Genoa vs Napoli Prediction: Visitors to land crucial success

Napoli will look to extend their unbeaten run against Genoa to eight matches when the two teams meet at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Saturday in Serie A (17:00 GMT, live on Betfred.com). Antonio Conte's side are third in the table on 46 points, but they are nine points behind league leaders Inter Milan.

Genoa are 11 places and 23 points behind Napoli, but their recent form suggests they will go down swinging in front of their own supporters. Below are my Genoa vs Napoli predictions, supported by team news and match odds.

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Team News

Napoli boss Conte remains without a host of key players, with Kevin De Bruyne, Frank Anguissa, Billy Gilmour, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matteo Politano and David Neres all ruled out.

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic is also expected to miss out, but Romelu Lukaku is set to start on the bench as he continues to rebuild his fitness after a long absence.

Genoa coach Daniele De Rossi is without back-up goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist and new signing Tommaso Baldanzi through injury.

Football Odds

Genoa vs Napoli Odds

Genoa are 10/3 to pick up all three points, while the draw is 9/4, and Napoli are 10/11 favourites.

Both teams to score is 5/4, while an away win and both teams to score is priced at 18/5.

Rasmus Hojlund scored in the last meeting in October, and he is 7/4 to net any time.

Napoli to win @ 1/1

Napoli cannot afford any more slip-ups in their quest for the Scudetto, and Saturday's trip to Genoa is far from easy.

The hosts have lost just one of their last six in Serie A, which came last time out against Lazio in a 3-2 defeat away from home.

De Rossi's side are unbeaten in three in front of their own fans, but when they have fallen short, it has come against some of the best sides of the division.

Defeats to Atalanta and Inter were nothing to be ashamed of in December, but Napoli are one of the elite teams in the top flight and are still in the hunt for European football, even though they are missing several key players.

The Blues have lost only one of their last five away games, and their last defeat against Genoa came back in February 2021, so they should pick up an away win.

Today's Football Fixtures

Over 2.5 goals @ 6/4

Those in attendance at Stadio Luigi Ferraris look to be in for a treat with plenty of goalmouth action expected.

Three of Genoa's last four games have contained at least three goals, while five of their previous seven matches on home soil have covered the over 2.5-goals line.

Napoli's last three outings have also contained over 2.5 goals, and recent fixtures between the pair have been just as lively.

In the last 10 head-to-head encounters, both teams have scored in eight fixtures, while over 2.5 goals has landed in nine of those battles.