Italian Serie A
2026-02-28 - Hellas Verona vs Napoli
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 27
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Veneto, Italy (39,211)
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 18:00 CET
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Verona Team News
Now would be about time for that late-season incredible push that saved Verona and kept them in Serie A last season against all odds. With 11 rounds to go, Verona is 9 points adrift of safety, and goals are leaking in; almost any team can score 2 or 3 against this side now.
Verona is winless for 11 rounds now, and it is actually a streak of defeats that was briefly interrupted by the three draws against Napoli, Cremonese and Pisa. The problem with betting on or against Verona is that they can play football, as shown by their win over Atalanta prior to this losing streak, and can therefore upset an unsuspecting team here and there. But, for practical purposes, it's best to ignore these dead cat bounces and simply fade Verona in each and every game.
Napoli Team News
Napoli won only 2 of last 8 competitive fixtures, which include two winless Champions League outings against Copenhagen and Chelsea, a cup exit to Como, and five Serie A outings, three of which were derbies against Juventus, Roma and Atalanta, none of them won.
You can't keep up with Inter, playing like that. But it's not like Napoli suddenly became a poor side, they were always limited in quality and they always had problems in the offensive third. And in derbies against teams that can actually play football.
Although, it must be said, even Verona caused problems to them and it wasn't long ago either, they played on January 7th in Naples and the score was 2-2.
Probable Lineups
Verona (3-5-2): Montipo - Bella-Kotchap, Nelsson, Edmundsson - Bradaric, Niasse, Akpa Akpro, Harroui, Frese - Bowie, Sarr. Coach Sammarco.
Napoli (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic-Savic - Beukema, Buongiorno, Juan Jesus - Politano, Lobotka, Elmas, Spinazzola - Alisson, Vergara - Hojlund. Coach Conte.
Giovane was sold and Orban is injured, so Verona is without both members of the offensive duo that carried them and that was the only bright spot in the team this season.
McTominay and De Bruyne could be back soon for Napoli.
The Betting Market
You can get up to 1.55 on Napoli and it seems like a fair price if we assume Napoli will use this fixture to get back to winning ways. After all, Verona always finds a way to implode.
An underish game is expected as the Under 2.5 Goals is priced at 1.61 and the Both Teams To Score: NO even lower at 1.53.
The Betting Verdict
The recent Napoli slump has probably inflated the odds on the visitors just a little bit, and we'll gladly take the minor increase. Napoli is still the same side as ever, and the recent poor results don't influence this one way or another. They should be able to power through this game and beat Verona through sheer intensity.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Verona 0-2 Napoli
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take Over 2.5 Goals at 1.55 at Bet365
