Betting tips for RB Leipzig vs Napoli - 22.02.2018

After the 1-3 match of the first leg in San Paolo, the Red Bulls receive home at Naples with everything in their hands to achieve the qualification for the knockout stages of the Europa League 2017-18. RB Leipzig took second place in the Bundesliga after winning the matches against Borussia M'Gladbach and Augsburg. The Red Bulls added only 28 points in the 17 days of the first round, paying the effort to play for the first time in the Champions League. Eliminated by third in the competitive Group G, behind Besiktas and FC Porto, the team of Ralph Hasenhüttl hopes to repeat the year of last season, his debut in the Bundesliga.

With less than a decade of history, the team of the energy drinks company led the Bundesliga right up until the winter break, when Bayern Munich defeated them and regained a leadership that they did not abandon. The Red Bulls ended up defending the second position, which has put them in the group stage of the Champions League directly.

With a budget of more than 181 million euros, the German team keeps the promising Ralph Hasenhüttl at the head of the team. The former coach of Ingolstadt has 6 reinforcements of guarantees to empower the team, whose greatest success has been to keep most of its stars. Until now, only Rani Khedira, brother of the German international midfielder, who has left free to Augsburg; next to the Turkish Atinc Nukan, who is on loan to Besiktas; and center forward Davie Selke, sold to Hertha Berlin for 8 million euros, cause them to go down. In contrast, the team invested 37.5 million euros in the signings of French striker Jean-Kévin Augustin, great promise of PSG that has no place in the team of Emery; Portuguese winger Bruma, signed to Galatasaray in exchange for 12.5 million; the midfielder Konrad Laimer, who comes from the brother team RB Salzburg; the Young Boys' Swiss goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo; and free Sub-19 goalkeeper Philipp Köhn, coming from Stuttgart; and the French center of Sochaux Ibrahima Konaté.

RB Leipzig won in Naples by 1-3 but with the mind in this match, he ended up losing in Frankfurt last weekend.


The Napoli lead the Serie A with a point of advantage over Juventus, with 21 wins, 3 draws and one defeat in 25 games. The team from the south of Italy reacted very well after losing the lead at the hands of Vecchia Signora, adding 9 consecutive victories in the league. Maurizio Sarri remains at the helm of the Neapolitan team, who, with Milik's absence due to injury, has once again put himself in the hands of the hat-trick formed by Callejón, Insigne and Dries Mertens. With 372.5 million of budget, the partenopeos have invested almost 49 million in the signings of Nikola Maksimovic, Serbian central coming from the Torino; from the Algerian extreme Adam Ounas, coming from Bordeaux; and the definitive pass of Croatian midfielder Marko Rog, from Dinamo Zagreb. In the chapter of departures, they have left San Paolo midfielder Eddy Gnahoré, who signed for Palermo in exchange for 1.5 million; the midfielder Raffaele Maiello, for which the Frosinone pays 1.2 million; apart from right-back Daniele Celiento and midfielder Jonathan de Guzmán, who leave for free.

RB Leipzig vs Napoli   Prediction: X/1 4.50

RB Leipzig vs Napoli   Betting tip: Over 3.5 Goals @ 1.80

RB Leipzig vs Napoli Score recommendations: 3-1 10.00