Smart Acca Picks: Napoli vs Juventus Could Provide Plenty of Entertainment

In Serie A, league leaders Napoli goes up against Juventus on Friday night, with Luciano Spaletti’s men having the potential to open up a ten-point gap on the Old Lady.

Napoli have won four of their last five games in Serie A, having beaten Sampdoria 2-0 last time out, after suffering their first defeat of the league season 1-0 away at Inter Milan. Prior to this, Spaletti’s side had beaten Udinese 3-2, Empoli 2-0 and Atalanta 2-1.

Vitally, Juve have won all of their last five games, winning three of them via 1-0 scorelines against Udinese, Cremonese and Hellas Verona, while also defeating Lazio 3-0 thanks to a Moise Kean brace and Arkadiusz Milik strike. In this sequence, Juve beat Inter 2-0 back in early November.

Galatasaray and Hatyspor go head to head with the home side coming in as heavy favourites, as they lead Fenerbahce at the top of the table by four points, while the away side are 16th in the table.

Okan Buruk’s side enters this game off the back of a thumping 3-0 win over Fenerbahce last time out, coming off the back of three 2-1 wins against Ankaragucu, Sivasspor and Istanbulspor. Prior to these victories, Galatasaray had thumped Istanbul Basaksehir 7-0 thanks to goals by Kerem Akturkoglu (3), Mauro Icardi, Dries Mertens, Abdulkerim Bardakci and an own goal from Youssouf Nyange Ndayishimiye.

Hatayspor have only lost one of their last five matches, which was via a heavy 4-0 scoreline away at Fenerbahce. The visitors have drawn three times, having done so by 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2 scores against Antalyaspor, Giresunspor and Umraniyespor. Their only victory in their last five came away at Istanbulspor as Ayoub El Kaabi scored the only goal of the game.

Hearts against St Mirren sees third go up against sixth in the Scottish Premiership.

Last time out, Hearts drew 1-1 away at St Mirren, following superb 3-0 and 3-2 victories over Hibernian and St. Johnstone, after a 2-2 draw with Dundee United and a 3-1 home win against Kilmarnock.

St. Mirren have drawn four of their last five matches, having drawn 1-1 three times, doing so against Hearts, Livingston and Rangers. The visitors also drew 0-0 away at Kilmarnock and beat Aberdeen 3-1.

Celta Vigo versus Villarreal could be an intriguing contest, as both of these sides come into this fixture in good form despite being 16th and sixth in the standings.

The home side have won three of their last five matches, having beaten Elche 1-0, Gernika 3-0 and Algar 6-1. Celta Vigo’s other results in their last five matches have seen them lose 3-1 to Espanyol and earn a vital 1-1 draw with Sevilla.

Villarreal have been in great form despite losing Unai Emery to Aston Villa just before the World Cup. The Yellow Submarine have won all of their last five matches, beating Santa Amalia 9-0, Guijuelo 2-1 and FC Cartagena 5-1 in the Copa del Rey, as well as Valencia and Real Madrid 2-1 in La Liga.

Friday night’s Premier League match-up sees Aston Villa and Leeds United face off in what should be an intriguing contest at Villa Park.

Villa will be looking to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Stevenage in the FA Cup. Prior to this, Emery’s side had drawn 1-1 at home to Wolves, after managing 2-0 and 2-1 wins over Tottenham and Brighton on either side of a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool.

Leeds have managed three draws in their last three matches, having drawn 2-2 with Cardiff City in the FA Cup, as well as 2-2 with West Ham United and 0-0 with Newcastle United. This was off the back of 3-1 and 4-3 losses to Manchester City and Tottenham.

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