The 2025-26 Serie A season kicked off in Italy in August as Napoli began the marketing campaign to defend the 2024-25 title, after successful their fourth Scudetto ever on the final matchday of the season. Inter, Juventus and AC Milan will compete with the staff coached by Antonio Conte to win the Serie A title, whereas different groups equivalent to AS Roma, Atalanta, Lazio, Fiorentina, Bologna and Como are all in competition for a spot in subsequent season’s European tournaments.
This weekend’s Serie A slate options some enormous battles, highlighted by Inter visiting Napoli on Saturday:
This is what to know:
What is going on on at Napoli?
Antonio Conte’s Napoli are coming off of two disappointing defeats, first towards Torino in Serie A over the weekend after which dropping 6-2 to PSV on Tuesday in what was the bottom level because the Italian supervisor was appointed in the summertime 2024. After successful final season’s Scudetto, Napoli needed to deeply put money into the switch market to enhance the roster and introduced in gamers like former Manchester Metropolis star Kevin de Bruyne, Rasmus Hojlund from Manchester United and Noa Lang from PSV. Nonetheless, chatting with Sky Italy after the Champions League’s defeat, Conte identified what, in his opinion, the rationale of this sluggish begin to the season is.
“Final 12 months we received a unprecedented and unimaginable championship the place everybody pushed their limits with unity throughout the board. This 12 months, nevertheless, between taking part in so many video games and bringing in so many gamers in my view, 9 new gamers have been too many. We weren’t balanced. I’ve all the time stated this 12 months could be tough, there are some points that take time to soak up.”
The sport occurring on Saturday between Napoli and Inter, who in distinction to the struggling defending champions, are actually in nice kind after successful away towards AS Roma after which Union SG within the Cham, will most likely inform us rather more concerning the degree of the disaster of the Serie A champions. A win towards the Nerazzurri might shift the momentum within the quick time period, whereas one other defeat would solely heighten the strain on each the staff and Conte.
Methods to watch Napoli vs. Inter, odds
- Date: Saturday, Oct. 25 | Time: 12 p.m. ET
- Location: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona — Naples
- Dwell stream: Paramount+
- Odds: Napoli +203; Draw +213; Inter +140
Methods to watch Serie A Matchday 8
All instances U.S./Japanese
Friday, October 24
AC Milan 2, Pisa 2
Saturday, October 25
Parma vs. Como, 9 a.m. (Paramount+)
Udinese vs. Lecce, 9 a.m. (Paramount+)
Napoli vs. Inter, 12 p.m. (Paramount+)
Cremonese vs. Atalanta, 2:45 p.m. (Paramount+)
Sunday, October 26
Torino vs. Genoa, 6:30 a.m. (Paramount+)
Sassuolo vs. AS Roma, 9 a.m. (Paramount+)
Hellas Verona vs. Cagliari, 9 a.m. (Paramount+)
Fiorentina vs. Bologna, 12 p.m. (Paramount+)
Lazio vs. Juventus, 2:45 p.m. (Paramount+)
