UEFA Europa League
Napoli vs Leicester City
01:45 Beijing time on December 10
Beijing time on December 10, 1:45 a.m., this season's Europa League will usher in the final battle of the group stage, Serie A powerhouse Napoli sits at home to meet the Premier League team Leicester City, because the two teams currently have only 1 point difference in the standings, so this game for both sides can be described as a life and death battle for both sides.
Napoli lost 2-3 at home to Atalanta in the league last weekend, they fell to the 3rd place in Serie A after suffering two rounds of winlessness, the team's state can be described as unsatisfactory, in addition, Napoli lost 1-2 to Sparta Moscow in the away game of the Europa League in the last round of the Europa League, the team fell to 3rd in the table, lost the initiative to qualify for the group, and even if it is finally ranked 3rd, the team will fall into the UEFA league field, which is obviously a situation that Napoli does not want to see.
After a wild start to the season, Napoli has won only one of its last six games, and the team's backline has fallen significantly from before, with the long absence of top scorer Osmayne having a huge impact on Napoli's attacking line.
Leicester City lost 1-2 away to Aston Villa in the last round of the league, Rodgers had reservations in the platoon of this game, the team's top scorer Vardy was not replaced until the 65th minute of the second half of the game, Rodgers wanted to stay in this Europa League group stage Intention is quite obvious, although Leicester City is currently only 11th in the Premier League, but the team has won 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the Europa League group stage, temporarily at the top of the list.
Due to the reform of the europa league group qualification method this season, only the top place in each group can ensure a direct promotion to the Europa League round of 16, the group second place team needs to play a two-legged play-off with the champions league group third, and the third team in the Europa League group will move to the Europa League and the second group of the tournament for a play-off, so in the case of avoiding too many teams to play, Leicester City can be described as full of war, and this game is optimistic about the Blue Fox's recent victory over Napoli, which has been in poor form recently.