Napoli welcome AC Milan to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday night as the hosts aim to dethrone Inter Milan at the top of the Serie A table.
Indeed, they are three points behind the current Scudetto holders, as they still hold hope of winning their second title in three seasons. They are second-favourites with bookmakers to triumph.
Napoli hit a stumbling block last time out though as they drew 0-0 away to lowly Venezia before the international break. Their form has dipped massively since January, with just one win in their last seven Serie A matches, albeit with only one defeat too with there being five draws.
AC Milan are in better shape as two successive wins, including a 2-1 victory at home to Como last time out, have stopped a rot of three straight defeats in the division. However, the Rossoneri are still disappointedly in ninth spot, four points off of the European places.
The recent H2Hs have produced mixed results, with one win each and a draw. Nonetheless, given the form of both teams, this may be a tough game to call.
Napoli are 10/11 odds-on favourites with BoyleSports to win on home soil, while a draw is valued at 5/2 and a Milan away victory slightly above that at 13/5 with the same bookmaker.
In the reverse fixture, Napoli emerged 2-0 winners at San Siro thanks to goals from Romelu Lukaku and the now-departed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
There are only two Serie A teams (Cagliari and Genoa) that Lukaku has managed to score more goals against in his career than the six he has managed against Milan, and so banking on him to score anytime at 13/8 with BoyleSports seems a wise move.
As mentioned, Lukaku has a good goalscoring record against Milan, which he will hope to continue over the weekend.
Christian Pulisic has been the visitors’ star player in their last two victories, scoring three times. Back the American to find the net again at a tasty 7/2 with BoyleSports.
Frank Anguissa came off the bench against Venezia after an injury lay-off, and so could return to the starting XI for Napoli.
Only Emerson Royal is injured for Milan from the senior squad, but Yunus Mensah is suspended.
Napoli: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Politano, Anguissa, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola, Raspadori, Lukaku.
AC Milan: Maignan, Walker, Thiaw, Gabbia, Hernandez, Bondo, Fofana, Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao, Abraham.
Eight of Napoli’s last nine games and Milan’s previous six matches across all competitions have seen both teams score, so we are backing Both Teams To Score (BTTS) at 4/5 with BoyleSports to add to out two goalscorer tips.
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