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Fiorentina had disappointed last season in the Italian championship and was even threatened with relegation. Napoli continued with tradition to win the second place and they wouldn’t mind to repeat all that once more. Match between these two teams played in Florence last year had ended as a goalless draw.

AC Fiorentina

Fiorentina doesn’t want to see rerun of the previous season and their ambition is to reach the Europa League. Manager Montell has kept his job, who came in April and brought the previous season to its end. They started with victory in the Coppa Italia over Monza, but there were plenty of problems and Fiorentiny was losing at home all the way till 10 minutes before the end when reservist Vlahovic scored two goals and Chiesa one more and they won. They brought reinforcements for the midfield and Pulgar and Badelj took their places in the starting line-up. Experienced Ribery arrived recently but in the beginning he will stay on the bench.

Probable lineups AC Fiorentina: Dragowski – Lirola, Milenkovic, Pezzella, Terzic – Badelj, Pulgar, Benassi – Chiesa, Boateng, Sottil

SSC Napoli

Napoli didn’t play in the Cup and this is for them the first competitive match in the new season. They were again the runners-up in the previous one and they should be happy with that position. Juventus has been invincible for years and Napoli needs to come to terms with that and try instead to again qualify for the Champions League this season. They didn't bring many new players and one of the biggest new names is stopper Manolas from Rome, who will be a starter right away. They bought Di Lorenzo from Empoli as well and he will play at the right flank, while the rest of the team consist of tried and tested players from previous seasons. Forward Milik is questionable and Mertens will be the lone striker.

Probable lineups SSC Napoli: Meret – DI Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Ghoulam – Allan – Callejon, Zielinski, Ruiz, L.Insigne – Mertens

Verdict:

Napoli is a favourite to win mostly because of what the two teams showed in the previous season. Still, Fiorentina wants much more in this one and we believe that will put up a solid resistance to in this match. If Napoli manages to win it shouldn’t be by sound goal difference.

Pick: Asian handicap +1 Fiorentina 1.61 - 61/100 @1XBet