Unai Emery’s Arsenal travel to face Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League having won 2-0 in the first leg. The Gunners will take encouragement from the fact that they did win an away fixture this year, beating 10 man Watford 1-0 on Monday to break into the Premier League’s top 4.
Napoli, however, are on a different level and have only lost once at home, to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus and did have chances of their own to score in the first leg. In Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian have in their ranks a World Class manager who knows what it takes to win in Europe, having won the Champions league 3 team in his long career.
Arsenal on the other hand have the king of the Europa League in Unai Emery having won it 3 times in a row with Sevilla and will no doubt want to add a fourth this season.
Form
The Gunners have only lost once in their last 6 matches. However, their away form remains an issue both domestically and in the Europa League. In their last rounds, Unai Emery’s side lost to Bate and Rennes respectively away from home, Napoli will be an even harder test for them.
Napoli recovered from their 3 matches winless streak by beating bottom on the table Chievo 3-1. Their defense, however, remains a concern and has not kept a clean sheet in any of the last six matches they have played.
Betting Tip
Arsenal’s away form has been really poor in the last few years and that coupled with Napoli’s impressive home form points to only one direction.
A Napoli win with both teams scoring @2.90