Leicester v Napoli betting tips: Pair joint-favourites for Europa League title

Gli Azzurri appointed former Roma, Udinese, Zenit and Inter coach Luciano Spalletti in May after Gennaro Gattuso failed to deliver Champions League football.

Napoli finished fifth in Serie A last season, with only champions Inter Milan (89) and third-placed Atalanta (90) scoring more goals than their 86 in 38 games, and have made a good start to the new campaign.

After a solid pre-season which included a 3-0 win over Bayern Munich, they won their opening three Serie A games – against Venezia, Genoa and Juventus, when goals from Matteo Politano and Kalidou Koulibaly saw them win 2-1 on Saturday.

Napoli are 11/5 to triumph at Leicester while the draw is available at 5/2.

Leicester v Napoli head-to-head

This is Leicester’s first match against Napoli in European competition and their first competitive meeting against an Italian side.

If history is a guide, they may well get something from the game.

Napoli are set to face an English side for the 21st time in European competition, with Leicester the seventh different team they’ve faced.

They have never won an away European game against English opponents in 10 previous attempts (D2 L8). It is 4/11 for Leicester to win or draw the game in the Double Chance market.

Leicester have only lost two of their 13 home matches in European competition (W8 D3), though one of those was against Slavia Prague, when they lost 2-0 at the King Power and were sent spinning out of last season’s competition. They are 11/4 to win but concede.

Leicester v Napoli key battles

Napoli have conceded in eight of their last 11 competitive games while Leicester have also failed to keep a clean sheet in six of their last nine such games.

It is 4/7 for both sides to score on Thursday and 12/5 for Leicester to keep a clean sheet.

Both sides have top strikers who are set to feature. Lorenzo Insigne (pictured above) got off the mark for the season with a goal in Napoli’s 2-0 win over Venezia and is 21/10 to score at any time.

Jamie Vardy struck twice in Leicester’s opening four Premier League games and is 4/1 to grab the first goal and 6/4 to score at any time in the Leicester v Napoli betting tips.

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