Napoli vs Genoa Prediction: A narrow victory
The Serie A match between Napoli and Genoa will take place at 1:45 AM on May 12th. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes the teams' form, provides football commentary, and predicts the score.
Latest Napoli vs Genoa team news
Napoli will be without central defenders Alessandro Buongiorno and Juan Jesus due to injury, so it is likely that Amir Rrahmani will continue to partner with Mathias Olivera – who has been moved from left-back to center-back.
Stanislav Lobotka is suffering from an ankle injury and may miss the game, opening up a starting opportunity for Billy Gilmour. He will partner Scott McTominay – who was recently voted Serie A Player of the Month for April after scoring a brace in his last two home games. Up front, McTominay will support Romelu Lukaku (who scored 7 goals against Genoa) and Raspadori – who scored the winning goal in the previous round.
For Genoa, the 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 suspended.
Striker Andrea Pinamonti is experiencing his longest goal drought in five years (10 consecutive games without scoring) but will still start, possibly supported by Vitinha – who recently scored against Milan.
Latest predicted lineups for Napoli vs Genoa
Napoli:
Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Olivera, Spinazzola; Politano, Anguissa, Gilmour, McTominay; Raspadori, Lukaku
Wu:
Leali; Sabelli, De Winter, Vasquez, Martin; Frendrup, Masini; Norton-Cuffy, Messias, Vitinha; Pinamonti
Latest Napoli vs Genoa football match prediction
Napoli continued to demonstrate their status as title contenders by securing a narrow 1-0 victory away at Lecce last weekend, thanks to a free-kick goal from Giacomo Raspadori. This also marked the fourth consecutive clean sheet for Antonio Conte's team, helping them maintain their lead in the Scudetto race.
With 3 rounds remaining, Napoli completely controls their own destiny. Even in the scenario of losing one match and Inter winning all matches, the two teams will have to play a play-off to decide the championship. This is the season in which Napoli leads in the number of clean sheets (17) and concedes the fewest goals (25) in the top 5 European leagues – a remarkable achievement considering they lost many key players last summer.
This time, Napoli face a favorable opponent: they have lost only 2 of their last 28 Serie A encounters with Genoa, winning 18, including a 2-1 victory in the first leg in December. Genoa also haven't won at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium since 2009, and are currently in decline with three consecutive defeats.
Under coach Patrick Vieira, Genoa had a period of improvement that helped them escape the relegation zone, but they are now safe and have virtually no clear objectives left. Their 1-2 defeat to AC Milan last week, despite taking the lead, showed their fatigue towards the end of the season.
Latest Napoli vs Genoa score prediction
Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Napoli vs Napolias follows:
- Sportsmole:Napoli 2-1 Genoa
- WhoScore:Napoli 2-0 Genoa
- Our newspaper predicts:Napoli 1-0 Genoa
When and where can I watch Napoli vs Genoa live?
To watch the Napoli vs Genoa match live in Serie A, taking place at 1:45 AM on May 12th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.