Fresh from another excellent win at Atalanta, Napoli will be looking to make it a sensational ten Serie A wins in a row when they host Empoli at their stadium. Although they lost away to Atalanta, Napoli showed what kind of team they are and that they are perhaps the best team in Italy at the moment. Thanks to the new three points won, they currently have 6 points more than the second-placed Milan and today they have a good chance to record another victory in front of their fans. This will also be the last game on the home field before the start of the World Cup and that can be one of the motives for Napoli. Napoli are easy to back at the moment, with the hosts so strong and fluid in attack. However, the loss of Georgian playmaker Kvaratskhelia seemed to cause some attacking issues for Gli Azzurri in Bergamo and it remains unclear when the brilliant forward will return to the squad. Still, even without the Georgian, Napoli should be expected to take care of business because the defense of Empoli and Atalanta is really not comparable. If the great Georgian does not play today, Spalletti can count on the excellent Raspadori and Simeone, who are just waiting for their chance. Napoli simply seems like a team that does not want to stop in this great campaign and we should expect an offensive towards the guests goal from the first minute.

Empoli had a slightly easier fixture on Saturday when they hosted Sassuolo, but they did not excel in that match either and they won after only one shot into the Sassuolo goal. This is the toughest match a team can have on the road at the moment and there is really not much to suggest a positive scenario for the visitors in this mid-week affair in Naples. To make matters worse for Zanetti, his men did not look in the recent games either. They suffered back-to-back defeats to Juventus and Atalanta, conceding six goals without scoring a single in the process. Empoli dropped to the bottom half of the league standings as a consequence of the slower run of form in the most recent matches. One of the main problems of Empoli this season is the extreme inefficiency of the offensive players. In addition to the worrying fact that they scored only 10 goals in 13 games, what is even more worrying is the fact that Empoli does not have a distinct striker at the moment. Two midfielders, Tommaso Baldanzi and Filippo Bandinelli (two goals each), scored the most goals. It's clear that with such a performance so far, they don't have much reason for optimism before the meeting with one of the best defenses in the league. I expect Napoli to impose their rhythm of the game from the start and if they manage to score the first goal on time, it could very easily happen that they score 2 or 3 more goals today.

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刚刚战胜亚特兰大的那不勒斯将在主场迎战恩波利的比赛中取得意甲十连胜。虽然他们客场输给了亚特兰大，但那不勒斯展示了他们是什么样的球队，他们可能是目前意大利最好的球队。由于获得了新的三分，他们目前比排名第二的米兰多了6分，今天他们有很好的机会在球迷面前再次取得胜利。这也将是世界杯开始前的最后一场主场比赛，这可能是那不勒斯的动机之一。那不勒斯现在很容易被扳倒，因为东道主的进攻是如此的强大和流畅。然而，失去了格鲁吉亚的组织核心克瓦拉茨赫利亚似乎给蓝衣军团在贝尔加莫的进攻带来了一些问题，目前还不清楚这名出色的前锋何时会回归球队。尽管如此，即使没有格鲁吉亚人，那不勒斯也应该被期望去处理好事情，因为恩波利和亚特兰大的防守真的是不可比较的。如果伟大的格鲁吉亚人今天不能上场，斯帕莱蒂可以指望优秀的拉斯帕多里和西蒙尼，他们正在等待机会。那不勒斯看起来就是一支不想在这场伟大的比赛中停下来的球队，我们应该期待他们从第一分钟开始就向客队的球门发起进攻。

恩波利周六主场迎战萨索洛的比赛稍微轻松一些，但他们在那场比赛中也没有表现出色，他们仅用一脚射进萨索洛的球门就赢得了比赛。这是一支球队目前在客场所能遇到的最艰难的比赛，对于客队来说，在周中与那不勒斯的比赛中，真的没有什么积极的迹象。对萨内蒂来说更糟糕的是，他的队员们在最近的比赛中也没有表现出来。他们连续输给了尤文图斯和亚特兰大，丢了6球，一球未进。恩波利由于最近几场比赛的表现较慢，已经跌到了联赛排名的下半区。恩波利本赛季的一个主要问题是进攻球员的极度低效。除了在13场比赛中只打进10球这一令人担忧的事实之外，更令人担忧的是恩波利目前没有一名出色的前锋。两名中场球员，托马索·巴尔丹齐和菲利波·班迪内利(各进两球)，进球数最多。很明显，就目前的表现来看，在面对联盟最好的防守之一之前，他们没有太多乐观的理由。我希望那不勒斯能从一开始就把比赛的节奏控制好，如果他们能按时打进第一个球，他们今天很容易就能再进2到3个球。