Our prediction for this Serie A match:
AS Roma
Match Time & Date:
24/10/2021
18:00
Prediction: 1-1
Napoli
Roma play host to Napoli at their Stadio Olimpico in what is expected to be an entertaining Serie A game. The Partenopei could not have wished for a better start to the season, with the team keeping their 100% record intact thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Torino. Napoli aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, but this game will be anything but a walk in the park for the league leaders.
Hirving Lozano is pushing for a start after returning from international duty, while both Ounas and Malcuit remain in the recovery room. The Giallorossi, on the other hand, have been having their ups and downs of late. Jose Mourinho’s troops obviously struggle on the travels, but given their perfect home record, we predict that the capital club will grab something from the match. Both Smalling and Spinazzola are out of contention with injuries, while Zaniolo is a major doubt.
Highlighted Player (Nikola Kalinic):
Nikola Kalinic is a product of Hajduk Split’s youth school. The 187-cm-tall striker scored 32 goals in 59 appearances for Hajduk at senior level and he played for the likes of Pula and Sibenik in Croatia as well. In 2009 he moved to Blackburn Rovers for fee of £6 million.
Nikola Kalinic made his Blackburn Rovers debut against Sunderland on 22 August, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the Riversiders against Peterborough United in the League Cup. After making 44 league appearances for Blackburn Rovers, the Croatian attacker joined Dnipro in 2011 and he played for the Ukrainian outfit until 2015.
Kalinic signed a four-year deal with Fiorentina on 15 August, 2015 and he impressed in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring 12 goals in 36 games. The Fiorentina striker made two appearances for Croatia at the 2016 European Championship in France and it has to be noted that he found the net in a 2-1 win over Spain in the group stages of the competition.
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.
