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Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Bet Builder Tips: A 2.50 Champions League Bet Builder Siding with Italy’s Form Side

Sam Ingram

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Bet Builder Tips: Tuesday, February, 21st

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli bet builder tips is the first Champions League thought on the agenda here at bettingexpert this week, as a head-turning Naples outfit readies a performance to topple their confident hosts.

In this article:

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Preview
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Stats & Facts
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Bet Builder

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Preview

Tuesday, February 21st, 20:00 (UK)

The outsiders, Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt, present as the opposite in a season where many of the leading lights in the Champions League find themselves in indifferent form heading into the knockout stages.

As a result, the Italians will likely automatically attract your attention as they head to Germany, given the continuous, rampant, wrecking-ball-like nature in which they’ve been navigating Italy’s most picturesque regions. The 18 wins in 19 league matches will do that to a prospective punter.

From the capital to the Lombardy region and beyond, Luciano Spaletti’s ensemble from Naples has shown no fear in chasing down the Scudetto. In Europe, it has been a similar imposing story. Scoring six (1-6) in Amsterdam and four (4-2) as Ajax visited Italy, in addition to a 4-1 scoreline against six-time European champions Liverpool and two 3-0 outings against Rangers – it was a near-perfect group stage.

So, there’s no wonder plenty fancy Napoli to lift the trophy in Istanbul if lady luck is on their side. However, they’ll need to overcome Eintracht Frankfurt first and foremost, a fixture that represents anything other than a free pass to the quarter-final.

Since Frankfurt’s 3-0 defeat to Spurs in the group stages, the Germans have lost just two matches (Dortmund and FC Koln) since early October. So, of course, they’re beatable, but this is a stubborn side with players capable of causing damage at the other end, similar to Napoli.

Let’s not forget that this is a Frankfurt team with lofty recent European pedigree. Winning the Europa League in Seville and being pit against Europe’s best as a reward, Die Adler enters the match-up on Tuesday with two confidence-building results to cap an impressive group stage showing.

The 2-1 score lines against Sporting and Marseille, two sides that would give most a run for their money this season, proved ultimately not quite good enough to keep up with the knockout-chasing Germans.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Stats & Facts

Randal Kolo Muani has scored six goals in Frankfurt’s previous seven games coming into the tie.
A Portuguese officiating team headed by Artur Dias will take control of Napoli’s visit to Germany.
This will be the third meeting of the two sides, with the most recent coming nearly thirty years ago in the UEFA Cup.
Victor Osimhen leads Serie A’s goalscoring charts with 18 goals in 19 appearances.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli Bet Bulider

So, where to start from a betting perspective? The magnetic-like draw to back Napoli after the consistency and lethality displayed all season long in Italy is hard to resist. However, in a two-legged tie where a draw is more than acceptable to take back to Naples, an away win is not the most nailed-down of selections. Yet, with the draw on side, perhaps the Double Chance market provides stable footing for a bet builder.

When the pressure was on to clinch a top-two spot in the last three group stage matches, Frankfurt were given four, three and four cards to see out Group D. The 14 brandished in their direction stands as the sixth-highest in the competition for those who have played six matches. Against a Napoli side that will ensure Frankfurt are without possession for large spells, we may end up seeing moments of frustration and tactical fouls on the counter to halt the flow of the game.

With Artur Dias in the middle, a referee who is no stranger to a card, we have an official willing to play the part if the circumstances allow. His 4.24 cards per90 sum is far from the 6.20 figure he deploys in Portugal. Still, it offers a level of assurance that cards may come eventually. With that in mind, the hosts to see more than one flashed in their direction will be added to the Double Chance pick.

To cap off the bet builder, let’s go with player shots. As you can see from the Stats and Facts section, Muani and Osimhen are in red-hot form. A purple patch in their careers that they’ll want to harness here on Tuesday night. Confidence is high, so expect both to conjure an opportunity to work the goalkeeper. Victor Osimhen to record Over 2.5 shots and Muani to hit one or more comes in at 1.95 – something that has the workings of a fairly decent bet builder itself.

Napoli’s main goal-getter has a 4.57 shots per90 average, which is number one in Serie A for attempts at goal. We may get lucky here if that can be channelled into an away Champions League night in Germany. With three shots, the proposed bet builder comes in at 3.50. If you’d rather play it a little safer, which we’ll opt for here, Osimhen Over 1.5 shots turns the builder into a somewhat safer 2.50 punt.