Cremonese vs Napoli Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Cremonese begin the weekend’s round of fixtures sitting firmly in the middle-of-the-table, as they welcome defending champions Napoli to Stadio Giovanni Zini/
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Cremonese preview: Steady Cremonese
Following their surprising promotion to the top-flight last season, Cremonese have been reasonably impressive at the start of this season with five victories, six draws and five defeats in their 16 matches.
Davide Nicola was appointed and the so-called ‘miracle worker’ of Serie A has performed admirably thus far. They managed to hold Lazio to a goalless draw at the Stadio Olimpico last weekend.
Napoli preview: Champions Napoli
Defending champions Napoli managed to win another piece of silverware last week as they defeated AC Milan and then Bologna in Saudi Arabia to be crowned winners of the Supercoppa Italiana.
Antonio Conte’s second season in charge of the Partenopei has certainly been a tougher one and yet the Neapolitans return to Serie A action sitting just two points and two placed behind league leaders Internazionale.
Cremonese team news: Ceccherini suspended
Cremonese defender Federico Ceccherini is missing through suspension this weekend, while Michele Collocolo is sidelined and Matteo Bianchetti is a doubt due to a facial injury, too.
Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Audero; Terracciano, Baschirotto, Folino; Barbieri, Grassi, Bondo, Pezzella; Johnson; Bonazzoli, Vardy
Unavailable: Ceccherini (Suspended), Collocolo (Injured)
Questionable: Bianchetti (Injured)
Napoli team news: Several injuries
Napoli have plenty of midfield injury issues for this one, such as Billy Gilmour, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Kevin De Bruyne, while Alex Meret remains a key doubt.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno; Spinazzola, McTominay, Elmas, Mathias Olivera; David Neres, Hojlund, Lang
Unavailable: Gilmour (Injured), Anguissa (Injured), De Bruyne (Injured)
Questionable: Meret (Injured), Beukema (Injured), Lukaku (Injured)
Cremonese vs Napoli prediction
Cremonese, with their home advantage, and the fact that they have been extremely difficult and awkward to play against throughout the campaign, will again be expected to be difficult to beat against the Neapolitans. Napoli should be able to squeeze themselves past Cremonese, albeit their form and their style of football has often flattered to deceive and so a low-scoring away win is the way to go for this one.
Cremonese vs Napoli tip: Napoli to win & under 3.5 goals
