Napoli prepare to take on relegation-threatened Genoa at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in their Serie A Matchday 37 on Sunday evening with kickoff at 16:00 EAT.
Napoli head into the match off a 1-0 away victory over Torino in Serie A last Saturday. They have now claimed back-to-back victories on the bounce as they were previously coming off an emphatic 6-1 victory over Sassuolo on April 30, which ended their three-match winless run come to an end.
Napoli still sit third but they have already been eliminated from the title race as with only two games remaining, the Napolitano sit seven points off AC Milan at the summit of the standings. They have also sealed a spot in the Champions league places. Therefore they have nothing to fight for in this fixture other than their pride.
Meanwhile Genoa are fighting for their life as they currently sit in the relegation zone with two points adrift of safety. They have had a difficult campaign this season claiming just 28 points from 36 games and sit 19th just a place and three points above rock bottom Venezia.
With now just two games remaining to go Alexander Blessin’s side need to win the two to stand a better chance to salvage their season. They are coming off a massive confidence-boosting 2-1 win home win against Juventus last weekend.
They have now won two of their last three league matches and will be looking to claim anther win on Saturday and hope to climb out of the drop zone. In their way, though, stands Napoli a side they have only beaten once in their last 19 Serie A encounters.
Napoli vs Genoa head to head
Both sides have met in 45 encounters since 1993 with Napoli claiming 21 victories while Genoa have claimed nine victories and there have been 15 draws.
- Genoa 1-2 Napoli 29/08/21
- Genoa 2-1 Napoli 06/02/21
- Napoli 6-0 genoa 27/09/20
- Genoa 1-2 Napoli 08/07/20
- Napoli 0-0 Genoa 09/11/19
Home
- Torino 0-1 Napoli
- Napoli 6-1 Sassuolo
- Empoli 3-2 Napoli
- Napoli 1-1 Roma
- Napoli 2-3 Fiorentina
Away
- Genoa 2-1 Juventus
- Sampdoria 1-0 Genoa
- Genoa 1-0 Cagliari
- Milan 2-0 Genoa
- Genoa 1-4 Lazio
Napoli team news
Napoli have no reports of any injury or suspension issues.
Genoa team news
Genoa will be without Stefano Sturaro, Roberto Piccoli and Zinho Vanheusden due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
