Napoli give Germany international Amin Younes a rare start, as Fabian Ruiz is out with flu for today’s home match against Udinese.

It kicks off at 17.00 GMT, follow all the action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The news that Juventus lost their first Serie A game of the season, 2-0 at Genoa earlier today, meant the Scudetto race was still at least partially open.

Napoli give Germany international Amin Younes a rare start, as Fabian Ruiz is out with flu for today’s home match against Udinese.

It kicks off at 17.00 GMT, follow all the action as it happens from today’s six Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The news that Juventus lost their first Serie A game of the season, 2-0 at Genoa earlier today, meant the Scudetto race was still at least partially open.

A win here could at least close the 18-point gap to 15, although still a very long way off ambitions of catching the Bianconeri.

Lorenzo Insigne, Vlad Chiriches and Amadou Diawara all picked up muscular injuries during Thursday’s Europa League encounter with RB Salzburg.

With Raul Albiol a long-term absentee and Fabian Ruiz suffering from flu symptoms, Carlo Ancelotti has to make changes.

The biggest is Amin Younes on the left wing, with Piotr Zielinski moving to a more central midfield role.

Udinese desperately need points, as they are hovering just above the relegation zone, with Cagliari, Bologna and Genoa picking up important wins.

Nicolas Opoku is suspended, with Bram Nuytinck, Emmanuel Badu, Samir, Marco D’Alessandro, Antonin Barak and Lukasz Teodorczyk among many out injured.

The shortage prompted a radical change, as midfielder Rolando Mandragora – who is from Naples – is moved to centre-back.

Napoli: Ospina; Malcuit, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Callejon, Allan, Zielinski, Younes; Mertens, Milik

Napoli bench: Meret, Karnezis, Mario Rui, Luperto, Hysaj, Ounas, Gaetano, Verdi, Zedadka

Udinese: Musso; Troost-Ekong, Mandragora, Ter Avest; Stryger-Larsen, Fofana, Sandro, De Paul, Zeegelaar; Pussetto, Lasagna

Udinese bench: Perisan, Nicolas, Okaka, Ingelsson, Micin, Wilmot, Bocic, Vasko, Battistella, De Maio

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