Serie A 2022-23: Juventus vs Napoli: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Rejuvenated Old Lady with 15 points restored take on League Leaders at Allianz Stadium in Turin.

With the new update, Juventus are back in the top 03 with their 15 points deduction overturned after the club appealed the verdict. In testimony in front of the Collegio di Garanzia, the CONI prosecutor general of sport Ugo Taucer said the Turin club's punishment for alleged financial irregularities and false accounting "has a lack of clarity in the motivation that must be appreciated and evaluated by a new judgment.” In particular, he said: "The penalty in points to the team, there is a deficiency to be evaluated in a new judgment of the federal court."

Juventus will be refuelled with their top–4 spot in contention, they will be looking to host league leaders and at least take a point away from the game. They had been thrashed back in January when they visited Naples by the league leaders. Their season has been decent with Copa Italia hopes alive after playing 1-1 draw at home against Inter Milan, Juventus will be looking to finish the league at top -3 finish with chance to win Europa League as well.

Juventus (17) and Napoli (15) are two of the five teams to have recorded the most clean sheets in the Big-five European Leagues 2022-23 - ahead of them are only Barcelona (22), Manchesrer United and Lazio (18).

After their 5-1 win in the previous meeting, Napoli could complete the league double over Juventus for the fourth time in Serie A, after the 2009-10, 1986-87, and 1957-58 campaigns. Napoli has not won three of their last six league games (D1, L2), as many as in their first 24 matches of this Serie A campaign (D2, L1); after their 0-0 draw against Verona, Spalletti's side could fail to score in consecutive Serie A matches for the first time since December 2020.

Kick-off:

Tuesday, 23-04-2023, 03:00 pm (ET)

Wednesday, 24-04-2023, 12:15 am (IST)

Stadium: ALLIANZ STADIUM, Turin, Italy

Juventus Form (In All Competitions): D- W- D- W- L

Napoli Form (In All Competitions): D- L- W- L- W

Player to watch

Juventus: Dusan Vlahovic

Joined the club for a fee of €70 million, With his powerful 190cm left foot, he consistently scored goals and quickly became an idol of the Bianconero. This season, he has lived up to expectations with four shots in four games, and is one of the candidates for the Serie A scoring title.

Napoli: Victor Osimhen

Looking to score in the league again after missing 2 weeks, the Nigerian is leading Napoli to win their first Serie A title in over 30 years against Fiorentina in May, as it happened in 1987. Napoli is tearing up in Serie A, Cope Italia, and Champions League this season due to his 30-goal contribution across all competitions. He will be gutted to exit from Champions League  but will be looking forward to overturning the result on Wednesday night.

Match Facts

• Angel Di María scored in Juventus’ previous league match against Napoli, in the current century only two Juventus players have found the net in each of their first two Serie A games against the Azzurri: Alessandro Matri in 2011 and Darko Kovacevic between 2000 and 2001.
• These two sides have scored the most goals from set-piece situations in Serie A across 2022/23: Napoli (22) and Juventus (19). More specifically, Napoli (15) and Juventus (10) are also the two teams to have scored the most goals from corners in the current campaign.
• Juventus have earned the most home points in Serie A this term (Juventus, 36 in 15 matches), while Napoli has scored the most away goals across the competition (20 in 15 matches).
• Juventus are unbeaten in 11 of their last 12 home matches against Napoli in Serie A (W9, D2): with the only Azzurri victory across this period coming in April 2018, via a goal from Kalidou Koulibaly in the 90th minute.
• Juventus have won just one of their last six league games against Napoli (D1, L4): 2-1 in April 2021 (Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala were the scorers for Juventus) – the Bianconeri and the Azzurri have drawn only one of the last 11 Serie A encounters (five wins for Piemontesi and five for Campania side).

Injury and Team news

Juventus: Injury: Moise Kean (Muscular Problems) is out with an injury to his left leg.

Bremer (Thigh Problems)

Napoli: Injury: Giovanni Simeone (thigh) the playmaker is sidelined to his injury to the thigh region of the right leg.

Matteo Politano (Distortion of the ankle)

Head to Head stats

Matches – 20

Napoli – 08

Juventus – 10

Draws – 02

Predicted Lineups

SSC Napoli Predicted Lineup (4-3-3):

A. Meret, Mário Rui, Kim Min-Jae, A. Rrahmani, G. Di Lorenzo, P. Zieliński, S. Lobotka, K. Kvaratskhelia, Victor Osimhen, E. Elmas, H. Lozano

Juventus Predicted Lineup (3-5-2):

M. Perin, Danilo, Bremer, F. Gatti, F. Kostić, A. Rabiot, L. Paredes, N. Fagioli, T. Barbieri, D. Vlahović, A. Milik

Match Prediction for Juventus vs Napoli

Juventus got thrashed in the previous fixture by league leaders but since restoring their 15 points lead again, the Turin side could be high on confidence and tempo as they look to pay back Napoli in this fixture. Juventus will now be fighting for the 02nd spot in the league with hopes of cementing the Champions League spot. While Napoli would be wounded by their Champions League exit but will be more focused to win the league by a huge margin. In this fixture, Napoli has an edge over Juventus and the home side will need to be on their best display if they want to beat Napoli.

Prediction: Juventus (1) vs (3) Napoli

Telecast

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United Kingdom: BT Sport

Nigeria – DAZN