Genk vs Napoli Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 30/09/2019, 07:46  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 30/09/2019 at 07:47 in Champions League Predictions

Genk have won their last two matches and will head to this clash in the right mood but here they will meet tougher opposition than what they encountered against KV Oostende and Ronse in domestic activity, scoring six in the process. They suffered a 2 – 6 loss at the hands of Red Bull Salzburg in their opening Group E encounter. Their match against Sint Truiden last Saturday was postponed and they will be fresher than Napoli who toiled to a 2 – 1 win over Brescia over the weekend. First choice forward Mbwana Samatta was rested in the last game and having scored in the Salzburg rout, he will be the man Genk bank on to bang goals here. Genk have four wins in their last five home matches and here, they will also be banking on the home run. They are however winless in their last seven Champions League matches, and have managed just one win in 10 matches in the competition. Genk have two clean sheets in the last 15 Champions League matches and have conceded five or more goals in three of the last five Champions League matches they have played. They are however unbeaten in their last five Champions League matches played at home and of the 10 staged at home, they have lost just two but they are just making a return to the competition since 2011.

Napoli comes with a different kind of opposition; a stronger opposition, with four wins in their last five matches and having beaten Liverpool 2 – 0 in their opening Champions League game. Napoli are the only side to have beaten Liverpool this season, a depiction of their strength going into this game. Dries Mertens and Fernando Llorente will be key men for them in this game as they carry good form to it but the Italian side will need a huge lift, having failed to win any of their last six away matches in the Champions League. They have just two wins in 10 Champions League matches away from home, and two clean sheets in the last 16 away matches in the Champions League. However, in three of their last five Champions League matches, Napoli have scored two goals or more, and they have four wins in the last 10. This is going to be the first meeting in the history of the two sides.