Napoli will be desperate to secure their second win of the new Serie A season when they face struggling Palermo on Wednesday evening. Rafael Benitez and his men were defeated 1-0 at Udinese last weekend, a result that left them in a dreadful 15th place in the league table. Jorginho and Giandomenico Mesto will most likely miss the match after having also missed the weekend match with muscular problems while Maurizio Domizzi and Simone Scuffet remain sidelined.
Palermo are still looking for their first Serie A win of the season after having secured two draws and a loss so far. That run leaves them 16th in the table, just below Napoli. However, Palermo did grab a prestigious 1-1 draw with Inter Milan last weekend, a remarkable result considering they were without quite a few injured players.
Enzo Maresca could make his return for Palermo on Wednesday but Giancarlo Gonzalez, Ezequiel Munoz and Francesco della Rocca are expected to remain sidelined. The last time these two sides met, in the 2012-2013 season, Napoli recorded two 3-0 wins over Palermo, who got relegated at the end of that campaign.
Probable starting line-ups:
Napoli: Rafael - Maggio, Albiol, Koulibaly, Britos - Lopez, Gargano, Zuniga - Michu, Insigne, Higuain
Palermo: Sorrentino - Andelkovic, Terzi, Feddal, Morganella - Bolzoni, Rigoni, Barreto, Lazaar, Vazquez - Dybala
My prediction: Napoli to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Napoli win - 4/9 Draw - 10/3 Palermo win - 6/1
smiechowy 9 years ago
Palermo dont represent a good form this season however I dont expect them to not score a goal, no no I think they will at least put one and we will see the game of emotions here with lots of goals that's what I am looking for
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Snoop 9 years ago
I expected more from Napoli in first three games, they have very good team, they have played very attractive in last two years and I hope that they will continue with that, Palermo is good team, they always have some solutions, this will be interesting match, but I think that Napoli is better and they should win in this...
I expected more from Napoli in first three games, they have very good team, they have played very attractive in last two years and I hope that they will continue with that, Palermo is good team, they always have some solutions, this will be interesting match, but I think that Napoli is better and they should win in this one...
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skrunici 9 years ago
ok, you don't need to be expert to predict what will happen here, you just need to see starting line ups or just few names like Higuain, Zuniga, Michu... But I think that will be a match with small number of goals and I think taht palermo can't score agains napoli, but palermo will figth to the end and I think 1-0 is real...
ok, you don't need to be expert to predict what will happen here, you just need to see starting line ups or just few names like Higuain, Zuniga, Michu... But I think that will be a match with small number of goals and I think taht palermo can't score agains napoli, but palermo will figth to the end and I think 1-0 is real resoult here maybe 2-0 but nothing bigger than that
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