AS Roma vs Napoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-02-01 19:45.
[p]For the first time since 2006, Roma needed two penalties to come from behind and win a Serie A game, beating Udinese in their last league match 2-1, which also marked their first top-flight away victory since last April! More importantly, three victories across their last four league matches (D1) have put Roma back in European contention with Claudio Ranieri’s men entering this round only six points adrift of the top six.[/p]
[p]The Italians extended their momentum on Thursday night by beating Eintracht Frankfurt to ensure progression into the UEFA Europa League play-off round, as Roma made it seven wins in a row at the Stadio Olimpico. Each of those seven victories came by at least a two-goal margin and saw the Giallorossi open the scoring before the break, so early action could be on the cards here.[/p]
[p]Napoli handed Juventus their first league defeat of the season in a similar way to their upcoming opponents’ last league outing. Despite trailing at 1-0 at half-time they kept their three-point advantage at the Serie A summit ahead of this round  by beating the Turin-based side 2-1. Antonio Conte’s side therefore registered their seventh consecutive victory – with the last two arriving despite conceding the opener – and have achieved a longer such run in the competition just six times in their history.[/p]
[p]On the road, the visitors have been formidable, winning four away league matches in a row and scoring 3+ goals in three of those, including in their last two trips to top-six opponents, Atalanta and Fiorentina. Napoli are also unbeaten in nine of their last ten H2Hs (W6, D3, L1), having also lost just twice here against Roma in their last eight visits, and having kept a clean sheet in three of the last four, they’ll be feeling confident of another triumph here. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Lorenzo Pellegrini’s equaliser against Udinese marked his sixth consecutive Serie A goalscoring appearance in which he netted Roma’s first goal of the game, despite three of the last four having arrived after the break. Napoli’s Romelu Lukaku became only the second player in history to score against Juventus with Inter, Roma and Napoli last time out. He’s netted four career goals against Roma, including the winner in the reverse fixture.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Roma have scored six goals in the opening 25 minutes across their last four home league matches.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]