Pescara vs Napoli Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Pescara are one of the promoted clubs preparing to play in Serie A this season and they have been dealt a tough opening fixture as Napoli are the visitors to Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia on Sunday.

Napoli are going into the new campaign without their captain and star man from last year, Gonzalo Higuain, who was snapped up by Juventus for a whopping transfer fee reported to be in excess of £75 million.

Replacing Higuain’s goals – he scored at a rate faster than a goal a game last season – is going to be a massive challenge for Maurizio Sarri, but new striker signing Arkadius Milik looks to be a good fit for Serie A despite failing to meet expectations at Euro 2016 with Poland in the summer.

Fellow new signings Emanuele Giaccherini and Lorenzo Tonelli are not fit enough for Sarri to select here, but Napoli should still have enough depth in their squad to get off to a winning start here.

Having won their last seven matches against Pescara in all competitions it is easy to find reasons to side with the visitors, with the half-time/full-time market tempting as Napoli HT/FT has landed five times in their last seven games.

However, instead we look to the handicaps, with Napoli beating Pescara by four goals and three goals respectively when they last met in Serie A.

Our selection for this game is therefore Napoli -1 at 11/10 with bet365, while we like the look of Napoli to Win 3-1 at 10/1 with bet365 from the correct scores market as well.