On Jan 23rd, Napoli hosts Salernitana in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 3rd placed Napoli, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Bologna. Hirving Lozano struck first for Napoli in the 20th minute on a feed from Eljif Elmas, then Hirving Lozano added another in the 47th minute on a feed from Fabián Ruiz In the end, Bologna was frustrated by Napoli’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Napoli ended the match with the shutout victory. Napoli is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 20th placed Salernitana, recorded a 0-3 loss against Lazio. Ciro Immobile scored the first goal for Lazio in the 7th minute, then Ciro Immobile added another in the 10th minute on a feed from Pedro At the end of 90 a dissapointed Salernitana couldn’t manage to score, and Lazio took the shutout win. Salernitana looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
On the 31st of October, Salernitana hosted Napoli at the Stadio Arechi in their last match together. Napoli won by a score of 1 to 0. Piotr Zieliński scored the first goal for Napoli in the 61st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Salernitana couldn’t muster any offence and Napoli ran away with the shutout win.
Salernitana hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Grigoris Kastanos and Duric, and they each have 1 goal. Both Andrea Petagna and Dries Mertens have been the hottest scorers for Napoli in the last five each having scored 2 goals.