Palermo vs Napoli Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Napoli have taken four points from two games in Serie A so far this season and Maurizio Sarri’s men are big favourites for their trip to Palermo on Saturday evening.

After just two matches of the new campaign, Palermo are working under a new coach yet again, with Roberto de Zerbi taking over after Davide Ballardini resigned.

Club president Maurizio Zamparini made eight coaching changes last year and the disruption has continued this time out, despite Palermo having performed reasonably well in their first two matches, suffering a narrow loss at home to Sassuolo and drawing 1-1 at San Siro against Inter Milan.

“I’ve already rejected prestigious jobs in the past, but now I’m here because the team available to me can complement my ideas,” said de Zerbi following his appointment.

But a home game against Napoli could well be a baptism of fire for the new Palermo coach. Napoli have scored at least twice in their last five Serie A matches, with the loss of star striker and captain Gonzalo Higuain not having too much impact on their attacking potency so far this season.

Napoli have been winning at both half-time and full-time in five of their last seven games in the league and that is the inspiration for our selection here.

With the visitors such a short price to win, Napoli/Napoli HT/FT at 21/20 with bet365 looks to be outstanding value, with de Zerbi’s ideas likely to take time to implement on his new team.

From the correct scores market, we also like the look of Napoli to Win 2-0, which can be backed at 6/1 with bet365.