Jason Collins
Dailysports's expert
Among the abundance of friendly matches scheduled for August 3, it makes sense to pay attention to the confrontation between Napoli and Girona. Dailysports experts offer their betting option for this clash.
Napoli
After winning the Scudetto the season before last, Napoli finished only tenth in last season's Serie A, which left them without the European Cup. The team also failed to impress in European competitions, where it made it to the 1/8 Champions League, losing to Barcelona on aggregate of two meetings. Thus, the club was left without European cups for this season, so all efforts can be directed to the fight in the championship and the national cup.
Neapolitans won all four matches this summer, although the opponents were not of high class, only Brest can be highlighted, which managed to beat with a score of 1:0.
Girona
One of the protagonists of last season of La Liga in anticipation of the debut Champions League. Recall that last season Girona became the third in the Spanish championship, above were only Real Madrid and Barcelona. Recently it became known that the club sold its main striker Artem Dovbik to Roma, receiving for him 35 million euros, another 5 million provided as bonuses.
In control meetings Catalans look weak, three times played in a draw, and the last match and lost to Toulouse - 0:4, taco fiasco turned out to be due to a suspension in the first half.
Interesting facts about the match and history of head-to-head meetings
- The clubs crossed paths last year and the year before, first Napoli won 3-1 and then a 1-1 draw was recorded.
- Napoli has not conceded this summer, Girona has not won in the current offseason.
- Bookmakers have prepared such quotes for this meeting: W1 - 2.04, X - 3.75, W2 - 3.35.
Napoli vs Girona Prediction
In this confrontation, the Neapolitans are quoted as small favorites, will play two interesting teams that will meet for the third year in a row. Promising here looks like a bet on the exchange of goals scored, as the game will be played on the counter courses.
