NAP vs INT Dream11 Match Prediction: League leaders Inter Milan will be taking a trip to Stadio San Paolo as they take on Napoli in hopes of staying at the top of the Serie A by the end of 90 minutes. Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan unit with 42 points is on level terms with Juventus, meanwhile, Napoli finds itself 8th in the league with 24 points.
Match Details
Date- Tuesday, January 7
Kick-Off- 1:15 AM (IST)
Venue- Stadio San Paolo
Napoli
Head-coach, Gennaro Gattuso recently confirmed that it’s between Sebastiano Luperto and Giovanni Di Lorenzo to partner at centre-back now that Kalidou Koulibaly and Kostas Manolas are on the sidelines due to injury. Dries Mertens is also out of contention, while Fabian Ruiz’s illness makes him a doubt to start as well.
Inter Milan
Marcelo Brozovic and Lautari Martinez are back in the squad for Antoni Conte which serves as a big boost for the visitors. Stefano Sensi is also back in contention of making it to the starting lineup. Nicolo Barella and Alexis Sanchez are likely to make it to the bench after being on the sidelines for quite a while. Kwadwo Asamoah and Danilo D’Ambrosio are ruled out due to injuries.
NAP (Expected Playing 11)- Meret; Rui, Luperto, Manolas, Lorenzo; Allan, Ruiz, Zielinski; Insigne, Milik, Callejon
INT (Expected Playing 11)- Handanovic; Skriniar, de Vrij, Godin, Biraghi, Candreva: Gagliardini, Brozovic, Sensi; Lukaku, Martinez
Arkadiusz Milik will be the main man in the attack for Napoli. The centre-forward has six goals and a pass accuracy of 86.5% from 599 minutes in the league this season.
Romelu Lukaku has been one of the standouts for Inter Milan in the forward line. Lukaku has bagged 12 goals and an assist with a pass accuracy of 67.4% from 17 appearances this season.
Lorenzo Insigne will be vital in the advanced role for Napoli. The 28-year-old has three goals, four assists and a pass accuracy of 84.2% from 1156 minutes this season.
Lautaro Martinez has also been impressive this season for Inter Milan. The Argentine talisman has eight goals and an assist from 16 appearances in the league so far.
Inter Milan is undefeated in its last 10 games in Serie A, while Napoli is unbeaten from 16 of their last 17 home games. That being said, a draw seems to be the likely outcome.
Team 1
Goalkeepers- A Meret
Defenders- M Rui, S D Vrij, M Skriniar
Midfielders- J Callejon, F Ruiz, S Sensi, M Brozovic
Forwards- L Martinez, R Lukaku (C), A Milik (VC)
Team 2
Goalkeeper– S Handanovic
Defenders- G D Lorenzo, S Luperto, D Godin
Midfielders- F Ruiz, Allan, S Sensei (VC), M Brozovic
Forwards- L Insigne (C), A Milik, R Lukaku
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