Inter v Napoli Betting Tips
Inter Milan collected a commendable thirty-nine points from seventeen games played in Serie A. They've been equally as good on the road and that explains why they are warm favourites to become champions of Italy this term. Cristian Chivu's side also average nearly three goals per home game and could rate as a good bet to overcome Napoli.
Inter are priced at around the 1.75 mark to claim a victory in this game. That means a 57% chance of success according to the bookies. It doesn't seem like a bad price considering that they claimed a 1-0 success at Atalanta at the end of December. Then in the New Year came a 3-1 success against Bologna, with a trip to Parma coming before this big clash.
The last time that Inter experienced a Serie A defeat was a 1-0 "home" reverse against Milan, with the only other two sides defeating them being Liverpool and Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. Five straight wins in the Italian top flight is testament to the fact that this side are the strongest in the Italian top flight.
Napoli are certainly capable of engineering a positive result. However, the Serie A betting sites only give them a 20% chance of landing the spoils. Antonio Conte's side generally keep things tight on the road right now, with six wins and four defeats occurring in the ten away clashes being played.
More recently, there have been a spate of victories. Since a 1-0 defeat at Udinese, the Naples side have racked up four straight wins. There were Super Cup wins against Milan and Bologna before Serie A successes away to Cremonese and Lazio. However, this is an altogether stiffer assignment against a team who don't lose a lot.
Goals Under/Over
Under 2.5 Goals is trading as the marginal favourite of the two options. Napoli have been running a tight ship on the road this term. In the ten away games played, there have only been nineteen goals registered. There's also been six consecutive games featuring Antonio Conte's side where two goals or less have been scored.
However, Napoli did beat Inter in the reverse fixture when securing a 3-1 success and that suggests that the net might bulge more than twice. There's also the fact that Inter are fairly big scorers in front of their own fans. That recent 3-1 win over Bologna saw the Serie A title favourites register ten shots on target.
Inter were also able to slay an in-form Como side by a 4-0 scoreline and they have plenty of power scorers in the side, including Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram.
BTTS
We always knew that BTTS No would trade at a slightly shorter price. However, we can firstly be confident that Inter will find the net. After all, they have done so twenty-four times across nine matches this term. They have been full of goals recently and a tight Napoli defence doesn't inspire confidence when pitted against comfortably the top scorers in the Italian top flight. They are certain to create chances based on previous fixtures and they have strikers in form.
That leads us to consider whether Napoli are able to find the net in this encounter. They are only averaging 1.2 goals per away game right now and could well draw a blank here. On the flip side, the previous four meetings between these two Italian rivals have seen both teams find the net.
Earlier in the campaign, goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Scott McTominay and Frank Anguissa helped Naples to a 3-1 success. Before this, there were three successive 1-1 draws between the two teams. It may be that Napoli are forced to come out and attack if they go a goal behind against their free-scoring opponents.
First Goalscorer
Lautaro Martinez has scored eighteen goals in all competitions including ten in Serie A clashes. The Argentine has been especially prolific in recent games, with six being notched in the space of seven games. In recent encounters, the forward has found the net at Atalanta and against Bologna, with the player looking like a great option when it comes to Serie A Bet Builders.
Marcus Thuram is also starting to click into gear, with the Frenchman having found the net five times across seven clashes. The twenty-eight-year-old is also into double figures for the season, with the player having scored in two of his previous three encounters. He will be determined to play his way into contention for the World Cup this summer.
Hakan Calhanoglu is a Turkish maestro who has eight goals this season, with Napoli also having a player capable of finding the net. Rasmus Hojlund was able to score twice away to Cremonese and that came after previously notching a brace against Juventus. The Dane has ten goals in all competitions and is the latest former Manchester United player to find form.