Napoli bring back Dries Mertens, but miss Kalidou Koulibaly and Diego Demme, while Genoa are desperate to climb out of the drop zone.

It kicks off at 18.30 UK time (17.30 GMT) at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, commonly known as Marassi.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s SIX Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

Napoli bring back Dries Mertens, but miss Kalidou Koulibaly and Diego Demme, while Genoa are desperate to climb out of the drop zone.

It kicks off at 18.30 UK time (17.30 GMT) at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, commonly known as Marassi.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s SIX Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

Gennaro Gattuso’s men have only stalled once since the lockdown was lifted, in their defeat to Atalanta, otherwise they’ve won the Coppa Italia, secured Europa League qualification and put together a run of victories.

Koulibaly and Demme are suspended this evening, so Kostas Manolas is partnered by Nikola Maksimovic in defence.

Mertens returns to replace Arkadiusz Milik, flanked by Matteo Politano and Lorenzo Insigne, while Stanislav Lobotka steps into the midfield.

Genoa are increasingly desperate, as Lecce’s shock 2-1 win over Lazio means they have now plunged into the bottom three.

Cristian Romero, Domenico Criscito and Ivan Radovanovic are all injured, so Edoardo Goldaniga and Cristian Zapata step into the defence.

Lasse Schone takes the midfield reins, while Andrea Pinamonti and Toni Sanabria lead the way, leaving Goran Pandev on the bench.

Genoa are certainly not going down without a fight, as they twice came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Brescia and Udinese in the last three rounds.

Napoli are unbeaten against Genoa in Serie A since January 2012, managing 10 wins and five draws, home and away.

Genoa: Perin; Goldaniga, Zapata, Masiello; Biraschi, Behrami, Schone, Cassata, Barreca; Pinamonti, Sanabria

Napoli: Meret; Hysaj, Manolas, Maksimovic, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Lobotka, Elmas; Politano, Mertens, Insigne

Ref: Mariani

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