NAPOLI VS INTER

Godwin Omale

Feb 28, 2025 • 2 min read

It's indeed a big weekend in Italian football as 2nd place, Napoli go head to head with reigning Serie A champions and league leaders, Inter Milan at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

After a shambolic attempt to reclaim the Serie A crown in the 2023/2024 season, Napoli seems to have risen from their ruins and have their gaze fixed on the Scudetto. The Gli Azzurri's title charge has suffered major dents in recent weeks and has seen them pick up just 3 points in 4 league outings, leaving them just a point behind their opponents.

Inter's hopes of retaining the Scudetto remain very much alive despite the closely contested title race all thanks to their slender 1-0 win over Genoa last Sunday. They went on to book their place in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia following a 2-0 win over Lazio on Tuesday night.

With both teams obviously chasing the Scudetto, this match is going to be action packed as neither side will be willing to back down especially with 3 precious points on the line. Hence, Our main prediction for Napoli vs Inter will be "BTTS - YES" and for multiple other stats click here

Prediction 1

Both Teams To Score? YES

Reasons why we back both teams to score in this game:

Napoli have conceded and scored at least a goal in 4 of their last 5 matches
Inter have scored in 2 straight games
Their last 2 meetings produced goals from both sides

Prediction 2

1st Half Over 0.5 goals

Reasons why we say a goal will be scored in the 1st 45' of this game;

Napoli's last five games all returned 1st Half goals
Their last 2 meetings produced first half goals
Napoli are known for scoring early goals and they have scored at least a goal in the opening 45 of their last 4 games

Prediction 3

Over 1.5 Goals

Reasons why we are predicting Over 1.5 total goals:

Napoli are averaging 1.40 goals per game having scored 7 in their last 5 outings.
Inter's goal average is 1.00
Their last 2 meetings ended with 2 goals

POSSIBLE LINE UPS/INJURY LIST

Napoli: Meret: Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Boungiorno; Politano, Billing, Lobotka, Mc Tominay, Spinazzola; Raspadori, Lukaku

Doubtful: None

Out: Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Muscle Injury), David Neres (Muscle injury), Pasquale Mazzocchi (Muscle injury)

Coach: Antonio Conte

Inter: Martinez; Pavard, de Vrij, Bisseck: Dumfries, Fratessi, Asllani, Zielinski, Dimarco; Martinez, Thuram

Doubtful: Alessandro Bastoni (Head Injury), Carlos Augusto (Muscle Injury), Marcus Thuram (Ankle Injury), Raffaele Di Gennaro (Finger injury)

Out: Yann Sommer (Broken finger), Matteo Darmian (Thigh Injury), Nicola Zalewski (Muscle injury)

Coach: Simone Inzaghi

Head-to-Head Statistics

With results from their last 10 meetings we found out that;

Napoli had just a win, Inter had 5 wins, along with 4 draws
Their goal average in their last 10 meetings is 2.30
The last time they met, they played a 1-1 draw