Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Frankfurt
Match Time & Date:
21/02/2023
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
Napoli
Deutsche Bank Park will host Tuesday’s Champions League game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Napoli, the two teams who meet for the first time since 1994. Back then Frankfurt eliminated Napoli in the Europa League last 16, meaning that Luciano Spalletti’s men are hungry for revenge. The Bundesliga outfit head into the match following a routine 2-0 win over Werder Bremen, and they will continue relying on Kolo Muani, who impressed at the 2022 World Cup finals. All Dina Ebimbe, Rode, and Wenig miss out with injuries.
The Neapolitans, on the other hand, moved one step closer to winning their first Scudetto since 1990 by beating Sassuolo on the road. Anyhow, the two teams seem to be evenly matched at the moment, and we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. Luciano Spalletti should have a full squad to choose from, except from Giacomo Raspadori.
Highlighted Player (Mario Gotze):
Mario Gotze is a German midfielder, who played for Ronsberg and Eintrach Hombruch during his youth career before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2001. He made a great progress during his spell at the Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy and on 21 November, 2009 he made his Bundesliga debut for the Millionaires.
Gotze scored 22 goals in 83 league appearances for the club between 2009 and 2013 and he joined Borussia Dortmund’s bitterest rivals Bayern Munich on April, 2013. The German midfielder, who is capable of playing as a striker as well, failed to impress in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign, but it has to be noted that he was struggling with injury at the start of the season.
Gotze won three Bundesliga trophies with Bayern Munich, but at the end of the 2015/2016 season he returned to Borussia Dortmund. In 2014 he represented Germany at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and he scored the winner in the final against Argentina. Mario Gotze was born in Memmingen on 3 June, 1992.
Highlighted Team (Napoli):
SSC Napoli is an Italian football club from the city of Naples which is playing currently in the Serie A. The club was founded officially in 1926 but the history from Napoli reaches back to 1904 with the club Naples Foot-Ball & Cricket Club that fused with Internazionale Napoli and was called FBC Internaples.
After 4 seasons the club changed its name to SSC Napoli (Societa Sportiva Calcio).
In the end of the eighties Napoli had the biggest success in the club history with the Argentinian legend Diego Maradona. Diego Maradona was able to win the league title twice, the national cup and the UEFA cup. The moment Maradona left the club Napoli got into big financial trouble.
In 2004 the local club was bankrupt. Despite the help of financial investors the club got regulated to the Serie C. After 6 years of playing in lower divisions Napoli managed to get back in the Serie A in season 2007/2008. Famous players that played for the club from Naples are: Maradona, Zola, Cavani, Blanc, Di Canio, Cannavaro.
