SPAL at Napoli 2/18/18 - Serie A Picks & Predictions

Napoli are on track for their first Serie A title after a couple of decades, and they have been focused hard in doing so. So hard that they blew the Champions League in order to do so. They will now play host to new-comers SPAL on Sunday, a team that really put them to the task when they met earlier in the season.

Napoli (20-1-3) are coming into this match after a tough loss in the round of 16 of the Champions League, where they fell by 3-1 at home against RB Leipzig. Napoli actually took the lead, but their opponents easily overturned the result in their favor. However, this should necessarily be considered as a bad thing for Napoli, who have the chance to grab their first title after the 1989-90 season. They have been sitting at the top of the Serie A for the entire season, and are now at 63 points, still just one point ahead of Juventus. They have won nine of their last eleven matches in all competitions, with their only two losses in that span coming in the Coppa Italia and the Champions League. SPAL (3-13-8) suffered a devastating loss at home last week, where Milan destroyed them by a whole 4-0. That was their second consecutive loss without even scoring, as SPAL are now win-less in their last seven matches (0-4-3). They are now having a very good first season in the Serie A, as they are now sitting at the 18th spot of the league table with 17 points. They are four points behind the relegation zone, and they will have to make use of whatever advantage they have in their home ground, because they are really bad on the road. They have only recorded a single win so far on the road (1-8-3), where they have scored just 8 goals against 22 conceded.