AZ Alkmaar vs Napoli Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League

Prediction published on 01/12/2020, 01:25  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 01/12/2020 at 01:26 in Europa League Prediction

Group F of the Europa league is one of the toughest, with any one of the top three having the chance to advance to the second round. AZ Alkmaar, who are third in the group with seven points host group leaders Napoli who have nine points in this Match Day 5 clash. Second placed Real Sociedad, who have seven points too, play the group’s whipping boys Rijeka and both Napoli and AZ will hope for a win to keep up the pressure. AZ head to this game unbeaten in the last four matches and with three clean sheets in their last four matches. They have lost once in the last 13 matches and failed to score in just three of their last 14 matches. Heading to this game, AZ beat Heracles 2-1 away from home, making it the eighth time in the last 12 matches that they have scored two or more goals and will be looking to better it at home, having kept three straight clean sheets there. AZ have not lost any of their last seven home matches but will do with an improvement on Match Day 5, having failed to score in the last two matches in the Europa League. They have scored more than one goal in just one of their last seven Europa League games and kept two clean sheets in the seven matches. Playing at home in this competition, AZ are unbeaten in their last 10, having won four.

Napoli have lost one of their four group games in the Europa League this season, and that came at home to AZ. As the side from Naples heads out to Holland, they will be looking to avenge that, as they eye three points to push them to the next stage of the competition. They head here on a clean slate, with two wins in their last two matches after the defeat by AC Milan. In their most recent match, Napoli beat AS Roma 4-0 at home for their seventh win in their last 10 matches. In the last 10 matches they have lost three. The win over Roma also handed them their third clean sheet in four matches and they have failed to score in just two of the last 10 matches they have played. They have been prolific in attack, scoring two or more goals in five of their last 10 matches and head here on four straight away wins while they have won five of their last six away matches this season. After their opening loss to AZ in Group F, Napoli have registered three straight wins and heading to this away game, they have seven wins in 10 away Europa League matches.