Comments and predictions for Napoli vs Hellas Verona: Returning empty-handed
Nghe An Newspaper analyzes the performance, football commentary and predicts the score of the match Napoli vs Hellas Verona, taking place at 2:45 a.m. on January 12 within the framework of Serie A.
Latest Napoli vs Hellas Verona team information
Napoli wingers Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Matteo Politano are being closely watched as they near their return from injury, but Antonio Conte is unlikely to change his starting line-up.
Romelu Lukaku will continue to receive support from David Neres and Leonardo Spinazzola in attack. Further down the line, Mathias Olivera is said to have overcome a calf injury and will take over at left-back.
Conte - who is expected to add the services of midfielder Phillip Billing from Bournemouth on loan - will continue to be without key centre-back Alessandro Buongiorno, with Juan Jesus continuing to man the centre of defence.
Verona travel south with significant losses as both regular starters are absent through suspension. Suat Serdar was sent off in the second half of the draw with Udinese, while Jackson Tchatchoua has picked up his fifth yellow card in Serie A.
In addition, Martin Frese, Juan Cruz and Abdou Harroui are also sidelined with various injuries.
Among the new recruits who have made their Serie A debut this season, Hellas striker Casper Tengstedt has established himself with 6 goals (3 home, 3 away). He will form an attacking duo with Amin Sarr in the next match.
Latest expected lineup Napoli vs Hellas Verona
Napoli:
Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Jesus, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka; Neres, McTominay, Spinazzola; Lukaku
Hellas Verona:
Montipo; Dawidowicz, Coppola, Ghilardi; Lazovic, Duda, Belahyane, Bradaric; Suslov; Sarr, Tengstedt
Latest football commentary Napoli vs Hellas Verona
Taking advantage of Atalanta BC's busy battle in the Supercoppa Italiana, Napoli seized the top spot in Serie A last weekend with a convincing away win over high-spirited Fiorentina.
David Neres opened a memorable evening at Stadio Franchi with a fine goal, before Romelu Lukaku doubled the lead from the penalty spot and Scott McTominay sealed the deal, making it three goals and three points to start 2025 on a promising note.
Napoli finished the first half of the season with 44 points - the club's third-best tally this century - and they showed great determination in the race for the title alongside Atalanta and defending champions Inter Milan.
Antonio Conte’s strength under the tutelage of Chelsea has been evident in the number of clean sheets they have kept in Europe’s top five leagues this season. Their 11 clean sheets are their best so far in any campaign since 1986.
Although Napoli are unbeaten in their last 19 home Serie A meetings with Verona (14 wins), they will not be taking things lightly on Sunday, still haunted by the shock of their opening day defeat under Conte.
Given Napoli's solid defensive record since then, the shock 0-3 loss to Verona at the Stadio Bentegodi on the opening day was all the more remarkable.
After Daniel Mosquera scored twice to upset the 2023 Scudetto champions in August, Hellas are looking to make history, winning the double over their southern rivals for the first time in their history. Given their recent form, they have every reason to believe in such a feat.
Paolo Zanetti's men have picked up seven points from their last four games, including 3-2 away wins over Parma and Bologna, and a 0-0 draw with Udinese last weekend.
If they beat Napoli again, the Gialloblu would not only move further away from the relegation zone but also mark a run of three consecutive away wins in Serie A, something not seen since December 1984.
However, things seem easier in theory than in practice, as they will have to face the best defense in the league at Napoli, where the home team has only conceded 6 goals at home this season.
Score prediction Napoli vs Hellas Verona
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Napoli vs Hellas Veronaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Napoli 2-0 Hellas Verona
- WhoScore:Napoli 3-1 Hellas Verona
- Our newspaper predicts:Napoli 2-0 Hellas Verona
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