Napoli need to keep up with the leaders, but visit an Atalanta side with one of the best home records in Serie A.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the action as it happens from all nine games on our LIVEBLOG.

Maurizio Sarri’s men were pegged back 0-0 by Roma last week and fell four points behind Inter.

Napoli need to keep up with the leaders, but visit an Atalanta side with one of the best home records in Serie A.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the action as it happens from all nine games on our LIVEBLOG.

Maurizio Sarri’s men were pegged back 0-0 by Roma last week and fell four points behind Inter.

The Partenopei want to end 2015 on a high, but Atalanta have won five out of seven home games this season and lost only once at the Stadio Azzurri d’Italia, conceding just four goals.

Napoli have a famously poor record here, winning seven times, drawing 18 and losing 19 in the top flight.

Home and away, they haven’t beaten Atalanta in the last three encounters, while the most recent victory in Bergamo was back in January 2010.

Sarri has a full squad to choose from and sticks with his favoured XI, including Gonzalo Higuain, Lorenzo Insigne, Jose Callejon and Marek Hamsik.

Atalanta have Nicolò Cherubin and Jasmin Kurtic suspended, plus Mauricio Pinilla, Andrea Conti, Boukary Drame and Carlos Carmona injured.

Former Napoli striker German Denis therefore leads the trident attack with Maxi Moralez and Alejandro Gomez, while Luca Cigarini also faces his old club.

A big loss is Marco Sportiello in goal with a last-minute fitness problem.

Atalanta: Bassi; Bellini, Stendardo, Paletta, Brivio; Grassi, De Roon, Cigarini; Maxi Moralez, Denis, Gomez

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Higuain, Insigne

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