Inter – Napoli. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Italian championship

On January 11, the Giuseppe Meazza stadium will host a match of the 20th round of Serie A in Italy, in which Inter will face Napoli. The match will start at 21:45 Kyiv time.

Inter

The team was forced to change the coach in the summer. Simone Inzaghi decided to respond to the invitation of Al-Hilal even before the shocking 0:5 in the final of the Champions League. But even before that, the footballers showed themselves to be perhaps the biggest losers of 2024/2025: they lost the decisive match in the Super Cup, and then in the cup semi-finals to Milan when they lost first place in Serie A to Napoli on the finish line.

Kiv, who is not particularly experienced as a mentor, has to deal with all this. He has had his failures, both in the Club World Cup and in the recent Super Bowl. But at the same time, the Italians have already won four victories in the Champions League and, most importantly, hold the lead in Serie A.

Napoli

The club played under the leadership of Conte last season. He revived the ex-champion after the failed 2023/2024 draw. Perhaps he would have limited himself to second place in Serie A in the spring, but Inter’s misfires at the end of the draw literally gave the Neapolitans the Scudetto.

Now the team’s game and results are extremely contradictory. On the one hand, the day before they took the trophy in the form of the Italian Super Cup. On the other hand, there are enough problems in other tournaments. Even Cagliari won the cup only in a penalty shootout. Half of the matches have been lost in the Champions League, and they still have seven points. And there were failures in Serie A, including a 2:2 draw with modest Verona in the last round. After that, the gap from the future opponent has already reached four points – 38 against 42. So even if they win, they won’t even catch up, well, and a defeat will mean the de facto conclusion of the champion’s powers.

Statistics of personal meetings

After three consecutive draws with the same score of 1:1, in October they won at Sao Paolo, and quite confidently, 3:1.

Forecast

Bookmakers assume that the hosts will finally take revenge in Milan. Let’s agree and bet that Kivu’s wards will get an important victory (coefficient – 1.83).