Barcelona vs Napoli betting tips

Barcelona vs Napoli Betting Tips

The Europa League is back, and it came back with a bang. Barcelona has not played in this competition before, and even though it was embarrassing to them for crashing out of the Champions League group stage, this is one of the last hopes of a trophy they have. 

Napoli has featured in this competition the recent seasons, and they are also favorites to lift the trophy. Their squad quality and experience show that they will be a ‘Thorn In The Flesh’ for Barcelona in this game. 

Will Napoli pile more misery on Barcelona, or will they crash out? We don’t know yet, but the tips and team news for this Round 16 first clash is here.  

Barcelona Form and Team News

Barcelona has been on the part of recovery, but they haven’t really found it easy. They climbed to the top 4 in La Liga and dropped points, which concerns their ability to hold the lead or stay on a consistent winning run.

They have won just 3 of their last 5 games in all competitions, drawing 2 (1 at full-time but going on to lose at extra time). Also, in the run of these games, they have scored 11 goals and conceded 8 goals.

For the team news, Barcelona will be without some players for the clash, and they are Araujo, Depay, Fati, Lenglet, Roberto, Umititi, and Wague. 

Napoli Form and Team News

Napoli has been good in Serie A and the Europa League this season. They were dumped Leicester City out of the Europa League, and they look unplayable most times. 

Napoli hasn’t lost any game in their last 5 matches in all competitions, having won 3 and drawn 2. 1 of those draws was the 2-2 draw against Fiorentina in 90 mins, but they lost 5-2 at extra time. They have scored 11 goals in this run of games and conceded 4 goals. 

For the team news, Napoli has only Lozano H out of this clash due to shoulder injury. 

Odds By Casumo

Barcelona is Casumo’s bookie favorite to win this fixture at 1.91 odds, while Napoli is placed at 3.75 odds. If the match is to be a draw, the odds are 3.50.

Check out our Europa League Odds Here

 

Our Tipster’s Angle

Barcelona would take this competition very seriously as by their standards, and it is already embarrassing to be playing in the Europa League. Crashing out of this competition very early will be another embarrassing outcome, and they would give their all to get atleast to the final.

Napoli has experience in these types of matches as they have navigated tricky matches like this and came out with good results.

Below are our tips for this match: 

Tip 1: Barcelona Win or Draw

No team needs this Europa League trophy than Barcelona at their current condition. They have also revamped their squad from the previous poll that crashed out of the Champions League group stage, and this looks like a proper hunt for a trophy. 

Napoli has only won Barcelona once in their last five meetings in all competitions, and we think that they will fail to do so especially playing at Barcelona’s home ground, the Camp Nou. 

For Barcelona to win or draw,  the odds are 1.23 at the Casumo sportsbook.

Tip 2: Over 1.5 Goals

We think this game has goals, though we don’t expect too many goals. Barcelona has had their last five matches littered with goals as four of their last five matches have over 1.5 goals outcome.  Also, there have been over 1.5 goals in all five matches played by Napoli recently. 

Checking the head-to-head between these two teams, there have been over 1.5 goals in four of the last five matches, and we think there will be a repeat of this outcome in this clash. 

For this match to have over 1.5 goals, the odds are 1.18 at the Casumo sportsbook.

Conclusion

This match is arguably the most anticipated Europa League clash, and it should be entertaining. We believe that Barcelona will either win or draw this game, but Napoli is not to be underrated due to their recent results in strong clashes. 

It will be fun to see how Barcelona will play in the Europa League for the first time and against a strong opponent. Whichever way this much goes, we know it will be very pulsating.

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