Gennaro Gattuso’s team is currently ranked 7th in the Italian championship table. They have 43 points scored in 23 matches. The Neapolitans won 13 matches, lost eight and only once were content with a draw. In terms of performance, Napoli is now the fifth team in Serie A. On the field of the Diego Armanda Maradona stadium, the guys of Gattuso scored 22 points in 11 meetings, having won 7 victories and played once in a draw and lost three times. In the last five matches in the Italian championship, the Neapolitans alternate defeats with victories. On January 24-th they lost 1:3 to Verona on the road, then on January 30-th they beat Parma with a score of 2:0 at home. This was followed by a 1:2 defeat in Genoa on February 6-th against Genoa, a home victory on February 13 over Juventus (1:0) and again another failure in an away match against Atalanta (2:4), dated February 21-st.
Real Madrid have won the Champions League four times over the past 10 years. It is interesting that in 4 more cases the creamy ones made it to the 1/2 final stage of the tournament. But the 2 previous draws did not work out for the “royal club”, which left the tournament already at the stage of 1/8 finals. The participation of “Real” in the current Champions League playoffs will be the 29th for the team from Madrid. This is a record among all European teams. In the Spanish championship Real have reduced the gap from Atletico to 3 points, but mattress players still have a game in hand. It should be noted that in the Champions League, Real Madrid was able to win their group, although they scored only 10 points in 6 meetings. More soccer analysis and predictions can be obtained from the link provided.