Napoli – Roma, Picks and Tips
Napoli had won three straight Serie A games before last season's match against Fiorentina. Neapolitan fans stormed the city's 'Diego Armando Maradona' stadium and had high expectations of the favourites. However, Napoli seemed overwhelmed by the atmosphere in the stands and were 1-0 down from the 29th minute. Subsequently, the hosts forced an equaliser and Mertens' goal restored hope to the Neapolitans' camp. In the chase for the three points, Napoli were twice caught on the counter-attack. Jonathan Ikone and Arthur Cabral scored with two superb individual efforts and largely determined the fate of the match. Victor Osimhen scored in the 84th minute to make it 3-2, but not enough for Napoli. The Luciano Spaletti-coached team has struggled in home matches in the 2021/2022 season. Napoli inexplicably lost to Spezia or Empoli and occupy only 7th place in a ranking of home games.
AS Roma is at its best of the season. The Jose Mourinho-coached team is 11 games unbeaten in Serie A, with the last loss coming against Juventus, 4-3, at the Stadio Olimpico. "The 'Wolves' played the return leg against Bodo Glimt in the Conference League midweek. The Mourinho-coached team won 4-0, in a match in which Zaniolo scored a hattrick, his first hat-trick in his professional career. AS Roma will face Leicester City in the semi-finals of the competition. In the league, Roma achieved a dramatic victory last season. "The 'Capitolini' beat Salernitata 2-1 in a game decided by goals from Carles Perez and Chris Smalling in the last 10 minutes of play. Roma have three consecutive league wins, including a 3-0 thrashing of arch-rivals Lazio.
Our recommendation tip for Napoli – Roma: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE @ 1.70