Napoli vs Bologna prediction: ITALY: Super Cup betting tips on match 2025-12-21 19:00.
[p]Perhaps fittingly, reigning Serie A champions Napoli and Coppa Italia winners Bologna meet at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh to contest the Supercoppa Italiana final.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Napoli travelled to Saudi Arabia after back-to-back competitive losses, but their 2-0 victory over last season’s Supercoppa champions AC Milan in the semi-final kept their chances of winning this competition for the first time since 2014 alive. The Partenopei have now won six of their last eight competitive matches after ending their four-game streak without a clean sheet against Milan, and will now look to clinch their third title in this competition from their last six appearances. Winner of this competition on two prior occasions himself as manager and three times as a player, Antonio Conte will look to snap Napoli’s two consecutive Supercoppa final losses without scoring, although with only four of their last 13 matches seeing them score more than once in 90 minutes, nothing is certain here despite entering the game as favourites.[/p]
[p]Coppa Italia winners Bologna confirmed their participation in this final with a penalty shootout victory over Inter Milan, meaning they now have a shot of winning their first-ever Supercoppa Italiana. The experience of manager Vincenzo Italiano should aid them in that quest as this will be his fifth career final across all competitions, albeit his only previous triumph came earlier this year when Bologna won their first major title in over 50 years. The neutral location could also suit Italiano’s side as they avoided defeat in their last nine matches away from Stadio Renato Dall’Ara (W6, D3), although the Rossoblù will have to grab back-to-back victories for the first time this month (W3, D1, L2).  [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Bologna are unbeaten in five of the last six H2Hs with Napoli (W2, D3), including their 2-0 victory at the beginning of November.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Napoli’s last six matches saw exactly one goal scored before the break.[/p]
[p]Ten of Napoli’s last 12 encounters have featured under 2.5 goals in normal time.[/p]
[p]Six of Bologna’s last seven matches saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Bologna have conceded first in six consecutive matches (W3, D1, L2).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Napoli’s David Neres has opened the scoring in each of his last four goalscoring matches, including the Supercoppa semi-final, with each of his last five goals for the Partenopei coming before half-time. Two-time Supercoppa winner Ciro Immobile scored the decisive penalty against Inter and netted twice in this final in 2017 when helping Lazio overcome Juventus.[/p]
[p]Napoli do not seem to have any fresh absentees, whilst Bologna saw Federico Bernardeschi go off with an injury against Inter.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the importance of this match and both sides recent results, we suggest backing under 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]