Fabian doubt for Napoli

Fabian Ruiz is in doubt with flu symptoms, so injuries are piling up on Napoli as they host Udinese this evening.

It kicks off at 17.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.

Carlo Ancelotti’s squad is decimated after Thursday’s 3-1 Europa League defeat to RB Salzburg, a result that nonetheless allowed them to qualify for the quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate.

Fabian Ruiz is in doubt with flu symptoms, so injuries are piling up on Napoli as they host Udinese this evening.

It kicks off at 17.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.

Carlo Ancelotti’s squad is decimated after Thursday’s 3-1 Europa League defeat to RB Salzburg, a result that nonetheless allowed them to qualify for the quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate.

Lorenzo Insigne picked up a muscular problem in the warm-up and it’ll keep him out of action for three weeks.

Amadou Diawara and Vlad Chiriches also sustained injuries in Austria, joining Raul Albiol on the treatment table.

Fabian Ruiz is struggling with flu symptoms and could well be rested, in which case Piotr Zielinski could move to a more central role, bringing in Simone Verdi or Adam Ounas for the left flank.

There is such a shortage of midfield options that Ancelotti has called up 18-year-old Karim Zedadka from the Primavera youth team.

Napoli squad for Udinese: Meret, Ospina, Karnezis; Hysaj, Malcuit, Mario Rui, Ghoulam, Luperto, Maksimovic, Koulibaly; Fabian Ruiz, Allan, Zielinski, Zedadka; Verdi, Ounas, Gaetano, Mertens, Callejon, Younes, Milik