Juventus on a smooth sail to their 5th Serie A title in 5 Years
Napoli made light of Gonzalo Higuain’s absence on Sunday, easing to a 3-0 win over Verona that keeps the pressure on Serie A leaders Juventus.
The victory moves the Partenopei back to within six points of holders Juve, who came from behind to win 2-1 at AC Milan on Saturday. Verona meanwhile, who finished the match with 10 men, remain bottom, six points off the safety of 17th place.
Verona initially held out through a combination of the woodwork and goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini, but their resistance was finally broken in the 33rd minute when Marek Hamsik lofted a ball forward to Callejon on the right side of the penalty area. The Spaniard volleyed a first-time effort at goal which was parried by Gollini, but the ball fell straight to Gabbiadini, who headed home the rebound.
Simone Inzaghi had the ideal debut on the Lazio bench, humiliating Palermo 3-0 and sending the Sicilians spiralling. Palermo 0 - 3 Lazio
Sampdoria can start the party after sweeping Udinese aside 2-0, as their safety is practically assured now. Sampdoria 2 - 0 Udinese
Empoli ended their three-month negative streak and won the Tuscan Derby for the first time in 18 years, sending Fiorentina down to fifth place.
Mauro Icardi gave Inter a precious 1-0 victory at the Matusa, but 10-man Frosinone were so unlucky to hit the woodwork three times. Frosinone 0 - 1 Inter
Juventus fought back from an early Alex goal to beat 2-1 Milan at San Siro and continue their march on the Scudetto. Milan 1 - 2 Juventus
Sassuolo dominated this game and forced a series of desperate saves, but still lost to Genoa thanks to Blerim Dzemaili. Sassuolo 0 - 1 Genoa
Earlier, Fiorentina’s challenge for European qualification suffered another blow as they lost 2-0 at Empoli, goals from Manuel Pucciarelli and Piotr Zielinski at Stadio Carlo Castellani sealing a rare win for the hosts over their Tuscan rivals, who are fifth after failing to win in their last six Serie A matches.
In other matches on Sunday, Torino saw off Atalanta 2-1 at home, while Sampdoria overcame fellow strugglers Udinese 2-0.
(WWWWW) Juventus 2:0 Palermo (LLDLL)
Previous matches between Juventus and Palermo
Matches Played: 19. Juventus Win: 11. Draw: 1. Palermo Win: 7
Juventus is in the first place of the league with 24 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. At home they got 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Palermo is in the 18th place with 7 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses. Away they got 3 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses.
The defending champions have won all 22 of their matches so far this season, including a 2-1 win over Milan last Sunday.
Juventus won’t be losing any Serie A games anytime soon. It will be a tough sure win for the champions. Home win for Juventus.
I see 3 good opportunities here, the best would be Juventus win to nil due to their great defense, Palermo won't have many chances to score but I will go for Handicap since Palermo has a terrible defense in away games and they have been struggling with internal issues, so Juventus should have it easy here.
My Verdict: Juventus 2:0 Palermo
(WLDWW) Inter Milan Vs Napoli (WLWWW)
Previous matches between Inter Milan and Napoli
Matches Played: 34. Inter Milan Win: 14. Draw: 8. Napoli Win: 12
Napoli have recorded 2 wins and a draws in recent 3 games against Inter. As is well known, with in-form performance when the circuit 4 consecutive wins, the Napoli claimed the Serie A title on the first leg of Inter’s hands. Napoli has been appreciated as this is the game they are playing in the San Paolo. Of the 13 matches played at home, Napoli won 12 games and only one game was broken right point.
Everything is more difficult with Inter by this time they are showing signs of decline after losing once, drawn one and won only 2 out of 4 recent official matches, putting their top four finish on the ice.
Napoli has been the string of 5 consecutive wins recently. An average of 4 goals in 5 matches of Napoli.
In the most recent 6 confrontation between the two teams, Napoli won 3 wins, draw 3 matches and not losing to Inter Milan yet.
Inter is in the 4th place with 17 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses. At home they got 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.
Napoli is in the 2nd place with 21 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. Away they got 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.
Looking at the stats, Napoli could look like an obvious favorite but if we check the last away matches of Napoli, they are clearly struggling. Inter is a decent home team and they managed to cause Napoli a lot of trouble and in fact, they won 0-2 for the cup, so I believe they will be able to win.
With their number one striker out, this will be a close call. Both sides to score.
My Verdict: Inter Milan 2:2 Napoli
Other Predictions
Atalanta 0:3 Roma
Bologna 1:1 Torino
Carpi 0:0 Genoa
Fiorentina 2:1 Sassuolo
Hellas Verona 0:0 Frosinone
Inter Milan 2:2 Napoli
Juventus 2:0 Palermo
Lazio 1:0 Empoli
Sampdoria 1:0 AC Milan
Udinese 1:1 Chievo
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