Barcelona vs Napoli 17.02.2022

Barcelona’s desire to re-invent themselves as a European powerhouse faces another major test in Thursday’s Europa League first leg knock-out tie. Barca are playing in Europe’s second-tier club competition for the first time since 2003/04 season where they lost to Celtic in the last 16. Xavi, who played in that tie 19 years ago, will be hoping to navigate this one successfully as the Manager.

Meanwhile, Napoli will be looking to replicate their exploits in 2014/15 season when they got to the Semi-Finals. Their confidence will be boosted by Victor Osimhen’s goal-scoring form which has seen him average a goal every 42 minutes in this competition.

Barca head into this tie on the back of an impressive goal-scoring form of 6 goals in the last 2 games. Hence, we are backing them to score at least two here.

Main tip: Barca Ov. 1.5 Goals (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Barcelona vs Napoli

Considering the last 6 meetings between these two teams:

• Barcelona have 4 wins. Napoli have 1 win. 1 game was drawn
• These matches scored an average of 3.16 goals per match
• The last time they met, it ended 3-1 in favor of Barcelona

Latest results Barcelona

• 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in their last 5 matches
• 13 goals scored in the last 5 matches. Average of 2.60 goals per match
• They drew 2-2 away at Espanyol in their last match

Latest results Napoli

• 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in their last 5 matches
• 11 goals scored in their last 5 matches. Average of 2.20 goals per match
• They were held to a 1-1 draw by Inter in their last match

Path to Europa League Playoffs

Barcelona (UCL Grp E): rank 3rd – 6 matches – 2 wins – 1 draw – 3 losses – 7 points
Form Guide (most recent first): D-W-W-L-L

Napoli (UEL Grp C): rank 2nd – 6 matches – 3 wins – 1 draw – 2 losses – 10 points
Form Guide (most recent first): D-W-W-W-L

Possible squad Barcelona

Barcelona: ter Stegen; Araujo, Garcia, Lenglet, Dest; Gavi, Busquets, Pedri; Torres, Aubameyang, De jong

Out: Umtiti (foot), Fati (hamstring), Balde (Ankle), Dembele (Personal) Depay (Hamstring)

Coach: Xavi Hernandez

Possible squad Napoli

Napoli: Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Jesus, Rui; Ruiz, Lobotka; Politano, Zielinski, Insigne; Osimhen

Out: Tuanzebe (ACL), Koulibaly (Resting), Lozano (Shoulder injury), Zanioli (COVID-19)

Coach: Luciano Spalletti

Looking for who to put your money on? Take a look at our Europa League betting predictions

Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Barcelona Over 1.5 Goals

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The odd of 1.79 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 56% chance that Barcelona will score at least two goals in this match

Odds comparison for Barcelona Over 1.5 Goals

Betwinner – odd 1.79
Betway – odd 1.78

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2) Bet on DC 1X & BTTS

• Their last two meetings produced goals from both sides
• We expect a thrilling game

Odds for this bet

1xbet offers competitive odds for “DC 1X & BTTS”

The odd of 2.05 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 49% chance that Barcelona will win or draw and both teams will score.

Odds comparisons for DC 1X & BTTS

1xbet – odd 2.05
22bet – odd 2.04

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