Napoli vs Inter Milan Prediction & Tips
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Serie A’s top two sides lock horns at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday, 29th February at 17:00 as Napoli host defending champions Inter. Below you can find in-depth analysis and betting tips for Saturday’s standout game in Italy.
Napoli vs Inter Milan Predictions
- Full Time Result: Draw
- Correct Score: 1-1
- Both Teams To Score: Yes
- Over 2.5 Goals: No
- First Goalscorer: Romelu Lukaku
Napoli opened at 7/4 on several leading bookmakers, including bet365 and BetVictor, but a defeat to Como last time out has seen them drift out to 21/10. Inter’s 1-0 win over Genoa, combined with Napoli’s loss, has seen them backed in to 11/8 with bet365 from an opening price of around 8/5.
Napoli vs Inter Milan Tips
Tip 1
Lukaku has a combined 16 goal contributions in the Italian top flight this season, managing a goal or assist in five of his last eight.
Big Rom scored 57 Serie A goals across two spells and three seasons with Inter Milan, but the Belgium star signed for Napoli in the summer and has made a big impact, scoring three and assisting three in his last eight league appearances for Gli Azzurri.
Tip 2
Just a single point separates 1st and 2nd in Serie A, with Atalanta also close on the pair’s heels on 54 points after 26 fixtures.
The two clubs have drawn a combined 11 times in the league, with Antonio Conte’s men producing a stalemate in three of their last five outings.
Their last contest ended in a 1-1 draw at the San Siro back in November and there’s still very little to distinguish the two at this stage.
Napoli Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up
A 2-1 defeat in Como last weekend extended Napoli’s winless run to four Serie A matches and saw their lead at the top of the standings eliminated, with Saturday’s opponents Inter Milan leapfrogging them to claim top spot.
Midfielder Frank Anguissa picked up a calf injury from the bench in that loss, and he will join winger David Neres and right-back Pasquale Mazzocchi on the sidelines, with all three expected to be missing until mid-March.
Antonio Conte’s 3-5-2 setup is unlikely to be changed, though, with Romelu Lukaku and Giacomo Raspadoria leading the line, with the former fifth in the Serie A standings for goal contributions this season, scoring nine and assisting seven in his 24 appearances.
Napoli Predicted XI: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno; Politano, Billing, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola; Raspadori, Lukaku.
Inter Milan Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up
A 78th-minute Lautaro Martinez goal handed Inter the top spot in Serie A last weekend but it has not all been plain sailing for Simone Inzaghi’s side, who have only won two of their last five league games and none of their last three away from home.
Josep Martinez will continue to deputise between the sticks for the defending Serie A champions after Yann Sommer broke his thumb earlier this month, and he is far from the only casualty for the Milanese club.
Matteo Darmian was injured in their Coppa Italia win in midweekz, and joins Carlos Augusto and Nicola Zalewski on the sidelines, while Alessandro Bastoni and top scorer Marcus Thuram are both doubts.
Inter Milan Predicted XI: Martinez; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Martinez, Taremi.
Napoli vs Inter Milan Head-to-Head Record
The last two meetings between these sides have ended 1-1 and Napoli haven’t beaten Inter in any of their last four encounters, although the Nerazzurri don’t have the best record at this ground.
Inter have won just two matches at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the last nine years, with the first of these seeing Lukaku – now a Napoli player – scoring a brace in a 3-1 triumph in January 2020.
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