Serie A Week 1: Preview Napoli vs Venezia, Sunday 22 August 2021

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👉 Here is Napoli vs Venezia preview for the Serie A Week 1 game on Sunday 22 August 2021 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy at 20:45.

Napoli will host newly-promoted Venezia in their first game of the 2021/22 Serie A season.  Venezia returning to the Serie A after a 19-year absence. Napoli looking for redemption after failing to qualify for the UEFA Champions League football ending in the 5th position with 77 points just one point below Juventus in the 4th position with 78 points.    The first action for the revival was sacking Coach Gennaro Gattuso replacing him with Coach Luciano Spalletti.

Napoli  looking for the perfect start, having  the unbeaten record in season openers since 2015  with 4 wins and 1 draw.

Napoli with a boost after defeating in the preparation games defeating 3-0  German Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich  and a 4-0 drubbing of Serie B side Pescara in the very last test at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.  The hope in the attack is for Victor Osimhen and Lorenzo Insigne who were both on target on Saturday against Pescara.  Insigne rumors of leaving the team not disappearing.  For the moment, Insigne is the hope for the Partenopei.

Napoli vs Venezia Head-to-head.   These two teams last locked horns in the 2003/04 Serie B season.  For Venezia, a draw or a victory will represent a super boost.  This will be their fifth head to head encounter and Napoli are still searching for their maiden victory over Venezia.  Three of the last four games ended in draws.

Venezia Coach Paolo Zanetti gave a joy to the fans when on the 27  May 2021  guided Venezia back to Serie A winning  2-1 aggregate in the promotion play-off defeating Cittadella.    Question is whether Zanettti had enough time to prepare the team to battle in Serie A.  Surely, this will be his main test.   Venezia reinforcing signing  Mattia Caldara from AC Milan.   Venezia looking to avoid the terrible start of their last Serie A in 2001/02 losing seven of their opening eight away fixtures (D1).

Napoli Coach Luciano Spalletti.   Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli

👉 Here are Napoli vs Venezia probable lineups:

NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Elmas, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Insigne.

Subs: Ospina, Marfella, Rrahmani, Malcuit, Juan Jesus, Zanoli, Fabian Ruiz, Palmiero, Machach, Lozano, Ounas, Petagna.

Unavailable: Demme, Ghoulam e Mertens.

No suspended players.

Coach: Luciano Spalletti.

VENEZIA (4-3-3): Maenpaa; Ebuhei, Caldara, Ceccaroni, Schnegg; Crnigoj, Peretz, Heymans; Sigurdsson, Forte, Johnsen.

Subs: Bertinato, Svoboda, Molinaro, Tessmann, Dezi, Fiordilino, Karlsson, Busio, Bjarkason, Galazzi, Di Mariano, Okereke.

Unavailable: Ala-Myllymaki, Lezzerini.

Suspended players: Aramu, Mazzocchi, Modolo, Vacca.

Coach: Zanetti.

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2021 – 2022 Italian Serie A Week 1

Napoli – Venezia
Sunday 22 August 2021
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Napoli, Italy

20:45

Referee: AURELIANO
Assistants: IMPERIALE – BERCIGLI
Fourth Official: COSSO
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: PERETTI