Napoli vs Apollon Prediction: Will the Italian champion win?

Next weekend Napoli will play their first official match of the season. The meeting with Apollon Cyprus is the last preparatory game. Will the Italian champion win?

Before the meeting with Apollon, the Neapolitans played four friendlies and did not lose once. The team drew 1:1 with Catalan Girona and SPAL from Ferrara and beat 4:0 Turkish Hatayspor and 1:0 German Augsburg.

The main Napoli-related transfer news of the offseason was the move of defender Kim Min-Jae to Bayern for €50 million. The South Korean has become one of the key figures in Naples' championship, and the question is whether his absence will be compensated for in the new season. The 22-year-old defensive player from Brazilian Bragantino Nathan is expected to do that.

The Cypriots have also managed to play four friendly matches this offseason. The team, led by Romanian specialist Bogdan Andone, beat Inter Bratislava (5:0) and beat compatriots Paphos (1:0), as well as played a 1:1 draw with UAE's Al Wasl and lost 0:1 to Qatar's Al Gharafa.

Apollon finished only fifth in the Cyprus Championship last season, failing to qualify for European competition.

The match is friendly, and Napoli will probably have the first half in one lineup and almost the entire second half in another. This fact does not incline us to bet on a very confident victory of the Neapolitans. Luciano Spalletti's team will most likely win minimally or with a difference of two goals without conceding more than a goal. Recall that Napoli's defense was the best in Italy and Europe last season.