Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Napoli
Match Time & Date:
06/01/2021
18:00
Prediction: 3-1
Spezia
Napoli will be looking to build on a 4-1 win over Cagliari when they host Spezia at their Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The Neapolitans kicked off the year in style, but they need to keep on making progress if they are to keep their Scudetto hopes alive. Poland international Zielinski, who scored a brace in the triumph over Cagliari, will be one of the men to watch in the home team, while Belgium ace Dries Mertens remains in the recovery room.
Spezia, on the other hand, extended their losing run to three games at the weekend as they were beaten by Verona at home ground, and, no doubt, the relegation strugglers are low on confidence ahead of the trip to Naples. Given the number of absentees in the away team through illness and injuries, we believe that the hosts are going to pick up all three points from the match without any difficulties.
Highlighted Player (Dries Mertens):
Dries Mertens is a Belgian football player born on the 6th of May 1987 in Leuven. Mertens started his football career in the youth of RSC Anderlecht and AA Gent. In season 2005/2006 he made his debut for the first team of AA Gent.
After playing for AGOVV, FC Utrecht and PSV Mertens got transferred to Napoli for approximately 9.5 million euro. Mertens made his debut for the Belgian national team in October 2010 and played over 40 games for the national team already. Mertens played during World Cup 2014 and EURO 2016 for Belgium.
Mertens is a right attacking midfielder, which can play as a forward as well. Mertens is known for being a very small fast player, which has the ability to get past several defenders and deliver a cross to his team mates. In his career Mertens didn’t win any big prizes yet. The biggest achievements of Mertens are winning the Dutch national cup with PSV in 2011/2012, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa in 2014 with Napoli.
Highlighted Team (Spezia):
Spezia is a professional Italian club based in Spezia, Liguria. The Bianconeri secured promotion to the Serie A in the 2019/20 season, with the team beating Frosinone in the Serie B playoffs final. Spezia are well known for their black and white home jerseys, and black is the dominant colour of their away kit.
The club’s home ground Stadio Alberto Picco has the capacity of 10,336 people. The venue was opened back in 1919, with architect Gregotti being in charge of the project. In 2002 the club chiefs decided to reach an agreement with Inter which saw Spezia become Inter’s feeder club.
As a result, the likes of Goran Pandev, Aco Stojkov, and Alex Cordaz joined the Bianconeri in the first season. Spezia then suffered a bankruptcy, but in 2008 they were re-founded. In the 2020/21 season the Bianconeri will compete in the Italian elite division for the first time ever.
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