Napoli vs Salernitana Prediction & Betting Tips (13 January)

The reigning Italian Champion, Napoli, does not confirm its very good 2022-2023 season and its 9th place overall testifies to the difficulties of Victor Osimhen's partners 7 goals since the launch of this 2023-2024 exercise. Napoli had 7 more defeats at mid-season than all of 4 last season. The replacement of Rudi Garcia with Walter Mazzarri did not bear fruit and the results were equally disappointing. Since its elimination in the Italian Cup on December 19, Napoli has only taken 1 point in the last three days against Monza 0-0 and fell away to AS Rome 2- 0 and Torino 3-0 last Sunday.

With only 8 victories in 19 days, Naples needs points and must absolutely take the 3 points against the red lantern to return to the race for the C1, 5 points behind 4th place. Salernitana, dead last for many days, is still alive since Cagliari, 17th and first non-relegation, is only 3 lengths away! The red lantern has already conceded 11 defeats in the championship for only 2 successes! After a nice clearing up during the 17th and 18th days with 1 draw against AC Milan 2-2 and 1 success on the pitch of Hellas Verona 0-1, the formation of Pipo Inzaghi plunged again with 2 losses against Juventus Turin at the away in the Italian Cup 6-1 and at home in Calcio 1-2 last weekend. Humiliated among the big teams, in Florence against the Viola 3-0, in Bergamo against Atalanta 4-1 and in Turin against Juve 6-1, the red lantern of this Serie A could fall heavily in Naples against a Reigning Italian champion who must show a completely different face during this return phase.

At least one of the two goalkeepers has emerged with a clean sheet from each of the previous five Napoli matches in the Serie A, so there is no reason to see this pattern changing against Salernitana. One reason for this is that it has also been the case in each of the Toffees’ last three away games at this level, so both teams are on the same page.