Even though Napoli have kept four successive Serie A clean sheets on the road since last month's defeat at Inter, Empoli's inclination to score at the Castellani — the hosts have scored in nine of 11 home fixtures — should see that run halted on Saturday.
Be that as it may, the firepower of Spalletti's men and the momentum winning brings ought to produce an eighth successive league success.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Napoli win with a probability of 70.69%. A draw had a probability of 17.4% and a win for Empoli had a probability of 11.91%.
The most likely scoreline for a Napoli win was 0-2 with a probability of 11.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.65%) and 1-2 (9.58%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.19%), while for a Empoli win it was 1-0 (3.5%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with an 11.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Napoli in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Napoli.
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