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Napoli drew at the beginning of the Champions League. Regarding their previous head-to-head, they drew 2-2 in Naples in May this year, while before that Napoli had five-game winning streak.

FC Torino

It in fact means that Torino was defeated at home by the Neapolitan three times in a row, and surely they will be maximally motivated to finally put an end to the embarrassing tradition. On top of it, the guests are a bit tired after playing in the Champions League, while on the other hand Torino, after home defeat by Roma at the very beginning of season, in next three league matches drew away with Inter and Udinese and won SPAL at home.

All this suggests that team led by manager Mazzarri should start very bravely against Napoli, especially as they have two very good forwards, Zaza and Belotti. True, Zaza has been never a starter this season but that is about to change as injured Falque is still out of action. We should add that names of two defenders are already on the injured list, Lyanco adn Ansaldi.

Probable lineups FC Torino: Sirigu – Izzo, N'Koulou, Moretti – De Silvestri, Baselli, Rincon, Meite, Berenguer –  Zaza, Belotti

SSC Napoli

We have said in the introduction that the guests from Naples lost just once this season. It happened in the third round of the Serie A when Sampdoria defeated them away by 3-0, while they won remaining three league matches, with Milan and Fiorentina at home and Lazio away. We should say that the Neapolitans struggled in each match played so far, which could be best seen in recently played match of the Champions League, when they merely drew in Belgrade with Crvena Zvezda 0-0.

Right because of that experienced manager Ancelotti has announced that will make certain changes in the team that will face Torino, mostly in offensive part of the team, where fleet-footed Mertens should get chance insteadof Milik. We expect Hamsik to return to the midfield, who was replaced by newcomer Ruiz in the Champions League match, while the defences should probably stay unchanged. Let’s add that due to injuries still out of action are goalkeeper Meret, defenders Chiriches and Ghoulam, and midfielder Younes.

Probable lineups SSC Napoli: Ospina – Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Mario Rui – Allan, Hamsik, Zielinski – Callejon, Mertens, Insigne

Verdict:

We got accustomed from the two teams to get plenty of show, especially in offensive which is why we have opted to play here on goals on both sides of the pitch.

Pick: both teams to score 1.74 - 74/100 @1XBet