AC Milan vs Napoli Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Napoli come into this game as slight favorites, as backed by bookies and a win for them is priced at 2.75. Hosts Milan are backed to win at 2.86 while a draw is offered at 3.42.

Milan will count on home advantage coming into this game; they hope it plays out well for them, even as they seek to rise from a run of just a win in six matches. Milan’s only win came away from home, against their current opponent – a 4-0 thrashing of the Serie A league leaders. It was perfect revenge for their 2-1 loss at home to Napoli and while they will want to beat Napoli for a second time this season, this fixture rarely favors the home team. In the last eight meetings, which have seen only two draws, no team playing at home has won. In the remaining six, each team has three wins. Milan are coming from a 0-0 draw at home to Empoli. It was their second straight clean sheet and third in five matches. In their run of six matches, Milan have only managed more than a goal in one game.

Napoli have a point to prove as they go into this game. They recently suffered a humiliating loss at home to Milan, and that should fire them up for this game, an Italian classic, that has recently gone their way when playing away from home. Napoli have all it takes to avenge the loss but will have to do better than in their last game, a 2-1 win over Lecce in the Serie A. That was in an away game; their eighth straight away win. Napoli have only lost one of their nine away matches this year. Ahead of this game they have three wins in four away matches in the Champions League and kept two clean sheets in the period. Napoli have been a great scoring side this season, and in their last five matches, they have failed to score in just one. In the rest, they’ve scored two or more goals in four of five.