Third-running team SSC Napoli (11-3-5, 38 points) will look to extend an eight-game unbeaten streak as the team faces cellar-dwelling side Delfino Pescara (1-11-6, 9 points) at their home field of San Paolo Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 15 in a 2016-2017 Serie A season encounter.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 9:00 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Napoli has not tasted a loss since their 1-2 defeat to defending champions Juventus in October and have won four of their last five matches. The team is currently in the third spot of the Italian top flight table, three points below second-place team Roma and seven points behind league leaders Juventus.
Gli Azzurri is coming off a come-from-behind 2-1 win over middling squad Sampdoria also at the San Paolo Stadium last Saturday, as per ESPN.
An own goal by Napoli right back Elseid Hysaj broke the game's deadlock in the 30th minute to give La Samp the early lead.
Partenopei got a break in the 61st minute when Sampdoria defender Matias Silvestre was sent off after a second yellow card booking off a hard foul on Napoli keeper Pepe Reina.
With a one-man advantage, head coach Maurizio Sarri's boys were able to mount a comeback, equalizing in the 77th minute with a goal by forward Manolo Gabbiadini then scoring the winner in stoppage time with a right-footer from returning defender Lorenzo Tonelli.
Meanwhile, Pescara is currently in the bottom of the 20-team Serie A table with only one win in 18 games so far this season. The team's match with Fiorentina scheduled on Jan. 8 was postponed due to heavy snow.
With the postponement, the team's most recent fixture was back on Dec. 22, a 1-1 tie with fellow bottom three squad Palermo on the road at the Renzo Barbera Stadium, via Sporting Life.
Palermo midfielder Robin Quaison scored the first goal of the match in the 33rd minute before Pescara defender Cristiano Biraghi was able to equalize late in injury time.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 3-0 rout by Napoli.
Napoli starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Reina; Strinic, Chiriches, Tonelli, Hysaj; Hamsik, Allan, Jorginho; Insigne, Callejon, Mertens
Pescara starting lineup (3-1-4-2 formation): Bizzarri; Fornasier, Campagnaro, Gyomber; Biraghi; Memushaj, Zampano, Benali, Bruno; Caprari, Pettinari