REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Victor Osimhen of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team's third goal with teammate Matteo Politano during the Serie A TIM match between US Sassuolo and SSC Napoli at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on February 28, 2024 in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Victor Osimhen of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team's third goal with teammate Matteo Politano during the Serie A TIM match between US Sassuolo and SSC Napoli at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on February 28, 2024 in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Victor Osimhen and Matteo Politano will start in the Napoli attack against Monza who must cope without the suspended Matteo Pessina.

It kicks off at 14:00 UK time (GMT+1) at the U-Power Stadium in Monza.

The hosts have several players out of action. Pessina is suspended, while Caprari, Bettella, D’Ambrosio and Machin are injured.

Raffaele Palladino will confirm a 4-2-3-1 formation with Bondo and Roberto Gagliardini in central midfield and Valentin Carboni favourite over Daniel Maldini for the attacking midfielder role. Milan Djuric is expected to start up front.

Napoli will look to their star-attacking trio Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia and Politano. Mathias Olivera is likely to start as a left-back, leaving Mario Rui initially on the bench.

Only Jesper Lindstrom is unavailable for the Partenopei, who haven’t won any of the last three league matches.

The defending Serie A champions currently sit eighth in the table, but a win will allow them to overtake Lazio in seventh, moving into a Conference League spot.

Monza vs. Napoli – probable line-ups

Monza (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Birindelli, Izzo, Pablo Mari, A. Carboni; Bondo, Gagliardini; Colpani, V. Carboni, Dany Mota; Djuric.

Napoli (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.

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