Barcelona vs Napoli Prediction & Tips
Starting at the beginning of the season with very different continental goals, Xavi’s Barcelona and Luciano Spalletti’s Napoli face each other in the play-offs to access the Europa League final phase and the first leg will be played at the Camp Nou, in Catalan soil. A troubled year for Barça, who are fourth in the league at 15 points behind leaders Real Madrid, have already been eliminated from the Copa del Re (as well as from the Champions League) and also went out in the semifinals in the Spanish Super Cup. Furthermore, in the last round of La Liga, he did not go beyond the 2-2 on the field of the city rivals of Espanyol. Napoli is much more brilliant, it is in full swing for the Scudetto and although already out of the Italian Cup, it can better manage the commitments in a hot and at the same time electrifying season finale. In the last round of A the Campania drew 1-1 against Inter. Barcelona with Depay in strong doubt and with Alex Baldé, Sergi Roberto, Lenglet and Umtiti injured. In Naples there will be no injured Lozano, while Politano and Lobotka are to be evaluated.
Fewer than 3 goals have been scored in each of Napoli’s last 4 away games and Napoli have conceded only one goal (1-1 in Turin against Juve).
Napoli unbeaten by 5 trips in a row, all in the league.
Barcelona unbeaten (in 90 minutes) from 12 straight games including 7 draws.
Barcelona have conceded goals in 12 of their last 14 games.
Napoli have the great opportunity to harness a Barcelona that is very different from the one that defeated the Campania region 3-1 in their last head-to-head of 2020. Spalletti’s team is playing good football and the odds for Double Chance X2 they look interesting.
Barcelona – Napoli FREE TIPS
Barcelona – Win @ 2.25
