Napoli
Serie A
Regular Season
Tue , May 11 , 2021 20:45
5 - 1
Udinese
Napoli
Udinese
5 - 1
In their attempt to seal the Champions League spot for the next season, Napoli must win against already safe from relegation Udinese. Read our Napoli vs Udinese prediction and betting tips.
According to several media outlets, some Napoli players are pushing for Gennaro Gattuso to remain in charge, but Sky Sport insists the coach and the club are set to part ways. Napoli sits second in the Serie A table after their 4-1 win over Spezia, but Atalanta, Juventus, and Milan have a game in hand. Gattuso was supposed to sign a contract extension with the Azzurri before the end of 2020, but his relationship with President Aurelio De Laurentiis has quickly collapsed, meaning the 2006 Italy World Cup winner will almost surely leave the Stadio Maradona at the end of the season. Sky Sport insists the Partenopei and Gattuso will part ways at the end of the season. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis congratulated the coach and the players after their win against Spezia yesterday, but that’s not enough to think his relationship with Gattuso has been fixed. Gattuso replaced Carlo Ancelotti in December 2019. He has a 1.87 point average in 87 games in the Azzurri dug-out.
First-choice goalkeeper David Ospina was back on the bench last time out and is now expected to make his return to Napoli's starting XI, with Alex Meret dropping out. Central defenders Kalidou Koulibaly (thigh) and Nikola Maksimovic (COVID-19) were ruled out of action at the weekend and remain unlikely to return to the squad for Tuesday's game. Kostas Manolas and Amir Rrahmani will form the pairing at the heart of the hosts' defense. Hirving Lozano hopes that his goal on Saturday will be enough to secure a return to the side ahead of Matteo Politano and in-form Victor Osimhen should retain his place despite the claims of club-record scorer Dries Mertens.
Napoli: Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Rrahmani, Rui; Demme, Ruiz; Lozano, Zielinski, Insigne; Osimhen
Udinese coach Luca Gotti is frustrated with the Bologna draw but insisted Rodrigo De Paul and Juan Musso ‘can do well at any club’ in the future. De Paul had given them the lead with a wonderful solo effort, but the Friulani gave away a penalty for the 12th time this season and Riccardo Orsolini got the equalizer. “Between last week with Juventus and this game, we worked so very hard to achieve very little,” Gotti told the media. “We played well in the first half and tried to attack, but even when we aimed to control the tempo after the break, we felt like we could take the victory home. I don’t even want to think about the records we must’ve beaten with all these penalties.” Udinese has secured their Serie A safety but expects to be in the middle of the transfer market with top talents like De Paul and Musso. “I would put Musso among the best goalkeepers in Serie A, especially when it comes to shot-stopping and intercepting high balls in the box,” continued the coach. “De Paul is like a third child for me! He’s such a lovely, mature guy who reads situations well. Last year, he evaluated the offers on the market and also considered the fact his wife was about to give birth, so decided to stay in Udine for one more year. I think it was a very good decision because he consolidated his profile and can now do well at any club. He will certainly re-evaluate the situation this summer and a decision will be made to suit everyone. Udinese waits for the right moment to sell their stars because they have no immediate need to raise funds. They, therefore, need a certain type of offer to satisfy their needs.”
Udinese saw young forward Jayden Braaf added to their list of attacking absentees last week, due to a knee sprain, with the Dutch starlet joining Ignacio Pussetto, Gerard Deulofeu, and Ilija Nestorovski in missing out on the rest of the season. With few other options available - either Stefano Okaka or Fernando Llorente (who remained on the bench due to a back issue against Bologna) should start as Bianconeri's lone striker in Naples. Support will come from Argentinian pair Roberto Pereyra and nine-goal skipper Rodrigo De Paul.
Udinese: Musso; Becao, Bonifazi, Nuytinck; Molina, De Paul, Walace, Arslan, Larsen; Pereyra; Okaka
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Napoli is the favorite to win but Udinese has fared better away from home this season and scored nearly twice as many goals on the road. BettingKick’s Napoli vs Udinese prediction is: Both teams to score.
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Daniel Garcia is originally from Basque Country, and as a kid who grew up just a few streets from Mendizorrotza Stadium, the choice of Deportivo Alavés as his favourite club is more than obvious. Because of his studies, he moved to Madrid where he graduated in Sports Journalism. Daniel plays football on the weekends, but that does not stop him from watching all La Liga matches. He believes that the outcome of a match can be predicted if all the parameters are analyzed well, including form of the players and weather conditions. Currently he is living in Belgrade, and is in love with a Serbian girl who works as a journalist at one of the famous Sport Channels in Serbia.