Napoli face the Spal this Saturday, December 22, in a confrontation for the seventeenth round of the Italian Championship, the antepenultimate of the first round of the 2018/2019 edition of the tournament. The meeting will be held at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, and is due to start at 12 noon (Brasília time).
Napoli
In the previous day, the Neapolitan team had a lot of work to confirm the favoritism before Cagliari. Acting as a visitor, he won by 1-0 with the goal being scored in the 45th minute of the second half.It was enough to maintain their six-point advantage over Internazionale, third placed in the Italian Championship. Napoli have 38 (12 wins, two draws and two defeats). This seems to be the possible dispute for the team, as Juventus remain calm in the lead having won 46 of the 48 points they played.The victory in the previous round also served to ease the disappointment of England’s 1-0 defeat to Liverpool, which caused the elimination of Napoli from the Champions League. By being in third place in his key, the team was redirected to Europa League. He will face Switzerland’s Zurich in the first knockout round of the tournament.In Serie A, Napoli remain undefeated in their dominions. Of the eight matches at San Paolo, he collected six wins and two draws with 19 goals and four. For the duel with Spal, coach Carlo Ancelotti will not be able to count on Romanian defender Vlad Chiriches, who is still in the care of the medical department.There is, however, some doubt as to whether the Portuguese defender Mário Rui (ten matches in the 2018/2019 season of the Italian Championship) could be used. The 27-year-old suffered a muscle injury in the match against Liverpool, was out of the game against Cagliari and is expected to undergo a new assessment that will determine if he will be able to face the Spal.
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Spal
Spal completed two weeks without a win this week. The most recent success came on October 20. As a visitor, he defeated Roma 2-0. Since then, he has entered the field eight more times drawing four times and being beaten in the other half of the clashes.One of those games was a 2-1 loss to Sampdoria, which caused the early elimination in the Italian Cup. The other seven were worth the Italian Championship. With 16 points (four wins, four draws and eight losses), Spal is in 15th place. It has four points more than the Bologna, eighteenth place and first in the relegation zone.Your situation has been much more comfortable. However, the performance of the team as a visitor has been a differential. In that respect, Spal is the twelfth best of Serie A. Of the 24 points played, he won seven (two wins, one draw and five losses). He scored six goals and suffered 13.Although it is not a spectacular score, it is more than double Bologna (three points as a visitor) and Empoli (three), who are also in contention against relegation, beat rivals Chievo, Genoa and Frosinone, who have won four points out of their dominions, and even Fiorentina, who fights for a place in European tournaments and only won five points as a visitor.
Football Prediction of the Day Napoli vs Spal
The teams faced each other only on four occasions. The Neapolitans won three times and there was a draw. In the last season of the Italian Championship, they scored 3-2 (away) and 1-0 (home).Although the Spal have a score that can be considered expressive as a visitor taking into account their technical ability, the quality of Napoli makes the prognosis in the victory of the Neapolitans for the match this Saturday is the best option.
Bet Tips: Napoli wins
Odds: 1.20
