Hellas Verona vs Napoli Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Hellas Verona are destined for relegation to Serie B as they welcome the reigning champions Napoli to the Marcantonio Bentegodi on Saturday.
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Hellas Verona preview: Going down
Hellas Verona begin this weekend's round of fixtures sitting rock-bottom in Italy's top-flight and nine points adrift of safety, with no real improvement since the sacking of Paolo Zanetti, who many believe they persisted with for too long.
Verona come into this one on the back of a 3-0 hammering at the hands of Sassuolo, ensuring that they have collected just two points, from goalless draws against fellow out of form strugglers Cremonese and Pisa, in their last eight matches in Serie A.
Napoli preview: Struggling Partenopei
Napoli have disappointed in the Italian title race thus far, failing to defend their title and it is reasonable to now say that as they sit third and begin the match day sitting 14 points adrift of league leaders Internazionale.
The Neapolitans continued their indifferent form last weekend with a 2-1 defeat to Atalanta at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, meaning that they have now managed just three victories in their last 12 matches across all competitions.
Hellas Verona team news: Couple of suspensions
Verona are dealing with a couple of suspension issues for this one as defensive midfielder Al Musrati is sidelined alongside Nigeria international striker Gift Orban.
Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Montipo; Bella-Kotchap, Nelsson, Edmundsson; Bradaric, Niasse, Harroui, Frese; Suslov; Bowie, Sarr
Unavailable: Pol Lirola (Injured), Serdar (Injured), Al Musrati (Suspended), Orban (Suspended)
Questionable: Valentini (Injured), Lovric (Injured), Bernede (Injured), Gagliardini (Injured), Belghali (Injured)
Napoli team news: Midfield injuries
Napoli have key issues in midfield as both Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Scott McTominay are both doubts, while Kevin De Bruyne is a confirmed absentee, too.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Meret; Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Juan; Spinazzola, Lobotka, Elmas, Miguel Gutierrez; Vergara, Giovane; Hojlund
Unavailable: Rrahmani (Injured), Di Lorenzo (Injured), De Bruyne (Injured), David Neres (Injured)
Questionable: McTominay (Injured), Anguissa (Injured)
Hellas Verona vs Napoli prediction
One of those games that Napoli failed to win was a woeful 2-2 draw at home to Verona a month or so ago. The state of Verona at the moment really does put into perspective how poor the Partenopei have been this season. Napoli have to be viewed as firm favourites still, but it is very unlikely to be either straightforward or overly convincing - or entertaining for the neutral.
Hellas Verona vs Napoli tip: Napoli to win & under 3.5 goals
