Napoli vs Juventus prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-01-12 19:45.
Napoli’s 2-0 victory over Sampdoria on Sunday got their title push back on track, which combined with Milan’s late collapse against Roma, ensured they will top Serie A (SA) at its midway point, making them the so-called Winter Champions. However, the Partenopei will be acutely aware that their battle to secure a first SA title since 1990 is far from over as they topped the table at the half-way stage back in 2017/18 and 2015/16, but in both seasons were surpassed by Juventus.
Luciano Spalletti’s side will hope this story finally has a fairytale ending, and with nine consecutive home victories, Napoli have certainly built solid foundations upon which their title push has been formed. That’s largely due to the fact Napoli have scored a league-high 12 home goals before the break, and they will be eager to again start on the right foot in search of a fourth-successive home league win against Juve.
Massimiliano Allegri has once again proved his tactical brilliance, as he has now led Juventus to eight consecutive clean-sheet league victories despite the ongoing injury crisis at the club. In fact, Juventus are just two clean sheets away from equalling their own SA record of ten back in 2015/16 and 2017/18 and an accompanying victory here would see them move to within four points of Napoli at the SA summit.
With Juve’s top-scorer Dušan Vlahović still out for at least another four games, it will be the visitors’ defence which will likely once again be their main threat as they search for a fifth consecutive 1-0 away SA win. It could be a late show that seals Juventus the win however, as none of the previous four have seen them score before the hour mark.
Key battle: After opening the scoring against Sampdoria, SA’s top-scorer Victor Osimhen has netted five of his last six goals before the 25th minute Trying to stop him, Wojciech Szczesny has four career clean sheets against Napoli, but only one as a Juventus player!
Hot stat: In SA history, only Cagliari in 1966-67 can better Juventus’ 12 clean sheets from their opening 17 SA matches .