Napoli vs Genoa prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-05-10 18:45.
[p]Napoli defeated Lecce 1-0 last weekend to maintain their three-point lead over Inter Milan in their quest to win a second Serie A title in three seasons. It was a fourth consecutive league win without conceding and the Partenopei could now post five such wins for the first time in their top-flight history. While a tally of 17 clean sheets in the season gives credence to those hopes, Napoli will be boosted further by the arrival of Genoa this weekend, the first of the three remaining teams they’ll face who started this weekend in the bottom half of the standings.[/p]
[p]Antonio Conte’s men have dominated such sides this campaign (W14, D2, L1) with 11 of those wins coming with a clean sheet. A nine-game recent unbeaten league run in Naples (W7, D2) further underlines their strength while four of the five goals conceded during this period came against the current top-nine clubs, which is a testimony to their defensive strengths against lower-ranked opposition.[/p]
[p]Genoa lost 2-1 to AC Milan on Monday despite leading during the 75th minute, extending their winless streak to four (D1, L3). That includes three defeats in a row against clubs starting this round in the top-half of the standings, extending their Serie A record against such current top-half teams to a winless D5, L12.[/p]
[p]That record doesn’t augur well for Patrick Vieira’s hopes of ending the club’s ten-year wait for a top-half Serie A finish, especially given the widening deficit and the fact that the Rossoblù have three remaining fixtures against teams with ambitions of winning the title or qualifying for Europe. Their away form is unlikely to aid any such pursuit as Genoa haven’t won on the road in 2025 (D4, L5) and even failed to score in each of their last three trips.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Giacomo Raspadori has four goals in his last seven personal H2Hs, three of which came beyond the 70th minute, but three of his last four league strikes have arrived within the first 30 minutes. Andrea Pinamonti could take time to make his mark on the game with six of his last seven league goals coming beyond the 50th minute, including one in the reverse fixture.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Genoa have failed to score before half-time in a league-high 29 matches this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]