Napoli vs Juventus – Serie A – Preview

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Sreya

Napoli vs Juventus – Napoli hosts Juventus at Stadio San Paolo on 2nd April, Sunday in the most anticipated Serie A fixture of the weekend.

Juventus have seventy three points and are leading the race for the Scudetto while the second-placed AS Roma (who played yesterday) have sixty eight points. Napoli are third with sixty three points and are chasing UEFA Champions League qualification for next season.

Both Juventus and Napoli have five wins in their last six league outings – Juventus defeating Sampdoria 1-0 and Napoli winning 3-2 at Empoli just prior to the international break.

Team News

Lorenzo Tonelli is injured while Elseid Hysaj is listed as a doubt. Juventus will be without the injured Marko Pjaca while Mehdi Benatia will face a late fitness test.

Napoli Possible Starting Lineup: Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raul Albiol, Faouzi Ghoulam, Allan, Amadou Diawara, Marek Hamsik, Jose Callejon, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Buffon, Dani Alves, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro, Miralem Pjanic, Sami Khedira, Juan Cuadrado, Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandzukic, Gonzalo Higuain.

“Winning tomorrow would be a big step towards the prize but victory certainly won’t define the season. Rather, it would put us in a great position to tackle a hugely important month in Serie A, Champions League and Coppa Italia.”

– Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Napoli vs Juventus H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs resulted in just one win and four losses for Napoli. In fact, Juventus are unbeaten in ten of their last twelve meetings with Napoli in all competitions.

While Napoli are undefeated in 32 of their last 34 home matches in the Serie A, Juventus have won nine of their previous ten away fixtures in the league.

It should be a closely contested affair but Juventus are likely to win 2-1.