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

On January 31, as part of the 23rd round of Serie A, Napoli will play Fiorentina. The match will start at 19:00 Kyiv time.

Napoli

The Neapolitans are in serious decline, with only one win in seven matches, in all tournaments. Antonio Conte’s side hosted Chelsea at home in the Champions League this week, needing only a win to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament. In the course of that meeting, Napoli led 2:1, but in the end conceded 2:3, due to which they were eliminated from the tournament.

The team also slowed down in Serie A, where it is fourth in the standings, 9 points behind the leader. The chances for the Scudetto have greatly decreased, here it is now more important to stay in the first quartet. In the last round, the Neapolitans lost 0:3 away to their arch-rival Juventus. This decline is partly related to personnel problems, eight players were injured, including such important players as De Bruyne, Angissa, Neres, Gilmore, Politano.

Fiorentina

“Violets” this season are forced to fight for survival. The team gradually improved its results, giving a series of four matches without defeat, but in the last round it lost on its field to Cagliari – 1:2, due to which it again fell into the relegation zone, on the 18th place. Now the lag behind the saving 17th place is one point.

Fiorentina continues its struggle in the Conference League, where it managed to make it to the playoffs of the tournament. Recently, the team was relegated from the Coppa Italia, losing 1:3 at home to Como. The main task for this season is to maintain registration in Serie A.

The club has three personnel losses before this confrontation.

Personal meetings

In the first round, the Neapolitans won away with a score of 3:1. Fiorentina cannot beat the opponent in the last five meetings.

Forecast

Opponents from different ends of the tournament table meet, but with a high level of motivation. The Neapolitans play on their home field, and are also higher in class, so they are quoted as favorites for the upcoming battle. I expect unpredictable football on the opposing courses, I offer to make a bet here on the exchange of scored goals at 1.87.