Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Napoli
Match Time & Date:
04/02/2024
08:00 AM
Prediction: 2-1
Verona
After sharing the spoils with Lazio at Stadio Olimpico, Napoli will look to return to winning ways when they welcome Verona to their Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The good news for the hosts is that all Jens Cajuste, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Giovanni Simeone are back from suspensions. Even though key attacker Victor Osimhen is on international duty with Nigeria, we are tempted to put our money on the Neapolitans this time out.
The Mastini, on the other hand, are still sitting in the danger zone. Verona are on a three-game losing run on the road and we do not believe that they are capable of shocking Napoli. Goalkeeper Alessandro Berardi continues to miss out with a shoulder problem, but he should be the only absentee in the away team. In the first half of the season Napoli defeated Verona 3-1 in “The City of Love”.
Highlighted Player (Giovanni Simeone):
Giovanni Simeone is a product of River Plate football academy. Simeone played for los Millonarios at senior level from 2014 to 2016 and he moved to Genoa in the summer of 2016. The former River Plate man scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw with Pescara on September 25, 2016 and two months later he scored a brace in a 3-1 victory over Serie A giants Juventus.
The prolific attacker netted 12 goals in 35 matches for the Rossoblu in the 2016/2017 Serie A campaign and, as a result, Fiorentina chiefs decided to sign him at the end of the season. The son of Atletico Madrid boss Diego joined the Viola on a five-year contract. Giovanni was born in Madrid on July 5, 1995 and due to his dual citizenship, he is eligible to represent both Argentina and Spain at senior level.
It has to be noted that he scored 12 goals in 12 appearances for the Argentina U20 team and he helped La Albiceleste win the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.
Highlighted Team (Verona):
Founded back in 1903, Hellas Verona are a professional football club that compete in the Italian Serie A. The “Mastini” are well known for their yellow and blue jerseys and they welcome their opponents at Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi. Hellas Verona share rivalry with Chievo Verona and the two local rivals face each other in the “Derby della Scala”.
The first derby of Verona was played on November 18, 2001, with Hellas Verona emerging triumphant (3-2). In 1985 the Mastini won their first and only Scudetto, with the team finishing the season in top position in the Serie A standings, four points clear of second-placed Torino. The likes of Preben Elkjaer, Giuseppe Calderisi, Hans-Peter Briegel, Pietro Fanna and Antonio Di Gennaro led Hellas Verona to the historical success.
However, the most famous footballer who played for Verona is Romania international Adrian Mutu, who scored 16 goals in 57 appearances in the league for the Stadio Marc’ Antonio Bentegodi outfit. Verona will compete in the Italian top flight in the 2017/2018 season as they finished the 2016/2017 Serie B campaign in second position in the table.
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