Prediction: Napoli vs Torino - Soccer News

Prediction: Napoli to win 2-1

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Napoli and Torino will lock horns with each other in Serie A this week. The match between Antonio Conte’s side and Roberto D’Aversa’s team will be held at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona and is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Friday.

Napoli

Napoli are one of the biggest clubs in the world and have been hugely successful in recent years. Under former Juventus manager Antonio Conte last season, they won the Serie A title and were aiming to do the same this time around.

However, Gli Azzurri are out of the title race this season. Napoli are third in the Serie A table at the moment with 53 points from 27 matches, four points behind second-placed AC Milan.

Napoli will head into the Serie A game against Torino at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on the back of a 2-1 victory over Hellas Verona away from home in the league. It came after a 2-1 defeat to Atalanta on the road in Serie A, which followed a 2-2 home draw with AS Roma in the league.

Team News:

Napoli are likely to line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation against Torino. Alex Meret will be in goal and will have Sam Beukema, Juan Jesus and Alessandro Buongiorno in front of him in deftence. Matteo Politano, Eljif Elmas, Stanislav Lobotka and Leonardo Spinazzola will be the four midfielders. Antonio Vergara and Alisson Santos will be deployed in attacking midfield. Rasmus Hojlund will lead the line for Napoli.

Torino

Torino are a major club in Italy and an established team in Serie A. I Granata have done well in the top flight of Italian football in recent years and ended up as high as 11th in Serie A last season.

Roberto D’Aversa’s side are struggling at the moment. Torino currently find themselves 14th in the Serie A table with 30 points from 27 matches.

Torino will head into the Serie A game against Napoli this week on the back of a 2-0 victory over Lazio at home in the league. It came after a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Genoa on the road, which followed a 2-1 loss to Bologna in front of their fans.

Team News:

Torino are likely to line up in a 3-4-1-2 formation against Napoli. Alberto Paleari will be in goal and will have Saul Coco, Adrian Ismajli and Enzo Ebosse in front of him in defence. Valentino Lazaro, Matteo Prati, Gvidas Gineitis and Rafael Obrador will be the four midfielders. Nikola Vlasic will be deployed in holding midfield. Giovanni Simeone and Duvan Zapata will be the two centre-forwards.

Key Factors to Consider

Napoli have won 3 of their last 6 Serie A matches.
Napoli have scored 41 goals and conceded 28 goals in 27 Serie A matches.
Rasmus Hojlund has scored 9 goals and given 2 assists in 23 Serie A matches for Napoli so far this season.
Torino have scored 27 goals and conceded 47 goals in 27 Serie A games so far this campaign.
Torino have won 2 of their last 6 Serie A games.