Italian Serie A betting preview - Napoli vs AC Milan

AC Milan travel to Naples tonight hoping to build on their recent momentum. The visitors have won their last two games, including a victory at Real Madrid, after an appalling start to the season which saw them take one win from their first seven games and a 4-0 loss to rivals Inter. Napoli can tell a similar tale, winning two of their first seven but winning their last two in a row to sit in ninth place, two points below the famous visitors.

Milan go in as slight favourites for this game at 8/5 (bet $50 to win $80 profit), leaving Napoli as underdogs at 21/20. The draw is priced at 23/10 and two of Milan`s last three visits to Naples have ended honours even, including their most recent contest in March.

Tonight`s match is seen as being very close by the bookies, who have made 1-1 the most likely score at 6/1. 1-0 to Milan is at 7/1 and 1-0 to Napoli is 15/2. 2-1 to the visitors is 9/1 and a 0-0 draw, the result last time the two played, is priced at 17/2.

Alexandre Pato, Milan`s twenty year-old striker who scored the winner against Real Madrid earlier this month, is favourite to open the scoring tonight at 6/1. Following Pato is Filippo Inzaghi at 7/1. However, The veteran striker has so far failed to score this season in seven appearances. Fabio Quagliarella, Napoli`s twenty-six year-old striker, is 7/1 and their best chance to score the first goal of the game.

Milan are 7/2 to be winning at both half-time and full-time tonight and 5/1 to win after drawing at half-time. Both halves to be drawn is at 4/1, along with Napoli to be winning at half-time and full-time. For fans of comebacks, Napoli/Milan is 33/1 and Milan/Napoli is at the same price.

The visitors are third favourites to win Serie A this year at 16/1 despite a start which leaves them in sixth place and already seven points adrift of leaders Inter. Napoli are not seen as contenders for the title at 400/1 but will aim for a spot in the top four and a possible place in Europe.

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