- 1 Naples – Udinese: Locking down second place for Conte’s final bow at the Maradona
- 2 Naples want to seal second place in style
- 3 Udinese are chasing a top-half finish
- 4 Expected line-ups
- 5 Football Prediction Naples vs Udinese
- 6 Before anything else, a word on our predictions
- 7 No commitment from us
- 8 Information that changes
- 9 Your responsibility
- 10 Responsible gambling first
- 11 Legal age
- 12 About the images
Naples – Udinese: Locking down second place for Conte’s final bow at the Maradona 
Time to draw the curtain on the 2025-2026 season in Italy, and this one has the feel of a celebration. Naples host Udinese with one job left: make second place official. Let’s not dress it up – the title has been gone to Milan for a while – but the home side will still want to go out in style in front of their own fans. Across the pitch, the visitors arrive with no pressure at all and a chance to land a statement win that would underline their progress as a team. A tidy clash of styles to close the campaign.
Naples want to seal second place in style 
It has been a chaotic season for Naples, with a wave of injuries hammering their title defence. Even so, Antonio Conte kept them on track and got the basics done with a comfortable Champions League place secured. They need just one point on Sunday to make second place behind Inter certain. Fresh from a clean, controlled win at Pisa last weekend, Naples look far calmer now.
There is also a layer of intrigue here, with Conte likely to say goodbye as summer exit talk grows louder by the day. The Italian coach will be desperate to give the Maradona crowd one last win after a season of backing from the stands. Naples’ home record against this opponent is superb too, with just one defeat in the last 19 meetings. With their main attacking players back in the mix, they should look to blow the door open early. For the senior men in the squad, the aim is simple: finish happy and lock down a sixth top-two finish in the last decade.
Udinese are chasing a top-half finish 
On the other side, Udinese head to Campania with relegation worries long gone. Kosta Runjaic has done a fine job steadying them in mid-table, a world away from the panic of previous seasons. They have enough quality to trouble the heavyweights, as shown by their surprise win in the first meeting. A victory on Sunday would even take them to the symbolic 50-point mark.
That said, Udinese have been highly unpredictable lately, as shown by the stumble against Cremonese. They travel aiming to complete a rare league double over the Naples giants, something the club hardly ever manages. Runjaic will want maximum focus from his back line to deal with the pace of the home attack. For Udinese’s players, sneaking into the top 10 on the final day would be a deserved reward for clear progress across the season. They’ll go for it without a hint of fear.
Expected line-ups
Naples : Milinkovic-Savic ; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno ; Politano, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola ; De Bruyne, Alisson ; Hojlund
Udinese : Okoye ; Kristensen, Kabasele, Solet ; Ehizibue, Atta, Karlstrom, Piotrowski, Zemura ; Gueye, Davis
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Football Prediction Naples vs Udinese
Naples to win
This final Serie A meeting between Naples and Udinese should, on paper, go the way of the home side. Udinese have had a respectable season under Runjaic and can still spring a surprise, but the gap in motivation and pure quality looks hard to ignore. Naples get their full attacking armoury back at just the right time and will want to give Conte a proper send-off in front of a lively Maradona crowd. Against a Friulian back line that has looked shaky away from home far too often, the hosts’ firepower should tell. Back Naples to finish the job and nail down second place.
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