On Tuesday night, struggling Liverpool hosts red-hot Italian outfit Napoli in gameweek six of Group A of the Champions League.
Liverpool form guideJurgen Klopp’s team has just lurched from one bad result to another of late. Their latest poor result came in a late 2-1 home defeat by Leeds at Anfield on Saturday night. The defeat was worrying as it was the Reds' second straight loss in the Premier League.
While Liverpool are struggling for form in the English top flight, their Champions League campaign has been a different story. The men from Merseyside are on a four-game winning streak in European football’s elite competition, having also scored at least twice in all four of the recent victories.
Despite their recent stellar European results, Liverpool will have to beat Napoli by more than the 4-1 victory the visitors inflicted upon them to have a chance of topping the group.
Napoli form guideLuciano Spalletti’s team is one of the most in-form in European football. The visitors are on an impressive 13-match winning streak in all competitions, which includes winning all five of their games in Group A while scoring at least three times in all their European matches this season.
The Azzurri are also currently unbeaten in ten away games in all competitions, having recorded nine wins and a draw.
Latest team newsLiverpool continues to be without Arthur, Joel Matip, Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota through injury. Naby Keita ad Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are not registered in their Champions League squad.
With this game effectively a dead rubber, Napoli head coach Spalletti may well make some changes to his starting line-up. However, Salvatore Sirigu and Amir Rrahmani are unavailable due to injuries.
What am I backing?These two teams have been highly prolific and tend to be involved in high-scoring games. Therefore, the bet I am backing is over 2.5 goals scored.
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