Napoli-Hatayspor is a friendly and will be played on Saturday at 18:30: live TV, news, statistics, streaming, likely formations, predictions.
From the Alps to the Apennines. As has been the case for a few years now, Napoli have moved from their training camp in the Trentino region of Dimaro to that of Castel di Sangro in Abruzzo, where the Azzurri will continue training ahead of the first official match of the new season against Frosinone, scheduled for 19 August at the ‘Stirpe’ stadium.
Between now and the first day of the season against the newly promoted Giallorossi, Rudi Garcia’s team will play a series of international friendlies against Hatayspor, Girona, Augsburg and Apollon. In Trentino, on the other hand, the Italian champions, in addition to the match against Anaune Val di Non, which ended 6-1, also faced Spal, a team that will play in Serie C next year, and drew 1-1. In the first half of the match against the Estensi, the French coach wanted to field a line-up full of reserves, and then gradually inserted the starters in the second half. The Azzurri made a lot of mistakes in front of goal, ending up trailing midway through the second half, with Ferrara’s Puletto, who saw Meret off the posts and scored a real Euro goal. Good, however, the reaction of Napoli, who found the equalising goal after 10 minutes with Zambo Anguissa.
Osimhen one step away from renewal
Garcia, meanwhile, awaits the first reinforcements. The Azzurri’s market has not yet taken off, but the first major ‘hit’ is that of Victor Osimhen, who has said no to the Arabs’ offers and is very close to renewing his contract with Napoli.
Demirel
The Nigerian striker, top scorer in the last Serie A, will start from the 1′ against Hatayspor, a match in which the partenopei will reunite with ex-Maksimovic, who a couple of weeks ago, as a free agent, accepted the Turkish club’s proposal. Coached by former goalkeeper Volkan Demirel, Güneyin Yıldızı were forced to withdraw from the league last February due to the terrible earthquake that devastated, among others, the city of Antioch.
The Prediction
Napoli should not miss the appointment with victory this time. There is a big difference between the two teams, and if Garcia decides to start with the starters, then the match could probably break even in the first half. The total number of goals will be at least three.
Napoli-Hatayspor matchday squad
- NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mario Rui; Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
- HATAYSPOR (4-3-2-1): Kardesler; Alici, Bekaroglu, Yilmaz, Kanak; Aabid, Boudjemaa, Aksoy; Kaabi, Dudziak; Luis.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-1
