Napoli vs Inter Milan: Predicted lineup, injury news, head-to-head, telecast

Published at :December 1, 2023 at 12:12 PM

Modified at :January 13, 2024 at 6:39 PM

Inter are heading into their third consecutive away fixture after two draws

Napoli are going to host Inter Milan after 2 away fixtures. The last time they played as host the result ended up as a 1-0 defeat to Empoli. Before heading into this Serie A tie, Gli Azzurri travelled to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to face Real Madrid. The Spanish outfit won 4-2 over the Naples-based Italian side.

Inter secured their UEFA Champions League qualification from Group D. They secured this status after a 3-3 draw with Benfica and still have a game in hand. This match against Napoli will be Inter’s third away trip in a row. After a 1-1 draw with Juventus in the last Serie A game they were able to hold on to the leading spot with 32 points.

Kick-Off:

Sunday, 3 December 2023 at 7:45 PM UK

Monday, 4 December 2023 at 1:15 AM IST

Location: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Form

Napoli (in all competitions): L-W-L-D-W

Inter (in all competitions): D-D-W-W-W

Players to Watch

Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli)

Giacomo Raspadori’s last goal came against Salernitana in the Serie A. Since then the forward has played 2 games each in UCL and the league without scoring. This game can act as a huge motivation for the player to add to his 3 goals in 13 Serie A games.

Lautaro Martinez (Inter)

Inter’s Argentinian forward is almost two times better in front of the goal than any other of the Serie A strikers. Lautaro Martinez has scored 13 goals this season while second placed on the current top scorer list has 7 to his name. The Inter captain also has 2 assists in the league.

Match Facts

Inter (2.3 goals) and Napoli (2 goals) are ranked 1st and 2nd respectively in goals scored per Serie A match.
Napoli have failed to win any of their last 5 home games
Inter have kept the highest number of clean sheets this Serie A season. To be precise they have 8 of them

Injury & Team News

The Gli Azzurri have 3 of their players out from this game against Inter. Left back Mathias Olivera out with a knee injury is not expected to be back before next year’s January. Even the other left back Mario Rui is sidelined with muscle injury. An ankle injury will keep Jesper Lindstrøm out until mid December.

The visitors are heading to the venue of Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium without two of their centre backs Benjamin Pavard and Alessandro Bastoni. Bastoni is troubled with a calf problem while Pavard has a knee injury crisis. Denzel Dumfries is a doubtful star to feature against Napoli.

Head to Head

Total Matches – 38

Napoli wins – 14

Inter wins – 11

Draws – 13

Predicted Lineup

Napoli predicted lineup (4-3-3):

Gollini (GK); Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Natan, Jesus; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zieliński; Politano, Raspadori, Kvaratskhelia

Inter predicted lineup (3-5-2):

Sommer (GK); Bisseck, de Vrij, Acerbi; Darmian, Barella, Çalhanoğlu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martínez

Match Prediction for Napoli vs Inter Milan

Nerazzurri are heading into their third consecutive away trip after a 1-1 draw with Juventus and 3-3 with Benfica. Napoli on the other hand lost 4-2 to Real Madrid after winning 2-1 against Atalanta. This game should prove to be an exciting contest. Even though Napoli will have home crowd support, Inter might just not want to slip up on their 2 point cushion over Juventus in the table.

Prediction: Napoli 1-3 Inter