Manuel Chávez
Dailysports's expert
On September 26, Napoli - Palermo will meet in the Italian Cup. Prediction for the match of the mentioned clubs is made by Dailysports analysts.
Napoli
The Neapolitans started the current season hard, first only in a penalty shootout defeated modest Modena in the Italian Cup, and then managed to lose 0:3 away to Verona in the first round of Serie A.
The team quickly recovered, picking up 10 points in the next four league meetings. In the last round Napoli drew 0-3 away against strong Juventus, thus breaking the series of three victories. The surge allowed Napoli to move up to the second place in the standings, the gap from the leader is now one point.
Palermo
The start of the season was not easy for Palermo, although the club managed to knock Parma out of the fight from the elite, beating the opponent away with a score of 1:0. In Serie B, the team started with two defeats before picking up 8 points in four matches.
The club goes in the middle of the standings, although the fight is tight, so the gap from the first quartet is only two points. The Italian Cup is a great opportunity to remind of themselves, but the main task should be to return to the elite division.
Match Facts
- Napoli have conceded only one goal in the last four meetings.
- Palermo have not lost in four matches in a row.
- Bookmakers have put the following odds for this match: W1 - 1.29, X - 5.6, W2 - 11.
Possible line-ups
- Napoli: Caprile, Di Lorenzo, Rrachmani, Buongiorno, Olivera, McTominay, Lobotka, Anguissa, Neres, Simeone, Politano.
- Palermo: Deplanchet, Pierozzi, Nicolaou, Nedelciaru, Diacate, Segre, Gomez, Insigne, Ranocchia, Di Mariano, Henri.
H2H
The rivals have a considerable history of face-to-face confrontations, but the last time they crossed paths was back in the 2016/17 season, since then the lineups have changed dramatically. In total, the teams have played 62 times, 30 wins for Neapolitans, in 12 cases Palermo players won, in 19 games a draw was recorded.
Prediction
Neapolitans are big favorites of this pair, they play at home, have a stronger squad, and also represent the elite of Italian soccer. Both rivals will approach this match on a series of no defeats. I think that the teams will be able to please here with effective soccer, so I will take a bet total more than 2.5 points.
