Liverpool vs Napoli Prediction & Tips
Liverpool and Napoli play at Anfield in a UEFA Champions League match (Group stage). The history of recent head-to-heads is in favour of the visiting team, who have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the last 5 matches. In this match, home advantage could play an important role, as Napoli have significant differences in home and away results.
After 4 wins and 1 defeat, the home team is currently on the 2nd position with 12 points won. In the last match, they won by (0-3) away against Ajax, after in the previous match they won by (1-7) away with Rangers. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches it registers 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats as a visitor, with 28 goals scored and 22 suffered, against 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats at home, with 31 goals scored and 15 suffered. In the last game they played, for the Premier League, they lost with Leeds United at home by (1-2). In the last 10 home games Liverpool records 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
In this competition, they won the last 4 games they played. Their attack has been scoring regularly, as they have scored at least one goal in each of their last 5 games in this competition. In 15 games, it has conceded the first goal 8 times and only managed 2 turnovers in the scoreboard.
Liverpool enter this match demotivated after a setback, 1-2, at the reception of Leeds, worth for the Premier League. In the last round in the Champions League, the home side beat Ajax 0-3. The Anfield team is expected to operate in a 4-3-3 tactical system, aiming to take advantage of progression on the ground through short passes. However, it is expected that Liverpool will adopt a more attacking approach, considering that they have a superior quality squad. In this design, the three most advanced men should be Darwin Núñez, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah. Out of this game are Arthur, Joel Matip, Luis Díaz and Diogo Jota, all with physical problems.
The away team is currently in 1st place with 15 points earned after 5 wins. In the penultimate match, they won at home to Ajax by (4-2). In the last match, they won at home to Rangers by (3-0). This is a team that curiously has been stronger away than at home, as in the last 30 matches it records 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat as a visitor; against 11 wins and 4 draws in its stadium. The team arrives in this match after a victory at home with Sassuolo by (4-0). In the last 10 away matches played in all competitions, Napoli have won 9 and drawn 1.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 5 wins in the last games. Their attack has been scoring with great regularity, as they have always scored at least 1 goal in the last 5 games in this competition. There are 1 outstanding period in the last 20 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: it has conceded 6 of its 15 goals between the minutes (46′-60′).
Napoli enter this clash after a 4-0 home triumph in the reception of Sassuolo in Serie A. In their last Champions League match, the home side beat Rangers 3-0. The visiting team usually plays in a traditional 4-3-3, where the three most advanced pieces are Victor Osimhen, Matteo Politano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, combining speed with finishing ability. For this match, the coach of the visitors will not be able to count on Salvatore Sirigu and Amir Rrahmani because they are, at this stage, in the hands of the club’s doctors.
Liverpool – Napoli FREE TIPS
OVER 3.5 GOALS @ 2.25
