Napoli – Torino Prediction & Picks (06.05.2018)

Napoli and Torino meet at Stadio San Paolo, in a match for the 36 th round of Serie A. Napoli won by (1-3) last time they met in this edition of the league, on 16-12- 2017 In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 4 victories in the last 4 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 12-18-2016, in a match for Serie A that ended in Napoli’s victory by (5-3). The goals of the match were scored by D. Mertens (13 ‘, 18’, 22 ‘and 80’) and V. Chiricheş (70 ‘), for Napoli, and A. Belotti (58’), L. Rossettini (76 ‘) ) and Iago Falqué (84 ‘), for Torino. Despite being a match between 2nd and 10th of the table, it is actually a match between the 2nd classified in home matches and the º as a visitor.

Napoli:

The home team is currently in the 2ª position, with 84 points won, after 26 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Juventus, by (0-1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Fiorentina, by (3-0). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 43 points in away matches and 41 at their stadium, with 32 goals scored and 11 conceded at home, against 39 goals scored and 15 conceded at home. In the last 10 home league matches Napoli has a record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, so they have won 25 points out of 30 possible. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 35 games played in this competition, he got the comeback in 9 of the 12 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 17 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 6 of their 15 goals between minutes (0’-15 ‘).

Napoli come to this game with a defeat in the field of Fiorentina, by 3-0, placing a final point to the seven games in a row without tasting the taste of defeat in the championship. Due to the irregular phase that goes through, with only 5 wins in the last 10 games, Napoli let Juventus escape at the top of the leaderboard. In this match at home coach Maurizio Sarri must keep the team in 4-3-3, benefiting possession of the ball and slow attacks: Hamsik is the big responsible for creating and organizing the offensive process. On the other hand, Dries Mertens is the great highlight of the Napoli so far, with 17 goals scored. Koulibaly is suspended from outside, while Ghoulam continues to recover from injury.

Torino:

After 11 wins, 14 draws and 10 losses, the away team is currently in the 10 th position of the league, with 47 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Atalanta, by (2-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Lazio, by (0-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won points in away matches and 27 at their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 25 conceded at home, against 27 goals scored and 17 conceded at home. For the championship, Torino won 11 points out of 30 possible points, after 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (8 out of 18 matches). The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 35 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 17 times and only managed 1 comeback.

The Torino is not in a good moment, since in this final part of the championship he has four consecutive games without winning, being that in the last match he lost at home against Lazio. Usually the coach Rolando Maran acts with three players in the defense, four in the middle and three in the attack, being Andrea Belotti the most fixed offensive reference of the team. However, the great master and brain of this team is the Serbian Ljajic, player with great quality of pass and vision of game. However, Iago Falqué is the best score of Torino, with 11 goals scored. For this game the visiting coach can not count on Moretti, suspended, in addition to Lyanco, Joel Obi and Barreca, players recovering from injury.