Does Napoli Have a Chance Against Tournament Leaders Inter Milan?

The Italian Serie A or Calcio, returns to the screens this Sunday, April 18, 2021, when they close the 31st day of the 20-21 championship, Napoli receiving at the San Paolo Stadium the absolute leader of the tournament, an impressive Inter Milan that, breaking with all the paradigms presented before starting this season, it has a wide advantage over its closest competitors to take the Serie A 20-21 championship.

These are the games that soccer fans like to watch, two teams that are at the top of the leaderboard, one for strengthening and continuing to move away from their closest pursuers and the other for trying to snatch a quota for the next Champions League.

How did Napoli and Inter get here?

Inter Milan is having a dream 20-21 season, they have only failed to score points in 2 of the 30 games played, that is, they have a magnificent record of 23 wins, 5 draws and only 2 losses, with a global sum of 74 points out of 90 possible, 11 more than Milan who occupies the second place. Inter comes from beating Cagliari 1-0 in the match corresponding to matchday 30 of Serie A. In that match, Inter fought side by side against a fierce Cagliari until, in the 77th minute, Matteo Darmian managed to score the goal for triumph.

Inter has a current streak of 11 games won consecutively and, one of the main virtues of the team is that it has managed to keep its goal at 0 in several of these 11 games, that is, they present a positive balance both in attack and in defending.

Check out the best moments of the last match played by Inter:

(Video courtesy of www.youtube.com and the YouTube channel Serie A)

On the other hand, we have the local team of this match Napoli, which is currently fighting to get its direct ticket to the next Champions League. Napoli is only 3 points behind Juventus so a victory in this match and a defeat for Juventus could place them in fourth place in the table just 1 point behind Atalanta. Napoli comes from defeating Sampdoria in their last match with a score of 2-0. In that match, Napoli managed to generate 20 scoring chances with 8 shots on goal and had 57% possession of the ball.

Napoli has a record of 19 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats, in this span of 30 games it adds 59 points out of 90 possible and is currently in the fifth position, which gives it a pass to the next Europa League, which they want to avoid.

Check out the best moments of the last match played by Napoli:

(Video courtesy of www.youtube.com and the YouTube channel Serie A)

The background between Napoli vs Inter Milan

The last 3 games:

• Inter Milan has won 2 games with a total of 4 goals
• Napoli has won 0 games with a total of 1 goal

Important game data

• When is it? The game will be on Sunday, April 18, 2021
• What time is it? The game starts at 14:45 hours ET
• Where? San Paolo Stadium, Napoli, Italy.
• Where can I see it? ESPN, Serie A Pass

Betting line for Napoli vs Inter Serie A Matchday 31.

Although Napoli has indeed been a very offensive team so far this season, they have scored almost the same number of goals as Inter and, Napoli has only lost in 1 of their last 5 games, the power in general of Inter Milan this season is huge, so much so that they have a goal difference of +42. Although they will be visitors in this match, our winner token is for Inter Milan.

• Spread: -1/2 (+121) – Inter Milan                +1/2 (-161) – Napoli
• Moneyline:  +125 Inter Milan                      +194 Napoli
• Goals: +2^1/2 (-120)                                          -2^1/2 (-113)

Predictions

• Inter Milano: 41.4%
• Napoli: 32.4%
• Draw: 26.2%