The Serie A title is still mathematically possible for Napoli who must keep on winning to keep the heat on the teams above them, while La Viola look to cement a place in the league’s top six places.
Napoli are on a ten match unbeaten run ahead of our Napoli vs Fiorentina preview and they have only lost once in Serie A since last October, a tremendous record that has kept them in the title reckoning in the season’s final weeks. Maurizio Sarri’s side have won five of their last six league fixtures scoring seventeen times on their streak.
Fiorentina played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Napoli when the teams met in Florence just before Christmas and any Napoli vs Fiorentina predictions should expect there to be plenty of goals in the return fixture on Saturday. La Viola have only won two of their last six games against a series of opponents they would have expected to fare better against.
Paolo Sousa’s side conceded fourteen goals in those six fixtures and his team’s defensive deficiencies have been apparent all season – only Torino have conceded more goals than Fiorentina in Serie A’s top ten.
Napoli are Serie A’s great entertainers and they will relish coming up against a Fiorentina defence that has been porous for the majority of the season. Our Napoli vs Fiorentina picks are a reflection of the fact that La Viola will really struggle to keep Napoli’s attack quiet on Saturday. Remaining in the title race also adds some extra motivation for the home side and they should come out firing from the off.
Napoli’s penetrative and dynamic attack should be too much for Fiorentina’s fragile defence to handle. A comfortable home win is on the cards at the Stadio San Paolo.
Tip: Napoli win/over 3.5 goals: Bet365 11/10