Genk vs Napoli
Champions League
Date: Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Kick-off at 17:55 UK / 18:55 CET
Venue: Luminus Arena (Genk).
News Team
Carlo Ancelotti a double injury blow in his side's 2-1 victory over Brescia at the weekend as both Kostas Manolas and Nikola Maksimovic took a blow that is likely to rule them out of this one.
With this in mind, we might see the always present kalidou koulibaly and left-back Mario Rui from the heart of the Napoli defense.
Lorenzo Insigne, who did not feature against Brescia, in contention for a recall, potentially replacing Fernando Llorente.
Genk boss Felice Mazzu will have near-enough full squad available to him, however, goalkeeper Danny Vukovic remains out with an Achilles injury.
Genk vs Napoli prediction
The home side failed to score against the opposing team only two of eight home ties in their respective leagues. To note, the Smurfs have scored at least two goals against Salzburg in their previous clash CL. Although the six goals they managed against the massacre, which showed they can score goals.
Napoli have scored in all of their previous eight away games in the Italian league. Also, they had scored against Van Dijk in the last defense CL meeting them in the group stage. In addition, the Blues have lost just two of their previous seven fixtures away from home. Although the hosts have the home advantage with them, their experience in the big leagues and guests can take advantage form a side trip to the victory.
Thus, the game will probably see a few goals or more in ninety minutes with the lead in the hands of the Blues.
Genk vs Napoli Betting Tips
Genk, commonly known as Smurf literally thrashed by Salzburg in the opener for the Champions League campaign. In that match, things looked pretty bad for them, because their defense simply could not do anything about the attacker fierce Salzburg, and they conceded five goals while scoring one in the first round. They managed to score one more goal, but so are their opponents and at the end of the match result was 6-2 to Salzburg. I'm afraid that the good results of their domestic league and cup followed will not help them much in the upcoming clash against a star-studded team like Napoli. But because they were the hosts this time around, and they have scored a lot of goals lately, 10 of them in the last 5 games, I hope to see them clean at least once.
On the other hand, in their first match, Napoli recorded a surprise victory over defending champion Liverpool, where their defense did a great job and stopped 12 attempts from the opponent's goal helped them to keep a clean sheet, as the result is 2 -0. This victory makes them think that they are unstoppable, and since they scored 11 goals in their last 5 games I believe that they will show their full strength this time with a lot of goals scored.
