High-odds free football predictions for this weekend
Napoli faces Barcelona at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in a huge clash from the Champions League 1/8-finals. Now it’s time to look at this in our High-odds free football predictions this weekend. Let’s go!
Napoli are having a bad season after winning the Serie A last year. The club changed managers, but the arrival of Walter Mazzarri didn’t lead to the improvement everyone hoped for. Napoli have just one win in their last five matches.
On Saturday the Azzurri only won a point during the 1-1 draw with Genoa at home. Napoli were close to losing this one but Cyril Ngonge scored a very late equalised in the 90th minute. Di Lorenzo provided an assist for the goal and Ngonge put it in the net.
Napoli’s biggest problems at the moment are related to their star striker Victor Osimhen. Most likely the Nigerian ace will miss the game against Barca. It means that most likely Giovanni Simeone will start in the attack.
Barcelona are also having a tough season so this makes the game against Napoli even more competitive. The Catalans will say goodbye to their head coach Xavi after in the summer. Now they will try to go as far as possible in the Champions League.
Players like Gavi, Joao Felix and Ferran Torres are missing the trip to Naples because of injuries. At the same time the 16-years old Lamine Yamal looks ready to start again – the teenager became a very important player for Barca this season.
Andreas Christensen could start as a pivot against for Barcelona while we expect to see Inigo Martinez replacing Pau Cubarsi in the defense as he has a much bigger experience.
That’s the High-odds football predictions this weekend for the Champions League 1/8-finals first leg between Napoli and Barcelona. Both teams have some problems at the moment, but let’s see how this one will go.