Napoli vs. Juventus Betting Tips: Best bets from Naples as the top two face off in Serie A

We have Serie A action live on BT Sport on Friday evening with a mouthwatering top of the table clash between Napoli and Juventus, Here at BettingOdds.com, we’ve provided you with two data-driven tips that we think represent good value.

Prior to the World Cup break Napoli were the only team in Europe’s top-five leagues  to remain unbeaten this season. However, it was a far from ideal return to action for Luciano Spalletti’s side who suffered their first league defeat of the campaign last week when being beaten 1-0 away at Inter. 

After a 2-0 win on the road at Sampdoria on Sunday, Napoli remain top of the pile in Serie A as they go in search of their first Scudetto since 1990. Napoli’s home form has been excellent this season with seven wins and one draw from their eight matches at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. 

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After a worrying start to the season where they failed to win a single game in all competitions in September, Max Allegri’s Juventus have started to show some serious form and have managed to propel themselves up the table into second. 

The Old Lady have won both of their league matches since returning from the winter break, both of which came via a 1-0 scoreline against Cremonese and most recently against Udinese in Turin last weekend. 

Taking a look at the match odds and Napoli are the favourites to collect three points priced at 19/20 with bet365. The draw is on offer at 5/2, with an away win for Juventus available at 3/1.

A win for Napoli here would see them open up a ten point lead at the top of Serie A, although a win for Juventus would see them close the gap to four points. We don’t see this being a high scoring affair on Friday and are backing Under 2.5 goals at 5/6 with Betfred. 

Napoli have been outstanding at home this season, but in Juventus they face a defence that has been watertight in recent months. Allegri’s side's surge up the table has been based on a solid backline and they have now won eight games in a row without conceding a goal! 

Napoli have also seen Under 2.5 goals feature in three of their last four matches and combine that with the fact that Juventus have been solid at the back, we should see a low scoring contest here. Most bookmakers go 8/11 for Under 2.5 goals on Friday and we’d therefore recommend taking the 5/6 that is currently available with Betfred.

If one player is to break down that Juventus defence in Naples we envision it being Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen and our second bet of the evening centres around him. 

Using the bet365 Bet Builder we’ve combined Osimhen to score anytime as well as having Over 1.5 Shots on Target, which pays 10/3. No player in the Italian top-flight has let off more shots this season than the Napoli man with 55 at an average of 4.1 per game. 

In total, Osimhen has scored 10 league goals in 13 appearances this season, and this bet including him to register Over 1.5 shots on target in the same game as scoring, has landed in six of those.

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