Sunday's Serie A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga predictions and free football tips

Best bets and predictions for Sunday's matches in Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga.

Best bets

Napoli to beat Roma
BT Sport, 7.45pm
1pt 29-20 bet365, Coral

Monaco draw no bet v Lille
BT Sport 2, 7.45pm
1pt Evs general

Union Berlin to beat Bochum
Sky Sports Football, 2.30pm
1pt 10-11 general

Sunday preview

When Napoli parted company with Lorenzo Insigne, Kalidou Koulibaly, Dries Mertens and Fabian Ruiz in the summer, cutting their wage bill by 30 per cent in the process, many anticipated a rapid decline from Luciano Spalletti's side.

What has unfolded in the early months of the Serie A season is quite the opposite.

With November fast approaching, Napoli remain unbeaten in Italy's top flight with eight wins and two draws from their ten matches, while they have already booked their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League with four wins from four matches.

They are averaging 4.25 goals per game in Europe's premier club competition this season and 2.5 goals per game in Serie A.

Their depth in the final third is scary - club record signing Victor Osimhen has returned to action but is no longer a nailed-on starter with Giacomo Raspadori, Matteo Politano, Hirving Lozano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia pushing for starting berths.

Pragmatic Roma are going well under Jose Mourinho but their attacking prowess is not on the same level as Napoli, who have beaten Milan, Lazio, Liverpool and Ajax in this campaign.

Roma are set to be without key forward Paulo Dybala and are worth opposing.

Only a couple of points separate Lille and Monaco but the principality club boast a superb away record in Ligue 1 this term.

Monaco have won four and drawn one of their five away games in the league, shipping only two goals in the process, and their reliable rearguard should stand them in good stead in this contest.

Lille are set to be without two key first-team regulars in defender Jose Fonte and midfielder Benjamin Andre - the pair are suspended due to yellow card accumulations - and Monaco are worth backing in the draw-no-bet market.

The rise of Union Berlin has been the story of the season in Germany so far and the capital club can ensure they are top of the Bundesliga at the end of the weekend with victory over strugglers Bochum.

Having kept five successive clean sheets in all competitions, Union battled bravely to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 last time out, chasing the ball for most of the contest but looking the less tired of the two teams at the final whistle.

They are incredibly physical and well drilled, possess one of the division's in-form forwards in Sheraldo Becker and should be too organised for Bochum, who are propping up the Bundesliga with eight defeats from ten games.

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