Serie A returns to the fold this weekend with another exciting fixture between Napoli and Salernitana. Match day schedules for 23rd January 2022 EAT.
Napoli is among the best teams in this competition, they are placed third in the table with 46 points after 22 matches at the moment, and are in admirable form and they are in the race for a Champions League ticket. In the last five matches they have only lost once, drawing also once and wining in three matches.
Coming into this game Napoli will want a repeat of their previous results where they edged Bologna to 0-2 Serie A defeat. In that game, Napoli had 61% possession, 14 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Hirving Lozano (20′, 47′). Bologna got 12 shots with five of them on target.
Meanwhile, the opponents in this game, Salernitana is the absolute worst team in the Italian top flight at the moment placed bottom-most spot in the table. This team has picked up only 10 points from 21 matches. In the last five matches they have only one win and four loses and with the trend they are sure not to be back for the next season.
In their last game, Salernitana suffered 0-3 Serie A defeat at the hands of Lazio. In that game, Salernitana managed 26% possession and six shots with only one of them on target. Lazio got 15 shots with eight of them on target and goals by Ciro Immobile (7′, 10′) and Manuel Lazzari (66′).
Napoli vs Salernitana head to head
There have been 12 head to head meeting between these two teams since 1999. Napoli has recorded five wins, there have been five draws while Salernitana has two wins.
- Salernitana 0-1 Napoli 31/10/21
- Napoli 3-0 Salernitana 16/08/09
- Napoli 3-1 Salernitana 12/11/08
- Salernitana 0-0 Napoli 04/04/04
- Napoli 0-0 Salernitana 09/11/03
Home
- Bologna 0-2 Napoli
- Napoli 2-5 Fiorentina
- Napoli 1-0 Sampdoria
- Juventus 1-1 Napoli
- Napoli 0-1 Spezia
Away
- Salernitana 0-3 Lazio
- Hellas Verona 1-2 Salernitana
- Udinese ⓘ Salernitana
- Salernitana 0-5 Inter
- Genoa 1-0 Salernitana
Napoli team news
Luciano Spalletti has just one fitness issue of Adam Ounas with Ankle problems.
Salernitana team news
Franck Ribéry, Pawel Jaroszynski, Luka Bogdan, Milan Djuric, Mamadou Coulibaly, Stefan Strandberg , Grigoris Kastanos ,Riccardo Gagliolo ,Leonardo Capezzi , Vincenzo Fiorillo , and Nadir Zortea will not be able to play due to injuries while Lassana Coulibaly and Luca Ranieri are on suspension.
Prediction and odds
We are backing Napoli who has several men returning to aid their quest to get back in the title race, and their visitors are rock-bottom and beset with absences.
- Napoli Win
- Goals under 2.5
