The Italian Super Cup final between Napoli and Inter is scheduled for Monday, January 22 at 9:00 p.m. at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, live on Prima Sport 2.

Reigning champions Napoli and cup winners Inter meet for the first time in the final act of the Italian Supercoppa, a competition that is being played for the first time using a knockout play-off system and scheduled for the third time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (following the 2019 and 2022 finals).

Napoli, who are competing as champions of the last edition of Serie A, beat Fiorentina in the semi-finals 3-0 (G. Simeone 22, Zerbin 84, 86), after a lackluster start to the year, 0-3 away to Torino and 2 -1 at home to Salernitana, both league games.

Walter Mazzarri’s side are currently only in 9th place in Serie A after 21 stages (however having played one less game) with 31 points and have recorded two wins, one draw and two defeats in their last five official games, regardless of competition .

Napoli are looking for their first trophy of the season, and the only one they can win, after being eliminated from the Coppa Italia and more than 20 points behind first place in the league.

Napoli won the Italian Super Cup twice, each time against Juventus, in 1990 (5-1) and in 2014 (1-1 after 90 minutes, 2-2 after extra time and 6-5 on penalties) and lost two other finals. , also with Juventus, in 2012 (2-2 after 90 minutes and 2-4 after extra time) and in 2020 (0-2).

Inter, who compete as Coppa Italia holders, beat Lazio 3-0 in the semi-finals (M. Thuram 17, Calhanoglu 50pts, Fratessi 87) to confirm a successful start to 2024 with two more wins in as many games, both in championship, 2-1 at home with Verona and 5-1 away with Montze.

The team coached by Simone Inzaghi have 51 points in Serie A, where they are fighting with Juventus for the top spot, and in their last 21 official games played in all competitions, they have lost just one, 1-2 at home to Bologna in the quarter-finals of the final Cup of Italy.

After winning trophies in 2021 and 2022, Inter have the chance to become the second team to win the treble (for the 2023 edition), after AC Milan who did it in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Inter have won the Italian Super Cup seven times, most recently in 2022 after beating AC Milan 3-0 in the final held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and have lost four more times in the final act of the competition, most recently in 2011 ( 1-2 with Milan).

In the last head-to-head match between the two teams in the current Serie A season on December 3, 2023, Inter won 3-0 at Napoli with goals from Calhanoglu (44), Barella (61) and M. Turam (85).

Superbet offers odds of 1.85 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in regular time 90 minutes in the match Napoli – Inter.

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