In the central match of the 20th round of Serie A, Napoli will host Roma on its field in Naples.
NapoliLuciano Spalletti's team continues to perform very confidently in Serie A and move towards the title.
After the "self-liquidation" of the Italian Cup, Napoli also unloaded its schedule and can now feel more relaxed. In their last match of the Italian Championship, which was on January 21, Napoli confidently beat Salernitana from Salerno on the road with a score of 2:0. In each of the halves, the team from Naples scored one goal. Luciano Spalletti's team opened the score in the match quite late, it happened at 45 + 3 minutes, with the transfer of Andre Zambo-Anguissa, Giovanni Di Lorenzo sent the ball into the opponent's goal. And already at the very beginning of the second half, Napoli scored the second goal and removed almost all questions about the winner, this time Viktor Osimhen scored an accurate shot on target. Then Luciano Spalletti's team played the score correctly and calmly brought the match to victory.
After this success, Napoli continued to be very confident in first place in the standings with 50 points.
"Roma"Jose Mourinho's team is also in very good shape right now and, thanks to a series of successes, Roma may well get to second place in the standings.
In their last match in the Italian Championship, which was on January 22, Roma confidently beat Spezia on the road with a score of 2:0. In each of the halves, the Wolves scored one goal. "Roma" played a very confident match and in the end it turned out that not a single shot was struck at the goal of Rui Patricio. Roma opened the score in the match at the very end of the first half. In the 45th minute, Stefan El Shaarawi sent the ball into the opponent's goal from Paulo Dybala's pass. And already at the very beginning of the second half, Roma scored the second goal. Paulo Dabila scored an assistant double, and Tammy Abraham sent the ball into the opponent's goal in the 49th minute.
After this success, Roma scored 37 points and now Jose Mourinho's team shares 3-5 places in the standings with Lazio and Inter Milan.
Between themselves, "Roma" and "Napoli" last played on October 23 as part of the 11th round of Serie A. Then "Napoli" in Rome won a minimal victory with a score of 1:0.
ForecastIn this match, Napoli is considered a clear favorite among bookmakers on their own field, which is not particularly surprising.
However, given the good form of both teams, it may well turn out to be far from the worst game. We suggest that you bet more than 2.5 goals on the total.