Comments and predictions for Napoli vs Genoa: Minimal victory
The match between Napoli vs Genoa in Serie A takes place at 1:45 a.m. on May 12. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Napoli vs Genoa team information
Napoli are without central defenders Alessandro Buongiorno and Juan Jesus due to injury, so Amir Rrahmani will likely continue to play alongside Mathias Olivera – who has been moved from left-back to the center.
Stanislav Lobotka has an ankle injury and is doubtful, opening up a starting spot for Billy Gilmour. He will partner Scott McTominay, who was recently named Serie A Player of the Month for April after scoring twice in his last two home games. Up front, McTominay will support Romelu Lukaku (who scored seven goals against Genoa) and Raspadori, who scored the winner last time out.
Genoa's injury list is being shortened as Hugo Cuenca, Caleb Ekuban and Jean Onana have returned to training. However, they are still without Fabio Miretti, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Maxwel Cornet. Morten Thorsby is absent due to suspension.
Key striker Andrea Pinamonti is experiencing his longest goal drought in five years (10 consecutive matches without scoring) but will still start, possibly supported by Vitinha – who just scored against Milan.
Latest expected lineup Napoli vs Genoa
Napoli:
Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Olivera, Spinazzola; Politano, Anguissa, Gilmour, McTominay; Raspadori, Lukaku
Genoa:
Leali; Sabelli, De Winter, Vasquez, Martin; Frendrup, Masini; Norton-Cuffy, Messias, Vitinha; Pinamonti
Latest football commentary Napoli vs Genoa
Napoli continued to show the spirit of a championship candidate when they won 1-0 at Lecce last weekend, thanks to Giacomo Raspadori's free kick. It was also the fourth consecutive clean sheet for coach Antonio Conte and his team, helping them maintain the initiative in the Scudetto race.
With three rounds remaining, Napoli have complete control. Even if they lose one game and Inter win all, the two teams will have to play a play-off to decide the title. This is a season in which Napoli leads the way in clean sheets (17) and concedes the fewest goals (25) in Europe’s top five leagues – a remarkable achievement considering they lost so many key players last summer.
Napoli face a favourite this time around: they have lost just two of their last 28 Serie A meetings with Genoa, winning 18, including a 2-1 first-leg victory in December. Genoa have not won at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium since 2009, and are currently on a three-game losing streak.
Genoa had a good run under Patrick Vieira, but are now safe and have little to aim for. Last week's 2-1 loss to AC Milan, despite being ahead, showed their lack of momentum towards the end of the season.
Latest Napoli vs Genoa score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Napoli vs Genoaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Napoli 2-1 Genoa
- WhoScore:Napoli 2-0 Genoa
- Our newspaper predicts:Napoli 1-0 Genoa
When and where to watch Napoli vs Genoa live?
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