Napoli vs Barcelona Prediction and Betting Tips: Goals on the menu in Champions League last-16 clash

Wednesday evening pits two fallen giants against one another in the last 16 of the Champions League as Italians Napoli host Spaniards Barcelona at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

After starting all seven games for Nigeria in their AFCON runners-up campaign and taking a short break since returning to Napoli, Victor Osimhen should now be fully recovered and is set to replace the misfiring Giovanni Simeone as the focal point of the Azzurri's attack.

Napoli's stuttering title defence cannot be pinned on Osimhen's lack of availability, however, it is one of the key components that has prevented them from mounting a serious attempt at retaining their crown. The 6'1" versatile forward has netted seven goals in 13 Serie A appearances, netting another in this very competition against Braga in their final group stage fixture.

He might not be in the most scintillating form right now, but a rested Osimhen is likely to be a dangerous one, particularly when facing a Barcelona side who are leaking goals for fun.

Neither Napoli nor Barcelona can so much as buy a clean sheet right now, and with Napoli onto their third manager of the current campaign, goals seem like an eventuality at both ends of the pitch.

Robert Lewandowski will be as important to Barcelona as Victor Osimhen is for Napoli in this last-16 clash. Barca's top scorer has struck 17 times across all competitions this term and despite going four UCL matches without a goal he has scored in three consecutive league games.

The 35-year-old netted a brace last weekend, providing his team with all three points against Celta Vigo thanks to a converted injury-time penalty from the cool and collected Pole.