Lazio welcome Napoli tonight in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final, as Gonzalo Higuain takes on Felipe Anderson.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 19.45 GMT, while JuventusFiorentina is on Thursday.

These clubs have won the last three editions of the trophy between them, Napoli securing two, so it is arguably a fight between favourites.

Lazio have a lengthy injury list including Stefano Mauri, Federico Marchetti, Senad Lulic, Lorik Cana, Abdoulay Konko, Michael Ciani, Bruno Pereirinha and Filip Djordjevic.

Lazio welcome Napoli tonight in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final, as Gonzalo Higuain takes on Felipe Anderson.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 19.45 GMT, while Juventus-Fiorentina is on Thursday.

These clubs have won the last three editions of the trophy between them, Napoli securing two, so it is arguably a fight between favourites.

Lazio have a lengthy injury list including Stefano Mauri, Federico Marchetti, Senad Lulic, Lorik Cana, Abdoulay Konko, Michael Ciani, Bruno Pereirinha and Filip Djordjevic.

Felipe Anderson rediscovered his scoring touch in a 3-0 hammering of Sassuolo on Sunday after his injury lay-off.

He’s partnered in the 4-3-3 system by Miroslav Klose and Antonio Candreva, while youth team player Danilo Cataldi again starts.

Napoli lost to Palermo and Torino in recent weeks, seeing them fall four points behind Roma in the hunt for second place.

Walter Gargano, Cristian Maggio, Lorenzo Insigne, Juan Camilo Zuniga and Michu are all unavailable for Rafa Benitez.

He was criticised for benching Manolo Gabbiadini against Toro at the weekend, so starts him tonight with Jonathan de Guzman and Dries Mertens supporting Gonzalo Higuain.

Lazio: Berisha; Basta, De Vrij, Mauricio, Radu; Cataldi, Biglia, Parolo; Candreva, Klose, Felipe Anderson

Lazio bench: Marchetti, Strakosha, Novaretti, Braafheid, Cavanda, Ederson, Ledesma, Onazi, Oikonomidis, Keita, Perea

Napoli: Andujar; Mesto, Albiol, Britos, Ghoulam; Inler, David Lopez; Mertens, De Guzman, Gabbiadini; Higuain

Napoli bench: Rafael, Colombo, Koulibaly, Strinic, Jorginho, Callejon, Hamsik, Duvan Zapata

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