Venezia vs Napoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-03-15 11:30.
[p]Venezia needed a stoppage-time penalty to rescue a 1-1 draw at Como last weekend, with that marking their first set of three successive Serie A stalemates since 1962. That contest also ended a four-game scoring drought for the Winged Lions, but they remain five points adrift of safety ahead of this round due to an 11-game winless streak (D6, L5) that started with a 1-0 defeat to Napoli in December.[/p]
[p]Victory here could be crucial to hopes of extending their top flight stay, but a single win across their last nine home games casts serious doubt over their chances (D4, L4). Venezia failed to score in the last two of those (D1, L1), and another blank here would make it three goalless games in a row for the hosts at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo for the first time since November 2001.[/p]
[p]Visitors Napoli have ominously kept a clean sheet in all three Serie A H2Hs this century, emerging victorious each time. The Partenopei ended a five-match winless streak by beating Fiorentina 2-1 last weekend, with that result keeping them within a point of leaders Inter Milan – who face third-placed Atalanta on Sunday![/p]
[p]Opportunity knocks for Antonio Conte’s men, but they slipped up the last time they faced newly-promoted opposition in Como (L 2-1). Napoli could now lose back-to-back matches against Serie A newcomers for the first time since April 2015, but confidence can be taken from the fact they were unbeaten in their 12 away league matches prior to the Como defeat (W8, D4).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: On loan from Napoli, Alessio Zerbin has created the most chances (11) for Venezia since his debut in January and his only league goal of this season was scored at this venue. Giacomo Raspadori scored decisively in Napoli’s latest win and he has three direct goal contributions in as many personal H2Hs (G2, A1) – including the winner in the reverse fixture.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Venezia’s last six league matches were goalless at the break, as were the last three H2Hs.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]