SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th April 2023

SSC Napoli face Salernitana at Diego Armando Maradona as number one in the Serie A standings, with the outsiders highly motivated to spring a surprise this coming Saturday.

SSC Napoli enjoy the view from the top of the table with 78 points after 31 matches. Salernitana find themselves positioned as number 14 in the Serie A with 33 points following 31 rounds.

As Salernitana are behind SSC Napoli in the table by double digits, beating the league leaders would not only be surprising but also massive for the hosts.

SSC Napoli presents an average of just 1.6 goals per game in their last ten games. They scored a moderate 16times, while also conceding six. This amounts to an average of 0.6 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring in seven matches.

Salernitana are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of nine goals, and while Salernitana claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.9 goals per match.

The last time the pair played each other, SSC Napoli came out the other side as 0-2 winners and surely won't mind a repeat of that result.

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Prediction

SSC Napoli Form

SSC Napoli look in good shape before their upcoming match, as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first split the points with Verona in a 0-0, before also drawing 1-1 with AC Milan. A win finally came their way as they threw Juventus under the bus in a 0-1 victory. SSC Napoli claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored seven and conceded six goals.

Salernitana Form

Salernitana claimed five points in their previous three matches, which started with a 1-1 draw with Inter. This was followed by another draw with Torino, this time 1-1, before they outclassed Sassuolo by 3-0. Salernitana only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Serie A. In these six matches they drew four and lost one as well as being outscored by five goals to five.

While we don't believe Salernitana are strong enough to prevent SSC Napoli from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

SSC Napoli scored 44 goals and conceded six in their last 17 games against teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. They collected 47 points and 15 victories. Salernitana won one match and picked up nine points from their last 15 encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A. They scored 14 goals and conceded 30. SSC Napoli show off a record of 25 wins, three draws and three defeats in the Serie A this season. Salernitana have seven wins, 12 draws and 12 defeats in the Serie A.

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Stats

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Squads

SSC Napoli Squad

The 64-year-old Spalletti will select the starting eleven against Salernitana from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season:

Alex Meret (0/30), Davide Marfella (0/0), Hubert Idasiak (0/0), Pierluigi Gollini (0/4), Amir Rrahmani (2/23), Bartosz Bereszynski (0/15), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (2/31), Juan Jesus (1/11), Leo Oestigard (0/5), Mario Rui (0/21), Mathias Olivera (1/24), Min-Jae Kim (2/30), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (2/29), Diego Demme (0/5), Eljif Elmas (6/30), Gianluca Gaetano (0/5), Karim Zedadka (0/2), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (12/27), Leonardo Candellone (0/0), Michael Folorunsho (0/0), Piotr Zielinski (3/30), Stanislav Lobotka (1/31), Tanguy Ndombele (1/28), Alessio Zerbin (0/7), Giacomo Raspadori (2/20), Giovanni Simeone (3/19), Hirving Lozano (3/29), Matteo Politano (3/25), Victor Osimhen (21/25).

Salernitana Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Salernitana head coach Sousa will select from for his starting XI:

Guillermo Ochoa (0/14), Luigi Sepe (0/17), Vincenzo Fiorillo (0/0), Domagoj Bradaric (0/26), Dylan Bronn (0/22), Federico Fazio (1/14), Flavius Daniliuc (0/21), Junior Sambia (0/17), Lorenzo Pirola (2/19), Matteo Lovato (0/12), Norbert Gyomber (0/23), Pasquale Mazzocchi (2/20), William Troost-Ekong (0/6), Antonio Candreva (4/30), Antonio Iervolino (0/0), Domen Crnigoj (0/7), Emil Bohinen (0/17), Giulio Maggiore (0/13), Grigoris Kastanos (1/21), Lassana Coulibaly (3/28), Tonny Vilhena (4/27), Boulaye Dia (11/28), Diego Valencia (0/12), Erik Botheim (1/21), Federico Bonazzoli (2/24), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (1/9), Krzysztof Piatek (3/27).

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Team News

Salernitana face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against SSC Napoli.

Luigi Sepe, Giulio Maggiore and Pasquale Mazzocchi all face a spell on the sidelines for Salernitana due to various injuries.

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Lineups

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana H2H

SSC Napoli won the last two meetings against Salernitana, as they followed up a 4-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 2-0 score. SSC Napoli have a 100% win rate in the against Salernitana, who won zero of these matches. The total record reads 3-0-0, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Results

Both teams found the back of the net one time in the last three matches between SSC Napoli and Salernitana.

SSC Napoli vs Salernitana Betting Tips

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Victor Osimhen has actually netted 21 goals during this Serie A season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Salernitana should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Victor Osimhen to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

SSC Napoli won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing two as well. Salernitana won one from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew four and lost five in this run. SSC Napoli claimed three wins without allowing a goal against in their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came up one time in the previous three encounters between SSC Napoli and Salernitana, as SSC Napoli scored 2.33 goals on average per game and Salernitana averaging 0.33 goals. Both teams scored in one time of these 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 happened in three of the last ten outings for Salernitana, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.