Serie A: Venezia Vs Napoli – Match preview

In addition to opening the scoring in nine of those 11 matches, Napoli are also unbeaten as travelling favourites in Serie A this campaign.

Venezia

Though depleted by Covid-19, Venezia fought hard against defending champions Inter Milan in their last Serie A match and lost only via a 90th-minute goal. Paolo Zanetti‘s side can take heart from that display, albeit it was still their ninth consecutive Serie A match without a win, putting them only one point above the relegation zone (ahead of the round) but with a game in hand. Venezia have also lost each of their six league matches played against current top-four sides, failing to score in five of those including the reverse fixture. To try and compensate, the ‘Lagunari‘ were active during the January transfer window, making several purposeful additions, including free agent and one-time UEFA Champions League winner Nani.

Napoli

Top-four targeting Napoli make the long journey north after three straight Serie A wins, and with Luciano Spalletti‘s men losing a league game on the road only once this term, they are clear favourites. In addition to opening the scoring in nine of those 11 matches, Napoli are also unbeaten as travelling favourites in Serie A this campaign. Victors in all eight Serie A matches played against sides starting this round 15th or worse, Napoli should waste no time here, given that six of their nine away day openers have come inside the first half-hour. Another fast start may easily produce their first win in Venice since April 1947, as Napoli have won five of the six away league outings to see them lead at half-time.

With eight-goal contributions, Mattia Aramu is statistically Venezia‘s most prolific player. In opposition, Elif Elmas has registered two assists inside the opening 20 minutes across Napoli’s last two matches, and also scored in the reverse fixture. Napoli have kept a clean sheet in six of their eight Serie A matches played against sides starting this round inside the bottom six.