Italian Serie A
2019-03-10 - Sassuolo vs Napoli
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Football: Italy Serie A
10th March 2019 – Kickoff time 18:00 [Sassuolo, Italy Time]
Introduction :
Sassuolo in 11th spot welcome the visit of Napoli in 2nd spot. At the moment Napoli knows they can no longer catch Juventus at the top with such a big gap.
This means Napoli will now set their sights on the Europa League and that means the home side Sassuolo can aim for an upset in this match.
Sassuolo
Sassuolo will hope to repeat the last two seasons results here where they managed to hold Napoli to consecutive draws. They have a home record of 4 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats this season. They have scored 23 and conceded 25 at home this season.
Sassuolo have won just once in their last six home games. In their last three home games, they beat Cagliari 3-0, lost to Juventus 0-3 and drew with Spal 1-1.
As for the team news, Sassuolo are also without their first choice goalkeeper as Andrea Consigli is suspended. So we will see reserve goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo start in goal for this match.
Marlon and Leonardo Sernicola are still out of action, but Khouma Babacar could start ahead of Alessandro Matri in a three man attack with Domenico Berardi and Filip Djuricic operating on the flanks.
Napoli:
After the 2-1 defeat to Juventus, Napoli find themselves 16 points behind the leaders now. That means any hope of them winning the Scudetto has now gone.
They are also out of the Coppa Italia, so now Carlo Ancelotti will aim for the Europa League title and last Thursday they managed to beat German side RB Salzburg by 3-0 in the first leg of the last 16.
Napoli have an away record of 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. They have scored 18 and conceded 11 on their travels. They have won 3 out of their last 6 away games. In their last three away games, they drew with Milan and Fiorentina 0-0 and beat Parma 0-4.
As for the team news, Napoli will miss the services of Alex Meret after he was sent off against Juventus. This means David Ospina will now start in goal. We should see Kalidou Koulibaly and Nikola Maksimovic in this match as they are banned for the second leg of the Europa League next week.
Thus we could also see the makeshift centre-back pairing Vlad Chiriches and Sebastiano Luperto start here. Other then Raul Albiol out injured, they could also rest the likes of Lorenzo Insigne, Jose Callejon, Allan and Piotr Zieliński.
Past Meetings:
Napoli won 2-0 in the first half of the season. However the last two seasons when Sassuolo hosted, it ended in a 2-2 and 1-1 draw.
The Pick:
Go for Sassuolo and accept the 1 ball Asian Handicap.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Sassuolo 1-1 Napoli
