Napoli and Salzburg meet at Stadio San Paolo, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals). These two teams have never met before, so this will be the first head‑to‑head between them.
Analysis of Napoli
The home team comes to this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals) after having eliminated Zürich with a home win by (2‑0) and a away win by (1‑3) in the previous round. They come to this match after a home loss against Juventus by (1‑2). Napoli has won 8, tied 1 and lost 1 of the last 10 home matches.
Napoli comes unmotivated for this match after having lost, by 1-2, in the reception to Juventus: the only goal of the team was signed by Callejón. To reach this stage of the Europa League, the Italians beat Zurich. In this reception to Salzburg, coach Carlo Ancelotti should keep the team in 4-4-2 helping to maintain the ball possession and organized attacks: Fabián Ruiz is the great organizer of the offensive process. On the other hand, the forward Arkadiusz Milik is the great highlight of Naples with 15 scored goals. Absent from this match due to injury is Raul Albiol.
The away team comes to this stage of the UEFA Europa League (8th Finals) after a home win by (4‑0) and a away loss by (2‑1) against Club Brugge. In their last match, for the Bundesliga, they got a home win against Wolfsberger AC by (3‑0). In the last 4 UEFA Europa League away matches Salzburg has a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their away mathes there is a tendency for goals, since 21 of the last 32 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 7 of the last 8 matches for the UEFA Europa League, they have reached half‑time in front in 5 of those 7 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 6 of them.
Salzburg comes for this match after a 3-0 triumph in their welcome to WAC in the Austrian league: the goals of the team were scored by Dabbur (2) and Wolf. In the last round of the Europe League, the visiting team eliminated the Belgians of Club Brugge. In this away match, coach Marco Rose should keep the team in 4-4-2, with Prevljak and Dabbur at the forward position. It is worth noting that forward Munas Dabbur is Salzburg's top scorer with 24 scored goals. For this match, the visiting team’s coach won’t count on Junuzovic, Gulbrandsen and Pongracic, players recovering from injury.
Napoli @1.56
Napoli -0.5 HT @1.49
Over 2.5 @1.72