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The match between PSV Eindhoven vs Napoli in the Champions League takes place at 2:00 a.m. on October 22. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest PSV Eindhoven vs Napoli team information
PSV have not escaped the injury storm either. Kilian Sildillia and Alassane Plea are likely to miss the rest of the week, while Ruben van Bommel – who scored the only goal for the team in the opening game – is certain to be out for the long term with a serious knee injury.
In that context, Ismael Saibari is becoming the biggest hope in attack. The Moroccan midfielder has scored in 4/5 of the club's recent matches. He will continue to play alongside Ivan Perisic and Guus Til - the player who scored a double last weekend against Go Ahead Eagles.
On Napoli’s side, coach Conte is facing a serious personnel crisis in the attack. Romelu Lukaku has not returned yet, and Rasmus Hojlund – who has scored 7 goals in 8 Champions League matches (including 3 doubles) – suffered a thigh injury in training and was withdrawn from the match list against Torino.
Therefore, Lorenzo Lucca - former Ajax striker - will likely replace the center forward position in the away match at Eindhoven.
A familiar face to Dutch audiences, Noa Lang – a former PSV player – could be given a chance by coach Conte, as Matteo Politano is not in the best physical condition, and Scott McTominay (last season's Serie A MVP) is suffering from an ankle injury.
Napoli are also without two key players in midfield and defence: Stanislav Lobotka is injured, while centre-back Amir Rrahmani is yet to recover. However, Italy international Alessandro Buongiorno returned to the bench against his former club Torino and could return tonight.
PSV Eindhoven vs Napoli latest expected lineup
PSV Eindhoven:
Kovar; Dest, Obispo, Gasiorowski, Salah-Eddine; Saibari, Schouten, Veerman; Man, Til, Perisic
Napoli:
Meret; Di Lorenzo, Beukema, Buongiorno, Spinazzola; Gilmour; Neres, Anguissa, De Bruyne, Lang; Lucca
Latest football commentary PSV Eindhoven vs Napoli
After a 1-3 home defeat to Belgian champions Union SG in their opening match, PSV Eindhoven have put themselves in a difficult position in the race to get through the Champions League group stage and reach the knockout round.
In the second match, when visiting Bayer Leverkusen, PSV continued to fall behind 1-0 in the 65th minute after Ivan Perisic's goal was disallowed by VAR. However, Ismael Saibari managed to equalize with a finish that ended a 27-pass sequence - helping the Dutch team escape defeat and earn a valuable point.
However, PSV are currently 27th in the provisional standings, outside the play-off places. The main reason for this is an inconsistent defence: they have kept just one clean sheet in their last 18 Champions League games and have conceded an average of more than two goals per game in their last 10.
PSV's bright spot is their attacking ability, which remains impressive. In their last 15 games in the Champions League group stage or league stage, they have lost only three.
Manager Peter Bosz has seen his players maintain their blistering goalscoring form domestically. PSV have scored 12 goals in just two Eredivisie games, following up a 4-0 win over PEC Zwolle with a 2-1 win over Go Ahead Eagles on Saturday. That result keeps the reigning champions close to Feyenoord at the top of the table, and they now have their sights set on their first goal – winning European competition this season.
Napoli and PSV have only met twice in their history — in the 2012-13 Europa League group stage — with the Dutch side winning both legs 6-1 on aggregate.
Of course, coach Antonio Conte and his team hope the result will be different this time, because Napoli is on the journey to find new achievements in the Champions League. While PSV won the European Cup C1 in 1988, Napoli has never passed the quarter-finals in this most prestigious arena.
Their opening game of the season was one to forget: captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo was sent off early, leaving Napoli struggling to cope and eventually losing 2-0 to Manchester City, having only managed one shot all game.
However, they bounced back in the second leg, with striker Rasmus Hojlund scoring twice as Napoli beat Sporting 2-1 at home at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in a clash between the Italian and Portuguese champions.
Hojlund went on to score the winner as Napoli beat Genoa in Serie A, but was left scoreless at the weekend as the team surprisingly lost 1-0 to Torino. That defeat left them level on 15 points with Inter Milan after seven games – just ahead of their big clash in Naples.
Ahead of that big match, Napoli traveled to the Netherlands with a seriously depleted squad.
PSV Eindhoven vs Napoli latest score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.PSV Eindhoven vs Napolias follows:
- Sportsmole:PSV Eindhoven 2-3 Napoli
- WhoScore:PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Napoli
- We predict:PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Napoli
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