Napoli – Bologna. Forecast and announcement for the Italian Super Cup final

On December 22, the final of the Italian Super Cup will take place, where Napoli – Bologna will compete for the title. The match will start at 21:00 Kyiv time.

Napoli

In this mini-tournament, the Neapolitans participated as the current winner of the Italian championship, in the semi-finals Antonio Conte’s wards defeated Milan – 2:0. The team in the current season is fighting for the Scudetto in the domestic arena, although it is still third, two points behind the leader. In the last round, Napoli unexpectedly but fairly lost to Udinese away with a score of 0:1.

There are difficulties in the Champions League, where the club is in 23rd place, although this position leads to the playoffs, the situation is shaky, any misfire can cost a place in the top 24, so a lot will depend on the last meetings. Angissa, De Bruyne, Gilmore and Meret have to miss the upcoming match due to injuries.

Bologna

For Bologna, the upcoming match is a rare opportunity to take the trophy, although they won the Coppa Italia last season. In this mini-tournament, the team managed to beat Inter in the semi-finals, in a penalty shootout, after 1:1 in game time. The club is trying to fight for high places in the championship, but so far it is sixth.

In the last round, there was a home defeat against direct competitor Juventus with a score of 0:1, thus forming a series of three matches without victories in Serie A, during this period it was possible to score only one point. The team plays in the Europa League, where it is firmly in the playoff zone, occupying the 13th place, two points behind the top 8. Boniface, Casale, Froyler, Bernardeschi and Skorupski are in doubt.

Personal meetings

The teams have already met in the current season, the match took place in Serie A, where Bologna won 2-0 at home.

Forecast

The final is fair, because these teams won the championship and the cup last season. The Neapolitans are quoted as favorites for this meeting, although any result should be expected. I think the meeting will be a careful fight, with few dangerous moments. A bet on a total of more than 2.5 goals for 1.61 looks passable here, as it was in four face-to-face meetings out of the last five.