Man City vs Napoli Betting Tips, Correct Score Prediction and Best Bet Builder Picks

Manchester City’s latest bid for European glory begins on Thursday night when they open their Champions League campaign at home to Napoli.

City are rated as 12/1 outsiders in the outright Champions League betting, but they are 4/6 favourites to pick up three points on Thursday.

However, Napoli should not be underestimated and their odds of 9/2 with some of the best football betting sites may tempt many punters, considering this is a team that won Serie A in May and they have started the new season with three wins out of three.

Meanwhile, the best price on a draw is 31/10.

Match Odds

Man City 4/6
Draw 31/10
Napoli 9/2

Man City vs Napoli betting tips

Erling Haaland is in incredible form, having scored 11 times in six matches for club and country this season — including five goals in Norway’s 11-1 win over Moldova last week.

Therefore, 3/1 on Haaland in the First Goalscorer market looks hard to ignore, while his Anytime Scorer price of 19/20 is arguably even more tempting.

Thursday’s clash will be the fifth meeting between City and Napoli, with the previous four delivering 14 goals (an average of 4.5 per match). With that in mind, we fancy Over 2.5 Goals at 3/4.

BTTS, which has landed in all four of their previous games against each other, is also 3/4 and looks equally attractive.

FootballBlog.co.uk’s top betting tip for Man City vs Napoli: Over 2.5 Goals (3/4)

Man City vs Napoli: Correct Score prediction

The shortest-priced options in the Correct Score markets are 1-0 to City and a 1-1 draw. Both are 7/1.

However, we think there will be more goals than that and fancy a 3-1 home win, which is currently available at 12/1.

FootballBlog.co.uk’s score prediction for Man City vs Napoli: City to win 3-1 (12/1)

Man City vs Napoli: Best Bet Builder options

Kevin De Bruyne to score or assist against his former club, Scott McTominay to be shown a card on his return to Manchester, City to win and Haaland to have four or more shots on target. Sounds plausible, right? That Bet Builder package currently combines for odds of 137/1.

Meanwhile, you can get 3/1 on McTominay to commit at least one foul, Haaland to score anytime and BTTS.

Man City vs Napoli team news

City boss Pep Guardiola will again be without Omar Marmoush (knee), Rayan Cherki (thigh) and Mateo Kovacic (Achilles) on Thursday. All three remain sidelined until later this autumn.

John Stones missed Sunday’s Manchester derby with a minor muscular issue but could return, while Rayan Ait-Nouri is also being assessed after suffering a fresh knock.

Meanwhile, Napoli are without centre-back Amir Rrahmani, who has a muscular problem, while Romelu Lukaku is also sidelined. That could hand a start up front to on-loan Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund.

Fellow ex-United man McTominay is almost certain to start for Napoli, as is City legend De Bruyne, who has scored twice in his first two games for his new club.

However, winger David Neres is a doubt due to a muscle issue.

Man City vs Napoli predicted lineups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Lewis, Ruben Dias, Ake, Gvardiol; Rodri; Bernardo Silva, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland

Napoli (4-1-4-1): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Beukema, Buongiorno, Spinazzola; Lobotka; Politano, Anguissa, De Bruyne, McTominay; Hojlund