Fiorentina vs Napoli Prediction

This Saturday’s huge Serie A clash sees Napoli make the trip to face Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. It is a crucial match for the both sides as they could climb higher up the table to reach either the UEFA Champions League places or top of the table.

Key Stats

• Fiorentina have scored 11 goals in their last 5 games whereas Napoli have scored 7 goals in their last 5 games
• Napoli have kept the most clean sheets in Serie A (10)
• Napoli are ranked 3rd in Serie A for away form this season

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Fiorentina Preview

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Predicted Line-Up: David De Gea; Robin Gosens, Luca Ranieri, Pietro Comuzzo, Dodô; Danilo Cataldi, Yacine Adli; Riccardo Sottil, Lucas Beltrán, Andrea Colpani; Moise Kean

Fiorentina have had a great start to the season, finding themselves just outside the UEFA Champions League places. After 17 games they sit in fifth place with nine wins, three losses and five draws. Those matches have left them with 32 points, sharing that tally with sixth placed Juventus, goal difference the key factor as to why they’re not lower down the table. Fiorentina are also three points behind Lazio in fourth so a win will be a must for them.

Stepping up this season for La Viola has been striker Juventus loanee Moise Kean. He is relishing his time in Florence, finding the back of the net 11 times and providing two assists in Serie A. All the Fiorentina fans will be hoping that his form in the league will be able to continue this Saturday in a match with huge implications.

Napoli Preview

Formation: 4-3-3

Predicted Line-Up: Alex Meret; Mathías Olivera, Juan Jesus, Amir Rrahmani, Giovanni Di Lorenzo (c); Scott McTominay, Stanislav Lobotka, Frank Anguissa; Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Romelu Lukaku, David Neres

Napoli are having a phenomenal start to the season, like their opponents but much better, finding themselves in a fight for the Scudetto come the end of the campaign. After 18 games they sit in first place with 13 wins, three losses and two draws. Those matches have left them with 41 points, sharing that tally with Atalanta but goal difference the key factor as to why they are not higher up the table. In the goals for, Gli Azzurri have been the duo of Romelu Lukaku and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

They have put their names upon the scoresheet six and five times respectively this season as well as providing four and three assists each. With the pairing of the Belgian and the Georgian providing a combined goal contribution of 18 goals, Antonio Conte will be desperate that they and the rest of the Napoli squad can put in a good performance to try and keep the pressure on their title rivals with a win on Saturday.

Head To Head

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Napoli, winning two of the last five matches, drawing twice and losing once against Fiorentina. However, this has been an incredible season for Fiorentina, they won’t make it easy for Napoli this Saturday.

• 17th May 2024 – Fiorentina 2-2 Napoli – Serie A
• 18th January 2024 – Napoli 3-0 Fiorentina – Serie A
• 8th October 2023 – Napoli 1-3 Fiorentina – Serie A
• 7th May 2023 – Napoli 1-0 Fiorentina – Serie A
• 28th August 2022 – Fiorentina 0-0 Napoli – Serie A

Betting Tips For Fiorentina vs Napoli

Both sides have shown that they have been performing excellently this season. This is a tough match to call given that Italian football is so unpredictable but as Napoli are tied leaders of the Serie A right now and Fiorentina have been excellent at home.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with a Draw as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 9/4 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £32.60 in this match.

(odds subject to change)*

Final Prediction

Fiorentina 1-1 Napoli