SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th May 2023
SSC Napoli face Fiorentina at Diego Armando Maradona as number one in the Serie A standings, with the outsiders highly motivated to spring a surprise on Sunday.
SSC Napoli enjoy the view from the top of the table with 80 points after 33 matches. Fiorentina find themselves positioned as number 8 in the Serie A with 46 points following 33 rounds.
A win for Fiorentina on Sunday will see them improve on their position in the table with an aim to finish in the top six of the Serie A.
SSC Napoli scored 13 goals, conceded eight and fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Fiorentina show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.1 times on average per game. They scored 21 goals and conceded nine, an average of 0.9 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in five of these.
It finished all square on when SSC Napoli last faced Fiorentina. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 0-0 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5.
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Prediction
SSC Napoli Form
Aming to remain unbeaten, SSC Napoli managed to beat Juventus 0-1, before drawing 1-1 with Salernitana. Most recently, they had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Udinese. SSC Napoli only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Serie A matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored six and conceded six goals.
Fiorentina Form
Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last three matches, which began with a 0-0 draw against Cremonese. Then, they took out Sampdoria 5-0, followed by a 3-3 draw with Salernitana. Fiorentina managed a decent return of three wins in their last six Serie A away matches, in which they scored 11 while also conceding seven times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.
Fiorentina will be looking for a good result at Diego Armando Maradona, but backing SSC Napoli in current form looks the value bet this coming Sunday.
SSC Napoli won ten matches, scored 24 goals and conceded 13 in their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Serie A table. This earned them 31 points. Fiorentina won two and claimed ten points in their 11 most recent games against teams inside the top six. They scored ten conceded 16 goals. SSC Napoli have a record of 25 wins, five draws and three defeats in the Serie A this season. Fiorentina have 12 wins, ten draws and 11 defeats in the Serie A.
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Stats
- In 16 of the last 18 SSC Napoli matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 SSC Napoli matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 8 of the last 9 SSC Napoli home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- SSC Napoli have not lost 8 of the last 10 matches
- SSC Napoli have drawn the last 3 home matches in a row
- Fiorentina have not lost 17 of the last 19 matches
- Fiorentina have scored in 21 of the last 23 matches
- Fiorentina have scored in 20 of the last 22 away matches
- In the last 3 Fiorentina away matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Fiorentina matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Squads
SSC Napoli Squad
The 64-year-old coach of the home team, Luciano Spalletti, will select the lineup against Fiorentina from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season:
Alex Meret (0/32), Davide Marfella (0/0), Hubert Idasiak (0/0), Pierluigi Gollini (0/4), Amir Rrahmani (2/25), Bartosz Bereszynski (0/15), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (2/33), Juan Jesus (1/12), Leo Oestigard (0/5), Mario Rui (0/21), Mathias Olivera (2/26), Min-Jae Kim (2/32), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (2/31), Diego Demme (0/5), Eljif Elmas (6/32), Gianluca Gaetano (0/5), Karim Zedadka (0/2), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (12/29), Leonardo Candellone (0/0), Michael Folorunsho (0/0), Piotr Zielinski (3/32), Stanislav Lobotka (1/33), Tanguy Ndombele (1/30), Alessio Zerbin (0/7), Giacomo Raspadori (2/21), Giovanni Simeone (3/20), Hirving Lozano (3/31), Matteo Politano (3/25), Victor Osimhen (22/27).
Fiorentina Squad
Here is the full squad of the away team. The 45 year-old Fiorentina manager Italiano will select his starting XI from these players:
Michele Cerofolini (0/0), Pietro Terracciano (0/28), Salvatore Sirigu (0/1), Aleksa Terzic (1/17), Christian Dalle Mura (0/0), Cristiano Biraghi (2/31), Dodo (1/29), Igor (0/23), Lorenzo Venuti (0/12), Luca Ranieri (0/7), Lucas Martinez Quarta (1/24), Michael Kayode (0/0), Nikola Milenkovic (2/24), Alessandro Bianco (0/5), Alfred Duncan (1/20), Antonin Barak (2/28), Gaetano Castrovilli (1/12), Giacomo Bonaventura (4/27), Jonathan Ikone (3/29), Josip Brekalo (0/4), Riccardo Saponara (3/25), Rolando Mandragora (2/25), Sofyan Amrabat (0/27), Arthur Cabral (7/27), Christian Kouame (4/23), Luka Jovic (4/28), Nicolas Gonzalez (5/21), Riccardo Sottil (0/15).
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Team News
Fiorentina face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Sunday against SSC Napoli.
Fiorentina need to do without Luka Jovic, Rolando Mandragora and Riccardo Sottil, who are not fit enough to travel to Diego Armando Maradona.
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Lineups
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina H2H
Neither SSC Napoli nor Fiorentina managed a breakthrough, when they last faced each other. They ended up settling for a point in a 0-0 draw, and the best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5. SSC Napoli hold a 5-2-3 advantage against Fiorentina from their latest encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 4/5.
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Results
Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Fiorentina come visiting SSC Napoli. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet seven times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 21/20 with the bookies.
SSC Napoli vs Fiorentina Betting Tips
It is a great season for Victor Osimhen, who currently has 22 league goals to his name during this season. SSC Napoli will rely on his services to gun down Fiorentina.
SSC Napoli claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing two. Fiorentina won seven of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost two of the games in this run. Fiorentina can be a tough unit to crack down, as they pulled off five clean sheets in their past 10 away matches. SSC Napoli claimed four clean sheets in their last 10 home games.
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. SSC Napoli managed an average of 1.7 goals, with Fiorentina averaging 1.2 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet three times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for SSC Napoli, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Fiorentina's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.1 goals in these matches.
