It’s a fascinating Campania Derby between bottom of the table Benevento and Serie A leaders Napoli, who must win to retain top spot.
It kicks off at the Stadio Vigorito at 19.45 GMT, follow the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.
This can barely be considered a local rivalry, as they have so rarely crossed paths before.
It’s a fascinating Campania Derby between bottom of the table Benevento and Serie A leaders Napoli, who must win to retain top spot.
It kicks off at the Stadio Vigorito at 19.45 GMT, follow the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.
This can barely be considered a local rivalry, as they have so rarely crossed paths before.
Benevento had never even been in Serie B until last season, earning back-to-back promotions for their first ever top flight run.
Le Streghe are propping up the table after two wins, a draw against Milan and 19 defeats.
They’ve been very active in the January transfer market and have surprise new signing Bacary Sagna in the stands this evening.
Coach Roberto De Zerbi also brought in the likes of Cristian Puggioni, Jean-Claude Billong, Guilherme, Achraf Lazaar and former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Sandro.
Captain Fabio Lucioni sits out a nine-month ban after failing a doping test.
Napoli are at the opposite extreme to neighbours Benevento, top of the Serie A table, or at least they were until Juventus crushed Sassuolo 7-0 this afternoon.
The pressure is therefore on to keep up the Scudetto pace with the usual suspects Dries Mertens, Jose Callejon, Lorenzo Insigne and Marek Hamsik.
Adam Ounas is out with flu symptoms, while Arkadiusz Milik and Faouzi Ghoulam are still recovering from knee surgery.
Benevento have faced Napoli only three times and were flattened 6-0 at the San Paolo back in September.
The other meetings were both in the 2004-05 Serie C1 campaign, the Partenopei winning 2-0 home and away.
Benevento: Puggioni; Venuti, Djimsiti, Costa, Letizia; Cataldi, Sandro, Djuricic; Brignola, Guilherme, D’Alessandro
Benevento bench: Brignoli, Del Pinto, Coda, Viola, Tosca, Gyamfi, Memushaj, Diabate, Parigini, Billong, Iemmello, Lombardi.
Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Koulibaly, Albiol, Mario Rui; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne
Napoli bench: Rafael, Sepe, Maggio, Zielinski, Chiriches, Machach, Rog, Diawara, Tonelli