Napoli vs Hellas Verona Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Defending champions Napoli are pushing for the Serie A title as the Neapolitans take on a poor Hellas Verona side at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona this midweek.
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Napoli preview: The champions
Antonio Conte has endured a few months with suggestions the former Chelsea and Juventus boss could even resign mid-way through this campaign but the Partenopei boss appears to have found some newfound motivation in recent weeks.
After winning the Supercoppa Italiana over the festive period, the Neapolitans have returned to Serie A action with comfortable and impressive back-to-back victories away from home against Cremonese and then against Lazio.
Hellas Verona preview: Poor Verona
After being perennial strugglers in recent seasons, Hellas Verona have again struggled this season and they begin this midweek round of fixtures sitting rock-bottom with just 12 points collected from their 17 matches as they surprisingly stand by Paolo Zanetti.
Verona most recently suffered a 3-0 hammering at the hands of Torino at the Marcantonio Bentegodi last weekend due to strikes from Giovanni Simeone, Cesare Casadei and Aliou Njie.
Napoli team news: Mazzocchi suspended
In what was a fiery encounter between Napoli and Lazio the other day, versatile fringe man Pasquale Mazzocchi is now missing through suspension after being sent off.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan; Politano, McTominay, Lobotka, Spinazzola; Lang, Hojlund, Elmas
Unavailable: Beukema (Injured), Gilmour (Injured), Anguissa (Injured), De Bruyne (Injured), Mazzocchi (Suspended), Lucca (Injured), Lukaku (Injured)
Questionable: David Neres (Injured)
Hellas Verona team news: Still no Belghali
Algeria international right-back Rafik Belghali is away at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, while midfield duo Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro and Tomas Suslov remain injury absentees for the visitors.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Montipo; Unai Nunez, Nelsson, Bella-Kotchap; Oyegoke, Serdar, Al Musrati, Bernede, Frese; Giovane, Daniel Mosquera
Unavailable: Belghali (International duty), Akpa Akpro (Injured), Suslov (Injured)
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Napoli vs Hellas Verona prediction
Napoli, even at their absolute best, are a tough watch for the neutral and that is not helped by their many injury issues, especially to the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa. They face a Verona side that are a rabble at the moment and, in a league of crisis, are perhaps the team most at civil war and with the most in-fighting, so a comfortable home win should still be expected.
Napoli vs Hellas Verona tip: Napoli to win to nil
