Napoli-Lecce is a match valid for the thirty-eighth day of Serie A and is played on Sunday at 6:00 pm: odds, predictions, live TV, streaming.
The season of the Scudetto-winning Napoli, which will go down in history as one of the absolute worst of the De Laurentiis era, comes to a sad end. Between bad choices – the three successive coaches (Garcia, Mazzarri and Calzona) have not been able to lift the Azzurri’s fortunes – and a group that is drained as well as evidently scarred by Spalletti’s farewell, at the foot of Vesuvius they are eager to turn the page.
In the Neapolitan environment they are already looking to the future, with the knowledge that for the first time in more than a decade Napoli may not take part in any European competition. Di Lorenzo and his teammates have not won since last April 7 (2-4 with Monza) and have slipped to tenth place: the only way to go to Europe (Conference League) is to beat Lecce in the last round and hope that Torino does not win in Bergamo with Atalanta, so as to overtake them in the standings. But at that point it will be Conference only on one condition and that is that Fiorentina triumphs in Athens next Wednesday in the final with Olympiacos and thus “frees” an additional place for the third continental event. The Salentini, on the other hand, are already virtually “on vacation” after achieving salvation with three rounds in advance. Luca Gotti’s team, once the season goal was achieved, lost both subsequent matches against the more motivated Udinese and Atalanta (ended with the result of 0-2).
Napoli-Lecce: the latest news on formations
In Napoli, Osimhen and Zielinski, two who will say goodbye at the end of the season, are not at their best and are unlikely to make it to the starting lineup, same for Mario Rui. Simeone should play in the center of the attack, while in defense it will be the turn of the Juan Jesus-Ostigard pair: Rrahmani is struggling with a bad tendinopathy.
On the other side, Gotti will deploy Piccoli forward but this time next to him will not be Krstovic, who trained separately during the week. There will be Oudin from the three-quarter to support the former Atalanta striker. Venuti confirmed on the right defensive out, in goal finally possible rotation between Falcone and Brancolini.
The prediction
Napoli is back from a decent performance – in the 2-2 draw in Florence a week ago, flashes of real Napoli were seen – but defensive amnesias continue to be a problem. Suffice it to say that the last clean sheet was last January. In any case, it is the Azzurri – only on paper, because the Conference League in a season in which it will be necessary to rebuild interests as much as – who have some extra motivation and against Lecce they should put an end to the fast of victories. It cannot be ruled out that the Giallorossi will also be able to find their way to goal.
The probable formations of Napoli-Lecce
NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka, Cajuste; Politano, Simeone, Kvaratskhelia.
LECCE (4-4-1-1): Brancolini; Venuti, Baschirotto, Pongracic, Gallo; Almqvist, Ramadani, Blin, Dorgu; Oudin; Piccoli.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
