Sampdoria and they managed to win in that game. Napoli, on the other hand, in their last five games they managed to win in two games and lost in three games.
Our betting suggestion for this game is that Juventus will be the winner of this game because the recent records of both teams seem to indicate that Juventus will win in the game on Saturday and that both teams will score goals (10/11).
Juventus vs Napoli: Head-to-head statistics
Juventus have won 16, drawn three, and lost one of their last 20 home games against teams in the top half of the table.
Napoli have won seven, drawn four, and lost nine of their last 20 away games against teams in the top half of the table.
The Bianconeri have scored at least two goals in their last nine games at Juventus Stadium.
The Partenopei beat Juventus last year (September 26th) but have not beaten them in Turin since October 31, 2009.
Napoli have only won AND kept a clean sheet in one away Serie A fixture this season (3-0 vs. Palermo on September 10th).
Juventus have been winning at half-time AND full-time in 10 out of their last 11 Serie A games at Juventus Stadium.
There have been over 2.5 goals in Juve’s last six league home games
Juventus vs Napoli: Prediction
Last weekend, it was Juventus vs. AC Milan, and this weekend, calcio fans are lucky yet again as they will get to witness one of the strongest rivalries in action on Saturday. Napoli have recovered somewhat from their winless slump, but the Partenopei are still yet to fully reproduce last season’s excellence. Whether they want to admit it or not, the departure of Gonzalo Higuain has left a huge hole in attack.
And the man brought in to replace him, Arkadiusz Milik, is out until next year due to a knee injury. It’s a rather unfortunate occurrence as the Polish international had started off quite well in his new surroundings. As for Juventus, they will have to deal with the absence of veteran defender Patrice Evra as well as Paulo Dybala. This means in attack it will be Higuain again paired with Mario Mandzukic, the latter of whom finally opened his account against Sampdoria in midweek. Although most neutral fans will want to see Napoli win here, the Partenopei will find it tough to defeat a team who are virtually unstoppable at home. Expect a victory, then, for the Bianconeri, but Napoli will surely give them a tough fight.
Juventus vs Napoli: Betting tips
Over 2.5 goals at 11/10 (2.10)
Both teams to score – YES at 10/11 (1.91)
Double chance – Juventus to win or draw at 1/5 (1.20).
