Napoli finished nine points off the top and in doing so also topped this weekend’s opponents who could only finish in third six points behind Napoli.
Both clubs invested well over the summer with some marquee signings being made in both camps. For Milan the return of Kaka was great news for all involved in the club but a nice bit of business was done with Alessandro Matri for a little over £9.5m from Juventus who will be pushing for a place with the likes of Balotelli and Pazzini to compete with.
As well as signing such key players Napoli also managed to keep hold of their star man Marek Hamsik. Hamsik would cost more than 100m Euros according to his former president at Brescia. The Slovakian was sold by the club for 5.5m Euros in 2007 and Gino Corini now claims he is worth nearly twenty times that and also went on to say Hamsik is a "player who could win the golden ball" and "it's probable he will win it soon".
The 26 year old has bagged 65 goals in 221 league games during his stay at Stadio San Paulo. If Napoli are to win this one I am sure he will have a major role to play in seeing his side to victory. One way of doing so would be provide for his new team mate Higuaín who has started his career in Naples impressively bagging twice in their opening three fixtures for the club.
Milan's opposite number to Hamsik, Kaka is set to be out for a month with a thigh injury.
We should be in for a very tight game with Napoli looking to maintain their 100% start and Milan to improve on what’s been a bit of a hit and miss start to this seasons campaign. Milan always have potential to give any team a hard time throughout but with a few injuries already to key men such as Kaka, Riccardo Montolivo, Stephan El Shaarawy, Giampaolo Pazzini and Ignazio Abate who all missed the game against Celtic. Unless the majority of these boys get back to fitness in time for Sunday's game its likely to be a little bit more testing for the Italian giants to handle although they are still odds on with a few bookmakers.
As far as head to head goes between the two clubs there's very little to choose from with three of the last six meetings being all draws, Milan winning two and Napoli with only one victory between the two sides which doesn't give much help to the neutral if you’re looking to bet on a winner based the history in the fixture. What may be worth paying particular attention to is the current squad's available for both team with currently very few issues for Benitez's men and the opposite for the home team with numerous players currently on the injured list. This should be a cracker so make sure you tune in for this one. Especially after decent results for both sides mid week they will both be looking to continue that in the league.
AC Milan vs Napoli Betting Tips
Napoli to score first and last 2/1
Mario Balotelli to score 2 or more 8/1
HT draw FT Napoli 5-1
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