On Saturday Jan 21st, in week 19, Napoli and Salernitana will play a match in Salerno in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 16th placed Salernitana, recorded a 2-8 blowout loss against Atalanta. Jérémie Boga struck first for Atalanta in the 5th minute, then in the 10th minute, Krzysztof Piątek sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Boulaye Dia , but luckily for Atalanta it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Salernitana is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while napoli is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Cremonese. Charles Pickel scored the first goal for Cremonese in the 18th minute, but Juan Jesus got the equalizer for Napoli in the 33rd minute . Napoli is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Napoli won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Victor Osimhen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Napoli. Federico Bonazzoli has been the most prolific scorer on Salernitana in his last five matches with two goals.