Napoli vs Spartak Moscow Betting Tips

Spartak Moscow are playing against Napoli in the Europa match on the 30th of September in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples at 22:15 IST. Both teams haven’t won their respective opening game in the Europa League this season, they’ll look to crack that with this game.

Napoli Form and Team News

In Serie A, they have played six games so far, winning all six games quite comfortably, though Genoa stretched it a bit. They are the toppers as of now even though its early doors. Napoli in the last season was one of the most exciting teams on display with their goal scoring prowess, they conceded quite a few goals also thus finishing outside the top four.  After the stupendous 16 match unbeaten streak came to an end at the hands of Benevento last week, Napoli can still afford a sigh of relief as this game was a club friendly game and not a competitive game. They in this season would want to erase whatever was done wrong during the last season and continue on what’s working for them. They are playing against Spartak in the next match at home on Thursday as the second game in their Europa campaign this season. They had drawn a tough away game against Leicester in the first game. 

Luciano Spalletti has been given the reigns as the new Napoli manager and he comes in with an extraordinary appetite for leading his team into winning on multiple occasions wherever he has plied his trade in. Fabian Ruiz could become a vital cog in the Napoli midfield and if he happens to have a great season, Napoli will certainly finish with more silverwares. Insigne and Mertens will score goals but will they score enough and when needed, that’s what matters at the end of the day. Koulibaly was linked with transfer rumors all throughout but the Senegalese has chosen to stay over. 

Spartak Moscow Form and Team News

In the league, they have played nine games so far, winning four and losing four. Spartak has made quite a bad start to the season by their standards. They are placed outside the top five as of now. Spartak in the last season was one of the best teams on display with their league showing, they were placed in the top four for most of the season and they finished as the second-best team in the Premier Liga after Zenit. They are placed alongside Leicester, Legia and Napoli in Group C of the Europa this season. They are playing against Napoli in the next match on the road on Thursday.

Manager Rui Vitoria within the limited time that he has been at the Russian club has not made a great start to his managerial career at Spartak. He has only four games in the 12 games managed so far. Though it’s too early to start judging, Rui would need to reciprocate these performances with something the Spartak team had produced last season. Jordan Larsson, Sobolev, Ponce, Bakaev play as the forward line. Victor Moses, Promes and Ayrton would be in the middle while the likes of Gigot, Dzhikiya, Kutepov and Caufriez will comprise at the back. 

Odds by Casumo

Napoli are favorites to win according to the Casumo Sportsbook. They are placed at 1.25 odds while Spartak Moscow is placed at 10.00. The odds for a draw is 5.75.

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Our Tipster’s Angle

Napoli have been phenomenal in the last ten games with almost everything going their way. They are strong at home and on the road as well. The recent record is also favoring the Italian side as well. They are expected to continue their excellent run at home to Spartak here as well. Lots of goals are expected. This match could well give us a picture of whether or not there is a change of approach from Rui’s men after the loss in the last match. 

Tip 1: Total Goals under 3.5

In the last ten games that Spartak Moscow have played across competitions, nine matches have had the total goals under 3.5. Playing away, Spartak Moscow in the last five matches, have had all matches where the total goal count to be under 3.5. Napoli on the other hand has had six out of the last ten matches when the total goals were under 3.5. Playing at home, Napoli in the last five matches have had four matches where the score line read more than 2.5 goals. Spartak in this tournament has had the last game to be under 3.5 goals as well. So, it’s more likely that the match between Spartak and Napoli will have less than 3.5 goals in total. According to the Casumo Sportsbook, the odds for the total goals to be under 3.5 is 1.54.

Tip 2: Both teams not to score

Spartak in the last three matches played across competitions have all three matches where both teams have not scored. On the road, in the last five matches, four of Spartak’s matches have had both teams not scoring. Napoli across competitions has seen all three of the last three matches where both teams have not scored. Napoli while playing at home have had two of their last four games too where both teams have not scored. So with all the above stats and considering the home advantage that Napoli possess, and the brilliant form the home side is in, it’s going take an incredible effort from the Russian side to break them down, so its quite likely both teams will not get into the scoresheets in this match. The odds for both teams not to score is 1.72 according to the Casumo Sportsbook. 

Conclusion

Both teams have begun contrastingly. Napoli have their objective cut out while Spartak would want to turn around their inconsistent form and then start building on the momentum into the league. Summarizing on a couple of tips from above:

1. Total Goals under 3.5 @ 1.54.
2. Both teams not to score @ 1.72.

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