Having once again become the leader of the Italian Championship, Napoli will make its debut in the 2017/2018 edition of the Italian Cup on Tuesday 19 December. At the San Paolo stadium in Naples, you will receive Udinese. The game starts scheduled for 18h (Brasília time).
The rules of the competition establish in this stage definition in single game. Thus, only those who win will survive the title fight. Draw carries the definition for the extension and, if need be, decision by penalties.
The recent performance of Napoli
After three games of fasting (two defeats and a draw), which caused the loss of the unbeaten record and also the lead in the Italian League and the early elimination in the Champions League, Napoli managed to be rehabilitated on Saturday, December 16, by scoring 3 to 1 at Torino in Turin.
Taking advantage of the defeat of the Internazionale, a little earlier, at home, by 3 to 1, for Udinese, his rival on Tuesday, returned to the top position in Serie A Italiana. He reached 42 points (13 wins, three draws and one loss). One more than Juventus and two ahead in the comparison with Inter, who fell to third place.
The national title, which would interrupt a sequence of six Juve achievements, is naturally the priority of Napoli, who will have the possibility of playing in the second half of the Europa League. That does not mean, however, that coach Maurizio Sarri should spare players in the match on Tuesday.
Debuting in the last 16, the way to the Italian Cup title is quite short. In addition, the next four games on the agenda of the three Napoli will be held in the stadium San Paolo.
In this way, the coach will only need to administer the casualties for physical reasons. Defender Faouzi Ghoulam (11 matches in the 2017/2018 Italian League, two goals), midfielder Nikola Maksimovic (one match, no goal) and striker Arkadiusz Milik (three matches, one goal) are in the medical department.
Another motivation for the ranking of his best team were the two recent disappointments in Naples. In the last two matches as Serie A boss, Napoli added just one point. So he appears only as the sixth best owner of the Italian Championship.
The current form of Udinese
Saturday’s win against previously unbeaten Internazionale extended to four Udinese’s success series, which had a season start below expectations but has managed to settle comfortably in the middle of the Italian league table.
With 21 points (seven wins and nine defeats), the only Serie A team that did not draw a game in 17 rounds, Udinese is in eleventh place. It is six points behind Sampdoria, who is in sixth place and closes the classification zone for European tournaments. It has seven advantage in comparison with the Spal, which opens the region of the sticking in the eighteenth position.
To face Napoli, coach Massimo Oddo has only one question. Gabriele Angella (nine games in Serie A Italian 2017/2018, without a goal) is in injury treatment.
History of the matches Napoli vs Udinese
Napoli defeated Udinese in the last three games. In the first round of the Italian Championship 2017/2018, in Udine, made 1 to 0.
Udinese have won their last three matches as a visitor to the Italian Championship, which shows clear evolution of the team. However, despite Napoli’s poor performance at the San Paolo, Napolitans’ higher technical quality puts them at the top of the list for gamble. They have a price of 1.27 in Rivalo. Draw has a return of 5.50. Successful Udine team multiplies the investment by 9.00.
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