Venezia vs Napoli Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Venezia have endured a tough start to life in Serie A as they continue their top-flight campaign with the visit of a stuttering Napoli side to Venice.
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Venezia preview: Underwhelming start
Following their promotion to the top-flight last season, Venezia have endured a tough time of it in Serie A with six defeats from six as they sit rock-bottom but persisting with Giovanni Stroppa after spending fairly big over the summer.
The Venetians were blown away away from home against Atalanta last weekend, going 3-0 down in Bergamo inside half an hour before scoring a consolation a few minutes later in a 3-1 defeat to Maurizio Sarri’s outfit.
Napoli preview: Frustrated Neapolitans
Napoli replaced Antonio Conte with Massimiliano Allegri over the summer and it has been a frustrating start for the former Juventus and AC Milan boss, with Napoli losing again in the UEFA Champions League midweek away against Villarreal.
The Partenopei did earn themselves a comfortable victory at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona last weekend with a 3-0 defeat of high-flying Frosinone, courtesy of a Kevin De Bruyne brace sandwiching a Noa Lang strike.
Venezia team news: Fresh doubts
Venezia have some fresh doubts for this one as Napoli loanee Pasquale Mazzocchi is now potentially sidelined alongside Valencia loanee defender Thierry Correia.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Stankovic; Halhal, Juan, Matias Moreno; Hainaut, Kike Perez, Sohm, Basic, Haps; John Yeboah, Adams
Unavailable: Sverko (Injured), Franjic (Injured), Busio (Injured), Adorante (Injured)
Questionable: Bella-Kotchap (Fitness), Correia (Injured), Mazzocchi (Injured)
Napoli team news: A few issues
Mathias Oliveira is working his way back to full fitness alongside Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Alisson Santos with Alessandro Buongiorno remaining sidelined alongside Constantino Favasuli and Antonio Vergara.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Meret; Rafa Marin, Rrahmani, Badiashile; Di Lorenzo, De Bruyne, Lobotka, Spinazzola; David Neres, Hojlund, Lang
Unavailable: Buongiorno (Injured), Favasuli (Injured), Vergara (Injured)
Questionable: Mathias Oliveira (Injured), Anguissa (Fitness), Alisson Santos (Fitness)
Venezia vs Napoli prediction
Venezia appear way out of their depth at the moment, despite heavy American investment over the summer seeing them spend fairly ambitiously in the transfer window. Their performances haven’t been as bad as their results would suggest and Napoli are some way off being fluent nor reliable. That said, the Neapolitans remain favourites at Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo.
Venezia vs Napoli tip: Napoli to win & under 3.5 goals
