Football games in Serie A haven’t been this exciting since…well, two years ago.
Then, Juventus trailed Napoli by 11 points at one stage only to still come back and win the Scudetto.
The scenarios facing sports betting fans are similar, as the Bianconeri chase a record seventh successive title.
Albeit this time, the betting odds are really stacked in favour of the Old Lady of Turin as they are only a point adrift.
Napoli also had frontman Gonzalo Higuain then!
This weekend, Juve have the chance to return to the summit when they travel to spirited Chievo before Napoli welcome Bologna some 16 hours later.
As their narrow victories over Genoa and Atalanta last weekend showed, it doesn’t take much for a potential slip-up.
The omens for Napoli are promising (even if this observer thinks Juventus will be crowned champions again).
Only five times in the last 23 years have the leaders at the halfway stage of the Serie A campaign failed to win the title.
That they were able to win ugly at Atalanta suggests the Partenopei have taken a leaf out of Juventus’ book and learned to win when not playing well: a mentality that can often prove the difference between the brides and the bridesmaids.
Away from the championship contenders, the games of this weekend see Crotone host injury-hit Cagliari – the two sides directly above the relegation zone; fifth-placed Roma host sixth-placed Sampdoria – with the futures of Edin Dzeko and Emerson Palmieri under scrutiny and Sampdoria knowing defeat will surely end their hopes of a top-five finish; and a trip to the San Siro and the Rossoneri for third-placed Lazio as Nani is finding his feet for a side which has scored 13 goals in the past three matches.
There is much to play for!
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