Eintracht vs SSC Napoli Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st February 2023

SSC Napoli are gearing for a clash against Eintracht at Deutsche Bank Park on Tuesday in a first leg round of 16 match in the Champions League.

Eintracht had to sweat a little more over reaching the knockout stage than expected before settling on 10 points. Two defeats knocked the wind out of their sails a bit, and they need to show more to survive a tough assignment like SSC Napoli.

SSC Napoli powered their way through the group phase in first place as five win proved to hot to handle for their competitors. One managed to inflict a single defeat on SSC Napoli, proving they are not invulnerable which Eintracht will hope to exploit.

Eintracht did well to stave off their followers in their group, holding on to their second place despite a couple of setbacks. Losing twice already will have them warned of how focused to need to be at this stage to spring a surprise against SSC Napoli.

Coming through the group stage in convincing style SSC Napoli have no intention of leaving the Champions League at this stage. They did loose once in the group, though, proving they can be undone, which also serves as a warning to themselves.

Eintracht are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Champions League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.4 goals on average per match, or 24 goals in total, while allowing 14 goals against, for an average of 1.4 per outing. They managed four clean sheets along the way.

SSC Napoli head into their next Champions League match, averaging a remarkable 2.6 goals per game in their last ten matches. They hit the target a striking 26 times, while also conceding 14 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.4 goals per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring five times.

Eintracht vs SSC Napoli Prediction

Eintracht Form

Eintracht have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Darmstadt by 4-2. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 3-0 against FC Koln, before claiming three points in a 2-0 win against Werder Bremen. Eintracht only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Deutsche Bank Park in the Champions League. They also drew one and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored two and conceded four goals.

SSC Napoli Form

SSC Napoli look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Spezia, who were defeated by 0-3. Then, Cremonese got outclassed in a 3-0 win, before beating Sassuolo by 0-2. In their last six Champions League away matches, SSC Napoli have three wins, they've drawn one and lost one two. They scored 14 while also conceding nine times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

A narrow away win in this first of two legs in the Champions League gets our vote, when SSC Napoli travel to face Eintracht at Deutsche Bank Park.

Eintracht vs SSC Napoli Team News

Eintracht just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing SSC Napoli at Deutsche Bank Park.

Eintracht are unable to field Marcel Wenig this coming Tuesday against SSC Napoli, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Eintracht vs SSC Napoli H2H

Having never played each other in the Champions League in the 21st century, this is the first time Eintracht comes up against SSC Napoli in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Eintracht go into their upcoming match against SSC Napoli with a 0% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 0-0-0 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Eintracht vs SSC Napoli Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Giovanni Simeone has been hitting the net regularly and now has four goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up this coming Tuesday, it is because SSC Napoli bank on him to build on these numbers against Eintracht. The latter relies on Daichi Kamada, who found the target three times in six games.

Eintracht have been pretty scary at home, winning eight of their last 10 home games across all tournaments, while also managing to draw one of the games in the process. They were defeated in one of the games in this run. SSC Napoli won eight of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost all points in two of those matches along the way. Eintracht managed fourwins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches at Deutsche Bank Park.

Eintracht scored an average of 2.4 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of SSC Napoli's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.6 goals in these matches.