Napoli vs. Real Madrid: Preview and betting tips

Both Real Madrid and Napoli managed their first matches in the new Champions League season. However, it was by no means a convincing performance. However, three points count and now the Group C favourites will face each other.

The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona will undoubtedly see one of the biggest games of the current season on Wednesday night. Where Real Madrid come, there is a football feast and given the style of both teams, this could indeed be the case.

Despite the problems surrounding Victor Osimhen, Napoli have been playing great, having beaten Udinese and Lecce in their last two games, in addition to peppering both Italian sides with 4 goals. It was the Nigerian striker who then scored in each of those two games.

It is Real Madrid that is again dragged by new signing Jude Bellingham, who scored a goal and an assist against Girona in the battle for the top of the league table, sending the White Ballet into first place ahead of Barcelona.

Spain’s most successful team of recent years has won every game so far this season except for the city derby with Atlético Madrid.

In addition, Carlo Ancelotti finally welcomes the return of Vinícius Jr, who has already played 68 minutes against Girona and is of course expected to start against Napoli as well.

If there’s one thing that unites the two Wednesday opponents, it’s the very good defending in recent games. However, it must be added that the quality of the opponents must be taken into account. It could be said that both Real Madrid and Napoli have only faced one strong opponent so far this season.

In the case of the Spanish team, we are talking about Atlético Madrid, whom they lost 3:1 away, while the team from the south of Italy failed to beat Lazio at home, to whom they lost 2:1.

The odds for Real Madrid to win at around 2.55 offer really interesting value. At such high odds, the probability of victory was 39%, but the Spanish team won 63% of the time.

Even more interesting, however, is probably the Over 2.5, which the bookmakers offer at odds of 1.7, since we are talking about teams that are definitely not in the habit of defending and waiting to see what the opponent does. On the contrary, we can expect an interesting duel that should offer goals.

Betting tip | Over 2.5

Source: Sofascore, Whoscored