Fiorentina vs Napoli – Serie A – Preview

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Sreya

Fiorentina vs Napoli – Napoli travel to Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence on 22nd December, Thursday to face Fiorentina for their eighteenth Serie A fixture of the season.

Napoli are fourth in Serie A standings with thirty four points courtesy their ten wins and are in a rich vein of form, having won their last four league games on the trot. Napoli defeated Torino in a high-scoring 5-3 game in their last Serie A outing.

Fiorentina, who have lost their last two league games (1-0 to Genoa and 3-1 to Lazio) are eighth with twenty six points.

Team News

Borja Valero and Nenad Tomovic have been listed as doubts and are unlikely to start. Napoli will be without the injured Arkadiusj Milik and Kalidou Kalibaly.

Fiorentina Possible Starting Lineup: Ciprian Tatarusanu, Carlos Salcedo, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Davide Astori, Christian Tello, Matias Vecino, Milan Badelj, Maximiliano Olivera, Josip Illicic, Federico Bernardeschi, Nikola Kalinic.

Napoli Possible Starting Lineup: Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Vlad Chiriches, Raul Albiol, Faouzi Ghoulam, Piotr Zielinski, Amadou Diawara, Marek Hamsik, Jose Callejon, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne.

“Dries is a champion and must be fully aware of his strength. If he realizes its value and if it manages to express with this continuity he can become a real champion.”

– Maurizio Sarri, Napoli.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Fiorentina vs Napoli H2H Stats, the last five Serie A meetings between these two clubs have resulted in three wins for Napoli and one win for Fiorentina. While Fiorentina are undefeated in their last 9 home matches in the Serie A, Napoli are undefeated in their last 8 away matches against Fiorentina in all competitions.

Napoli have scored at least 3 goals in their last three league matches and are expected to find the back of the net, for Dries Mertens is in the form of his life.

Napoli are likely to win 2-1 tonight.