Napoli vs Torino prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-07 19:45.
[p]In what has largely been a season to forget, there are signs that champions Napoli are gearing up to make a strong finish to their Serie A campaign after they beat Torino’s city rivals Juventus on Sunday, extending their undefeated competitive run to five matches (W2, D3). The hosts are just three points behind sixth-placed Atalanta and could temporarily draw level with them if they can win a third successive league game for the first time this season. [/p]
[p]Francesco Calzona, who was appointed last month to become Napoli’s third manager of the season, looks to have his new side finally on the straight and narrow. But this will be another test as the hosts welcome a side sitting inside the top-ten ahead of the round, and just two wins against such teams (D3, L7), which includes Sunday’s victory against Juventus, shows how they’ve rarely been able to get the better of the division’s top performers this term. [/p]
[p]One of those seven defeats came in the reverse fixture back in January (3-0), yet that comprehensive Torino win was against a Napoli side with just ten men from the 50th minute. It was also a first H2H success in 17 attempts (D4, L12), so it remains to be seen how much of a psychological boost that will have handed the away side coming into this clash. [/p]
[p]Torino also travel without a win in three Serie A games (D1, L2), while manager Ivan Jurić is set to face a touchline ban after he was sent off for dissent late in second-half stoppage time during last week’s 0-0 draw with Fiorentina. He was the second to see red in that game, with midfielder Samuele Ricci also dismissed in the first half for a second bookable offence which made it three of Torino’s last four league matches to produce a red card. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is loving life under Calzona with four direct goal contributions across Napoli’s last two matches (G3, A1). Duván Zapata grabbed a brace of assists in the last H2H, and also netted in Torino’s last away game. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Both teams have scored in a league-low eight of Torino’s 27 Serie A matches.[/p]