Napoli vs Salernitana prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-01-12 14:00.
Napoli continue to be a club in crisis as they stretched their winless – and scoreless – competitive run to four matches (D1, L3) last time out as they were downed 3-0 by Torino. Their misery was compounded by the red card shown to new signing Pasquale Mazzocchi five minutes into his debut and last season’s champions are now trailing league-leading Inter Milan by a massive 20 points!
As the bid to bounce back here against Salernitana, it comes as no surprise that reports suggest their president Aurelio De Laurentiis is desperately trying to convince Antonio Conte to take over his squad. For now, Walter Mazzarri remains caretaker but he has struggled to improve on a record of just two wins from their last ten home competitive matches (D3, L5), with only four Serie A teams collecting less than their 11 points on home turf so far.
Salernitana were also a victim of a red card last time out when Giulio Maggiore – who handed his side a 1-0 lead – was sent off in the second half against Juventus. His team went on to lose the game 2-1 and consequently remain rock-bottom of the Serie A table. It was an unfortunate outcome for Filippo Inzaghi’s men who were showing signs of improvement and they did enter that contest unbeaten in two league matches (W1, D1).
The visitors celebrated their first away league victory this term in their most recent away Serie A match, beating Verona 1-0 (D2, L6). Salernitana also postponed Napoli’s title celebrations with a 1-1 draw here back in April, but that was the only Serie A H2H game in which they avoided defeat across the last five.
Players to watch: Giacomo Raspadori has scored three of his four goals for Napoli this season beyond the hour mark, except for his opener in the reverse fixture (W2-0). Visiting Loum Tchaouna has contributed to each of Salernitana’s last two league goals (G1, A1), including the second-half winner in their last away top-flight match against Verona.
Hot stat: Salernitana have conceded a league-high 13 goals beyond the 76th minute.