Juventus vs Napoli Free Betting Tips

Who will win the Italian Super Cup 2021?

With Juventus against Napoli, the Italian Super Cup will rise in 2021! In the game, it will be clarified who will succeed in Lazio Rome. The capital city team prevailed against the old lady last season. As series champion, Juve is, of course, a regular guest in this competition and, with eight triumphs, is also a record winner at the Supercoppa Italiana.

For the upcoming match at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio nell’Emilia between Juventus and Napoli, the prediction includes a mutual goal by the end of regular time.

Juventus – Statistics & current form

The Serie A champion completes his ninth Super Cup in a row! However, there is still room for improvement over the past eight years: only half of the finals were victorious. As already mentioned, the Turin team faced Napoli twice.

They were always close games that were only decided in extra time or even on penalties. The balance shows a victory and a defeat for the opponents.

Coach Andrea Pirlo’s team is currently quite stable: since the turn of the year, the 36-time champion has initially scored three victories in the league as well as one success in the Coppa Italia against Genoa. Last Sunday evening, however, it was the first bankruptcy of the new year. When they played in Milan against Inter, a 2-0 defeat was recorded.

CR7 still does not lose its hunger for goals

In the offensive, the zebras can again rely on Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese leads the scorers’ rankings in Serie A and currently has a higher goal rate than in the already very successful season when he scored 0.94 goals per game for the two-time World Cup winner.

At the moment it’s even 1.07 instead! CR7 also likes to score against Napoli: He has scored one goal in two of the last three games. In view of his once again very efficient constitution, the odds on another goal celebration by him are equipped with value on top of that in the match between Juventus and Napoli.

Defensive is still waiting for a clean sheet in 2021

The work of the defence is in need of improvement compared to the stable offensive: In 2021, no clean sheet was achieved and this is not a new problem: In two-thirds of the previous competitive games this season, at least one goal by the respective opponents could not be prevented. To make matters worse, with Alex Sandro and Matthijs de Ligt, two defenders are cancelled due to a quarantine measure.

The probable lineup of Juventus:
Szczesny – Bonucci – Demiral – Frabotta – Danilo – Chiesa – Bentancur – Arthur – McKennie – Ronaldo – Morata

Last matches from Juventus:

Serie A
01/17 2021 Inter Milan 2 – 0 Juventus Turin
Coppa Italia
01/13 2021 Juventus Turin 3 – 2 Genoa
Serie A
01/10 2021 Juventus Turin 3 – 1 Sassuolo
01/06 2021 AC Milan 1 – 3 Juventus Turin
01/03 2021 Juventus Turin 4 – 1 Udinese

Napoli – Statistics & current form

The SSC has won the Super Cup in Italy twice so far. In addition to being a champion in 1990, this was achieved in 2014 as the cup winner at the time. The move-in was also currently managed as the winner of the Coppa Italia. The final was contested victoriously against the upcoming opponent.

However, coach Gennaro Gattuso’s team was very lucky, as the decision was made after a goalless draw on penalties. In this, the nerves of Juve Dybala and Danilo failed, making Napoli the sixth cup win in its history.

Osimhen is still missing

The two-time champion currently has to do without his king transfer. We are talking about Victor Osimhen, who tested positive again a few days ago and therefore cannot appear. The transfer is slowly becoming disappointing for Napoli. The striker has not played a game since the beginning of November last year.

First, an injury put him out of action and now a positive infection test. With regard to the latter disease, the Nigerian must be considered negligent, as he went to Lagos in his home country on his own over Christmas – including a visit to a family celebration. He was then tested positive, which is why the thoughtless excursion can be regarded as the cause.

Mertens is back again

At least the seventh from last season of Serie A can fall back on Dries Mertens. The best scorer in the club’s history survived his injury and at the dress rehearsal against Fiorentina last weekend it was enough for at least a short stint.

The match against Viola ended with a 6-0 victory! As with the opponent, however, the defensive recently reduced: for a month and six competitive games in the league and in the cup, a clean sheet could only be won in the last match against the footballers from Fiorentina.

The probable lineup of Napoli:
Meret – Di Lorenzo – Manolas – Rrahmani – Hysaj – Bakayoko – Zielinski – Ruiz – Lozano – Insigne – Petagna

Last matches from Napoli:

Serie A
01/17 2021 SSC Napoli 6 – 0 AC Fiorentina
Coppa Italia
01/13 2021 SSC Napoli 3 – 2 Empoli
Serie A
01/10 2021 Udinese 1 – 2 SSC Napoli
01/06 2021 SSC Napoli 1 – 2 Spezia
01/03 2021 Cagliari 1 – 4 SSC Napoli

Direct comparison / H2H balance

In addition to two clashes in the Supercoppa Italiana in 2012 and 2014, in which first Juve and then Napoli prevailed, the clubs also met once in 1990 in the competition.

At that time, the southern Italians had a clear 5: 1 success on their own territory, which gives them a 2-1 lead in the Super Cup in a direct comparison. The last meeting was again the last cup final in June 2020. This was also won by the SSC against “La Vecchia Signora”.

Thanks to the win, the Gattuoso team has been unbeaten in this pairing for two comparisons (1-1-0). For the upcoming match between Juventus and Napoli, the odds assign the champion the role of favourite very thinly.

In recent years, the Italian Super Cup has always been held in illustrious and distant places such as Beijing or, most recently, Riyadh. The finals for the Supercoppa Italiana were primarily used by Serie A as a global marketing measure.

Due to the pandemic, this approach is currently not possible, which is why the venue with the tranquil Reggio nell’Emilia is much less prominent. It will be fine with the two teams, because the schedule is already well filled, which is why a business trip over several thousand kilometres can be tolerated.

As is well known, the final has been a fixed date for the Bianconeri since 2012. Since then, the final has been contested annually as champions and this year a defeat like in the last final against Lazio Roma should not be repeated. For the match between Juventus and Napoli, the tip implies that both teams to score.

Key facts – Juventus vs Napoli tips

Juventus lost the final against Lazio Rome last year
Teams have faced each other three times in the Super Cup – the SSC won twice
The match takes place on neutral ground in Reggio nell’Emilia

The northern Italians currently have a defensive defence that has not yet achieved a clean sheet this year. Important players in the defensive network like De Ligt are not available. In addition, Napoli arrives with half a dozen goals from the last game against Fiorentina, which once again made the potential of the offensive at the SSC clear.

In addition, an important striker is back in Mertens. But the equally strong offensive, in which Cristiano Ronaldo, the most accurate player in Serie A kicks, speaks for a goal by the champion. In addition, Napoli’s clean sheet against Fiorentina was the first in retrospect on the past six competitive games.

Betting Tips: Both teams to score/ Yes
Odds: 1.6