Napoli vs Milan Prediction: Don’t expect a lot of goals

Napoli will face Milan in the Champions League quarter-final on 18 April 2023. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Napoli continues to move closer to the Serie A title, which will be only the third in club history, and the last time they finished in the first place was way back in 1990. They drew 0:0 with Verona at the weekend, maintaining a 14-point lead over their nearest pursuer. This season has already been incredibly successful for the Neapolitans, but they do not intend to stop at the top of the table. They have reached the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals but lost their first leg at the San Siro 0:1 to AC Milan. Thankfully, Napoli can now rely on Victor Osimen.

Milan is the reigning Italian champions, but they will soon give up. The Red and Black have had a very poor season so far, sitting 22 points behind the top of the table but sitting in fourth place and retaining their chances of qualifying for next year's Champions League. They could qualify for the Champions League group stage this term should they clinch the trophy. They made the next step towards achieving this goal a week earlier when they beat Napoli 1:0 in the first leg of their quarter-final at home to Milan. After that, the coaching staff allowed the leaders to rest at the weekend, drawing 1:1 with Bologna as reserves.

Napoli has a massive advantage in Serie A, but even in such a successful season, the Neapolitans are not the best home team in the league, trailing Juventus. However, Luciano Spalletti's men have been phenomenal in the UEFA Champions League: four games and four wins, a goal difference of 14:3. At the same time, AC Milan has a very modest away record in the local league, finishing sixth in away games, and in the Champions League, where they have won just once in four games and that only against Dinamo Zagreb. All this makes the Sky Blue favorites for the return leg, and you can bet on Napoli to win.

In the upcoming clash, you should not expect a goal extravaganza and an exchange of goals. For this, it is enough to refer to Napoli's statistics, according to which, in the previous 13 matches, the Neapolitans have scored and conceded only once. The situation is similar for Bianconeri and AC Milan, as they have only scored once in their six previous encounters. Now, the cost of a mistake will be too high to risk so the opponents will wait for each other's mistakes, and the best option for the prediction seems to be Both teams to score - No. Also worth betting on Victor Osimhen's goal.

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