Cremonese v Napoli: Serie A Action on Match-day 9
Serie A action on Sunday as USC and Napoli meet at Stadio Giovanni Zini – 6:00pm GMT.
Leaders Napoli are currently 18 places higher than their opponents USC, when the two sides meet, they will sit in first and nineteenth positions respectively.
Struggling Cremonese, welcome fancied their opponents this Sunday
USC’s next opponents will smell blood if they begin the next match with all guns blazing. Whilst it’s understandable that they may want to do this, after their recent 1-1 draw at Lecce and previous loss to Lazio, USC must get a positive result and keep defensively solid.
Also, a draw statistic of three in four games is not all bad, but unfortunately will not bring the success Massimiliano Alvini’s men wishes for ultimately. They currently stand nineteenth in the League, with three points for a total of 0 wins, 5 losses and 3 draws having drawn three meetings and lost five matches.
USC have drawn one game and lost two meetings of their three League matches at home this season.
A victory for Cremonese would put them on 6 points.
Massimiliano Alvini will be forced to make changes to the plans for his squad, as injury or illness has depleted him of two of his USC players.
Napoli will seek to retain their position at the top of the table, this game is no exception
It was three points secured for Napoli in their last fixture, beating Torino 3-1 at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Also, success in football comes from winning more games than your opponents, simply put, if League leaders Napoli can continue to extend their winning streak from four games then Luciano Spalletti’s squad will have an incredible season. 6 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws; That’s worth the number one spot in the League having won six fixtures and drawn two games.
Playing away from home, Napoli have won three matches and drawn one game.
Napoli will want to keep the pressure on their rivals as they sit at the top of the table, a win will take them to 23 points and keep their momentum going forward.
Good atacking and defensive team
Napoli have managed to maintain a strong defence so far, having so far only conceded six goals in their previous fixtures. They have a good scoring rate of 18 goals (17 from open play and one penalty). This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (5), Min-jae Kim (2), and Victor Osimhen (2).
It is likely that three key players will miss Sunday’s fixture, which is something of a concern for Luciano Spalletti and his Napoli team.
Cremonese v Napoli – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels the two clubs have previously faced each other nine times with the result being three wins and four draws for USC. In addition, USC recent form against Napoli has been outstanding, winning on two out of the last three games. The last time both teams met in this competition was July 2019 and the score line ended up with a 3-3 draw.
Players to watch
For USC, David Okereke has nettedtwo goals in eight League matches this Serie A Season, while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scoredfive goals in eight League games this season for Napoli.
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