Napoli go into their final Serie A game needing one point to secure second place. They are 13 points behind Inter Milan, and a draw against Udinese would be enough to make the runners-up spot official after 37 league matches. The season has still delivered Napoli Champions League qualification and the Supercoppa Italiana, won by beating Bologna in December.

Napoli only need to finish the job

The table leaves little room for drama. Napoli are second on 73 points and their recent form has been mixed, with WLDWL across their last five league matches. That does not change the maths. One point against Udinese will be enough, and that is a decent way to close a stop-start league campaign.

Sports Mole's preview put it plainly: "We say: Napoli 1-0 Udinese." It is a reasonable call. Napoli have had enough consistency at home in this fixture to make a draw look more likely than a slip, and the broader head-to-head record backs that up.

Udinese still have something to chase

Udinese arrive with their own target. They are 10th on 50 points after 36 matches and can finish on 50 points for the first time since 2013. That would be a tidy marker for progress under Kosta Runjaic, even if this final game ends without a result.

Their preview is not built on hope alone. Sports Mole noted that "Under Runjaic, the Bianconeri can threaten any top team on their day, but another season of progress is set to end in defeat at Stadio Maradona." That feels fair enough. Napoli have won 12 and drawn two of their home league games against Udinese since 2011, and they have lost only once in the last 19 league meetings overall.

The expectation is still that Napoli complete the job. Udinese can make it uncomfortable, and they can still finish the season with a strong number beside their name, but the home side have the cleaner route to their target. If Napoli avoid defeat, second place is theirs; if Udinese do cause a problem, it would have to be enough to stop that from happening on the final day.

Written by Daniel Hartley with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 2 outlets. How we work →