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One of the top challengers to Juventus this season in Serie A is expected to be Napoli. They finished in third place last season, just five points out of first place. Napoli is a high scoring team, as they scored 94 goals last season, the most of any Serie A team in history. They feature a big time scorer in Dries Martens who scored 34 goals in all competitions last season. Napoli was able to hang onto all of their key players in the off-season so there is no reason they can’t challenge Juventus for the Serie A title in 2017-2018.
Napoli Serie A Odds
Odds To Win Serie A: +500
Napoli is given a reasonable chance to dethrone Juventus this season, at odds of +500. Napoli has a wealth of goal scoring talent but they do need to be a little better defensively if they are to win Serie A this season. Expectations are high for Napoli this season, with many fans hoping for the first Scudetto title for the club since 1989-90.
Napoli Competitions in 2017-18
Serie A
Coppa Italia
Champions League
What's New?
The team added Adam Ounas from Bordeaux, Mario Rui Silva from Roma, Michael Scarf from Carpi and Alessandro D’Ausilio from Reggiana.
What's Gone?
The team lost Roberto Insigne on loan to Parma and Jonathan De Guzman to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Napoli 2017-18 Predictions
Manager Maurizio Sarri has a lot of talent at his disposal and he favors an attacking style of football that is fun to watch. There are a lot of young talented players beginning with Arek Milik and Mertens. The club needs to hang onto goalkeeper Pepe Reina and they need to find a complement to defender Koulibaly. This year’s starting lineup should be Reina, Hysaj, Koulibaly, Maksimovic, Rui, Zielinski, Jorginho, Hamsik, Callejon, Mertens and Insigne.
The days of Napoli thinking of themselves as upstarts is over, as the Partenopei are looking to win their first Serie A title in more than 25 years. Napoli rolled through the latter part of last season, dropping just four points in their final 12 games but they couldn’t reel in Juventus.
Napoli was 13-2 at home last season with four draws, outscoring opponents by a combined 44-19. They were 13-2 on the road with four draws, outscoring opponents 50-20.
Napoli is going to be a fun team to watch again in 2017-2018. They score a lot of goals and constantly put pressure on the opposition. They can’t afford to drop points at home as they did a year ago when they lost twice and played to four draws. They also can’t afford to let their Champions League action distract them from Serie A action. Juventus will definitely be more focused on the Champions League this season and Napoli can’t afford to make the same mistake.
Napoli is a serious threat to Juventus in Serie A in 2017-2018. Napoli has not won the league title since 1990 but they could be the team to end the six-year run of Juventus. There is no question that Napoli has the goal scoring talent to win Serie A and if they can hang onto Reina they may have the goalkeeping as well. Napoli will be playing in the Champions League but their focus should be on dethroning Juventus in Serie A.
Anything less than a serious title run for Napoli will be considered a major disappointment in 2017-2018. Napoli has everything in place to win Serie A this season and even though Juventus begins the season as the favorite, Napoli could end up on top when all is said and done.
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