The race to qualify for the Champions League is heating up in Serie A and on Wednesday the 23rd of December we have a meeting between Napoli and Torino at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
The hosts begin the week in 5th place on 23 points while the visitors are down in 18th place on 7 points.
Napoli come into the match having lost 2-0 at Lazio on the weekend. It was a disappointing result for Napoli as they wanted to move into the top four and was the second defeat in succession following the narrow 1-0 loss at Inter Milan.
Prior to the defeat against Inter Milan, Napoli were on a run of 6 games without defeat in all competitions.
Napoli have been inconsistent in the league this season and they have won 3 and lost 3 of their last 6 Serie A matches.
However, they have managed to pick up maximum points in each of their last 2 home games against Roma and Sampdoria.
Trends show Napoli are unbeaten in 11 of their last 13 home Serie A games. They have managed to win in 7 of their most recent 9 home matches in Serie A, with 5 of their last 8 home league wins coming by a margin of 2 or more goals.
Over 2.5 goals have been seen in 13 of Napoli's last 15 home matches in Serie A and they have managed to score 2 or more goals 13 times in those 15 games.
Torino travel to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona having picked up a point in a 1-1 draw at home against Bologna. That result leaves them in the relegation zone and just 1 point above the bottom club.
Victories have been extremely difficult to come by in Serie A this season and Torino have failed to win any of their last 7 matches.
In fact, Torino picked up just a single win in the league this season and that came at Genoa on the 4th of November. Since then, Torino have lost 4 and drawn 3 of their last 7 Serie A games.
Trends show both teams have scored in each of Torino’s last 6 matches in Serie A. They have suffered 6 defeats by 2 or more goals in their 12 most recent away Serie A games.
Team news and Napoli have four players unavailable for this match, with Hirving Lozano, Kalidou Koulibaly, Dries Mertens, and Victor Osimhen on the treatment table.
Torino have two players unavailable as Federico Bonazzoli and Cristian Daniel Ansaldi miss out due to injury.
There is no doubt Napoli are the clear favourites to take maximum points from this game. Torino have been struggling for much of the season and although they may score a goal, we expect to see Napoli score 2 or more goals to win the match.