Second-placed Napoli face off with league leaders Inter Milan in a crucial and most anticipated Serie A fixture of the weekend at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday night with kickoff at 20.00.
Napoli are coming off a 2-0 away victory against Venezia in their previous Serie A outing with Victor Osimhen and Andrea Petagna sealing the three points for the Neapolitans. The victory extended their winning streak to four matches in the Serie A while it was their fourth win in their last sic across all competitions.
The form has seen Luciano Spalletti’s side revive their title race and have overtaken Milan to the second place on goal difference as they are locked on 52 points and has seen them reduce the gap between themselves and the summit to just one point.
With now just one point separating them and their opponents, Napoli will be looking maintain their winning streak as they aim at displacing Inter from the summit.
Meanwhile Inter Milan have made a superb campaign in defence of their Scudetto, however a 2-1 defeat to fellow title-chasers and city rivals AC Milan in their previous Serie A has had their lead reduced to just one point now and another slip up here could leave them in the third place.
However, the champions are coming off a confidence boosting 2-0 win against Roma in the quarter finals of the Coppa Italia at home on Tuesday night. Simon Inzaghi’s side have now just lost one of their last 10 matches across all competitions and will be looking to make back-to-back victories as they aim at keeping their status in the league rankings.
Inter will fancy their chances as they are in a good away form having won seven of their 11 on the road matches this season and they have only lost one of their last nine matches against the Azzurri and will want to keep things that way.
Napoli vs Inter head to head
Both sides have met in 47 encounters since 1993 with Inter claiming 20 victories while Napoli have claimed 16 victories and there have been 11 draws.
- Inter 3-2 Napoli 21/11/21
- Napoli 1-1 Inter 18/04/21
- Inter 1-0 Napoli 16/12/20
- Inter 2-0 Napoli 28/07/20
- Napoli 1-1 Inter 13/06/20
Home
- Venezia 0-2 Napoli
- Napoli 4-1 Salernitana
- Bologna 0-2 Napoli
- Napoli 2-5 Fiorentina
- Napoli 1-0 Sampdoria
Away
- Inter 2-0 Roma
- Inter 1-2 Milan
- Inter 2-1 Venezia
- Inter 3-2 Empoli
- Atalanta 0-0 Inter
Napoli team news
Napoli will be without Hirving Lozano and Axel Tuanzebe due to injuries.
Inter team news
Inter will be without Joaquin Correa and Robin Gosens due to injuries while Alessandro Bastoni is suspended.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Inter win
- Goals under 2.5
