Napoli vs Inter Milan, Coppa Italia semi-final – Preview, Prediction, h2h, and More

Napoli host Inter Milan at San Paolo Stadium in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final on Saturday, over four months after the first tie. The semi-final meeting is scheduled for Saturday when the hosts will attempt to maintain hold of their one-goal advantage, yet Inter have not all that awful remembrance from their last visit there.

The Coppa Italia semis mark the return to life for Italian Football, and it would normally be significant for both of these teams to exhibit the elevated levels that they used to show before the break. Because of Napoli having the home advantage, a lead in aggregate as well as an away goal in the kitty, they are esteemed to be the top picks.

Napoli vs Inter Milan Team News

Napoli

Before the season began, Napoli was one of the main competitors for the Serie A title, yet since they have had a lot of issues in their game and that is the reason Napoli is just in 6th spot in the Serie A standings with 39 points. Napoli is enormous 9 points away from the nearest Champions League spot, however, there are sufficient games left for them to climb the standings.

In the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinals, Napoli has beaten Inter 0-1 on the road and has a major advantage now. Before the season was stopped, Napoli has improved a ton and they were playing in acceptable form, ideally, this break accomplished well overall for Napoli. In their last Serie A match against Torino at home, Napoli was the better team with 64% of ball possession, 6 shots on goal, 7 corner kicks, and high 90% of the right passes.

Napoli was dominant and in control all through the match and has won this match 2-1. Insigne is the leading goal scorer for Napoli is Coppa Italia with three goals, while Ruiz included 1 goal. Manolas is the only harmed player and he will skip this match.

Napoli are better since they are playing the most attractive soccer in Italy, and it’s a major disgrace they experienced that terrible explain that knocked them off the title race, yet Napoli gets an opportunity to win the Coppa Italia this season, and there is still an ideal opportunity for them to get to one of the Champions League spots.

Napoli went to Milan on that event and left away successful after a great 1-0 win. Fabian Ruiz cut in from the option to score a twisting cracker with his left foot to kickstart an incredible run of form for Gennaro Gattuso’s Napoli. They were unbeaten in the five matches before the break, the only draw being at home to Barcelona in the Champions League.

6th in the table, Napoli despite everything have any desires for getting Atalanta, nine points ahead in fourth, the last Champions League place. Inter, in the interim, began the season firmly under Antonio Conte, however, fell away in the second half of the campaign. They are third in the table and the title watches far off despite their game close by as leaders Juventus are nine points ahead. The break may have given Conte a chance to recharge his side and end their present three-match losing streak in domestic competitions.

Inter Milan

Inter has phenomenally begun the season and they were playing the best soccer in Serie A, however, they began slipping as the season progressed so this break was something beneficial for Inter to assemble their musings and fix their issues.

Internazionale is presently in the third spot in the standings with 54 points, 9 points less than Juventus at the top, and whether Juventus can lose 3 games until the finish of the season for Inter to get up to speed. Inter has scored 49 goals this season, while they conceded just 24 goals. In their last match against Juventus on the road, Inter has had 47% of ball possession, 1 shot on goal, 4 corner kicks, and 86% of the right passes.

In some ways, this was a key game for Inter provided that they won, the difference would be just 3 points, yet Inter ended up losing this match 2-0 and now the difference is 9 points. Lukaku is the top goal scorer for Inter in Coppa Italia with 2 goals. There are no injuries or suspension in Inter which means mentor Conte will have his entire list available to him.

Inter must go for success here because they lost in the first leg, and they are capable of winning this game, yet a 3-month break is a weird thing and we have no chance to get of knowing how well the team responds.

The star fascination of Inter’s season has been the attacking couple of Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez. Even though Martinez has been the subject of transfer speculation, his goals contribution evaporated on recent appearances. He just scored one goal in his past seven appearances.

Inter have the best away record in Serie A and won 3-1 on their latest visit to the Stadio San Paulo back in January. Napoli sandwiched that Inter triumph with wins of their own and that demonstrates that these teams are firmly matched. Football club Napoli have taken a gander at home in the second half of the season yet failed to win eight of their 13 home Serie A games.

Napoli vs Inter Head-to-Head (h2h)

11 of the previous 16 successes had gone to Gennaro Gattuso’s men. The last time these two met on the pitch, Gattuso’s men won 0-1 on the road. Two of the last three games had goals from the two teams.

Since 1997, the visitors have won only twice at this venue. Then, the host team won 12 of the previous 17 experiences at this ground.

Date: Saturday, 13 June 2020
Start Time: 19:45 UK/ 20:45 CET
Venue: Stadio San Paolo (Naples)

Napoli vs Inter Milan Prediction

The first leg had finished in a 0-1 win for the Blues on the road. After the first half had abandoned a lot of occurrences, Fabian Ruiz broke the deadlock for the visitors in the 57th minute. Even though the host team from that point attempted their best to locate the back of the net at that point, Gattuso’s men stood firm at the back.

As things stand, the Blues are the top choices. They are on an unbeaten run of five fixtures – which included four successes and a draw (the draw had come against Barcelona, in the Champions League). They had likewise won seven of their earlier nine in general fixtures – and this included successes against Juventus, Lazio, and Inter.

Then again, Antonio Conte’s men had lost three of their past five overall match-ups and had failed to score in three of their last five games also. They had additionally lost two of their previous three road trips, and have an aggregate of only three successes from their earlier seven away fixtures.

Importantly, the Blues had recorded eleven of the previous sixteen h2h wins, and they even won the reverse fixture of this match-up. All things considered, they do have the lead in the total scoreline and have the advantage of the away goal too. Also, they are at home – where Conte’s men have attempted to act in the previous two decades.

To cite a reality, since 1997, just twice have Gattuso’s men lost at this stadium, and they even had won 12 of the 17 such matches.

Inter Milan went into lockdown in poor form however they have the capability and overall quality to reestablish the total shortage. Even though Napoli are headed for recuperation, the break disturbed their hot streak.