The hosts look to continue their remarkable start to the season and these Lecce vs. Napolipredictions suggest a close game. For the visitors, the season has been far less positive, with tensions rising among the Partenopei.
1 – Napoli to win – 6/7
2 – Lecce to score – 1/2
3 – Under 2.5 goals – 19/20
4 – A draw at full-time – 26/7
5 – Match to end 0-0 – 12/1
Napoli hope to put an end to a thoroughly underwhelming start to the season, as they travel to face Lecce on Saturday. Remarkably, the Scudetto holders and their hosts are similarly placed in the table with six games played, with the Salentini shocking Serie A with their form so far.
The Partenopei have good reason to be confident this weekend though. With the season in full swing and games coming thick and fast, Rudi Garcia can rely on strength in depth, especially when compared to a Lecce side that spent less than a fifth of Napoli’s summer transfer window outlay.
The away manager is able to look to the likes of Matteo Politano, Giovanni Simeone and Eljif Elmas for goals, should he decide to rotate from Napoli’s established starting XI. The option to provide fresh legs, either from the bench or from the off, should hand the advantage to Napoli, with the bookmakers backing the visitors as favourites.
Even so, away fans will be braced for a tricky encounter at the Stadio Ettore Giardiniero, with Lecce proving themselves worthy opposition so far this season. Roberto D’Aversa has no absence of attacking quality himself, with the likes of Nikola Krstovic and Gabriel Strefezza, while Remi Oudin came off the bench to score a winner against Genoa. As a result, a wager on the hosts to score could well pay off.
That being said, D’Aversa is likely to go into Saturday’s game prioritising defence over attack. Napoli’s recent draws against Bologna and Genoa have proven that they are struggling to find solutions to well set-up teams Bets on a low-scoring game could therefore be worth a punt, with under 2.5 goals offering good odds.
With Napoli misfiring in recent weeks, and Lecce defending deep, the hosts could secure themselves a result on Saturday. While they may struggle to overcome the Scudetto holders, a draw is far from unlikely, with another goalless match for Garcia sure to cause upset among fans.
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| Player | Total goals |
|---|---|
| 7 | |
| 5 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 |
| Player | Total goals |
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| 14 | |
| 10 | |
| 8 | |
| 5 | |
| 3 |
Lecce (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Pongracic, Baschirotto, Gallo; Kaba, Ramadani, Rafia; Almqvist, Krstovic, Strefezza
Napoli (3-5-2): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Natan, Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia
Benefitting from an extra day’s rest, Roberto D’Aversa may risk less rotation in his starting XI. Patrick Dorgu could be handed a start at left back, however, as Lameck Banda remains sidelined through injury. Nikola Krstovic is expected to start over Roberto Piccoli, with the latter likely to feature as a substitute.
Rudi Garcia is sure to make changes to his side following a taxing midweek encounter. Mario Rui is expected to start at fullback, while Eljif Elmas will hope to have done enough to feature from the start too. Injury to Amir Rrahmani should see Natan start at centre back yet again.
