Napoli look to Manolo Gabbiadini, Piotr Zielinski and Lorenzo Insigne for tonight’s Serie A encounter with Bologna and could go top of the table.

It kicks off at the Stadio San Paolo at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action on our LIVEBLOG.

The Partenopei started with a 2-2 draw at Pescara, but have been on the up ever since, building momentum by beating Milan, Pescara and Dynamo Kiev.

Napoli look to Manolo Gabbiadini, Piotr Zielinski and Lorenzo Insigne for tonight’s Serie A encounter with Bologna and could go top of the table.

It kicks off at the Stadio San Paolo at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action on our LIVEBLOG.

The Partenopei started with a 2-2 draw at Pescara, but have been on the up ever since, building momentum by beating Milan, Pescara and Dynamo Kiev.

Arkadiusz Milik bagged a brace of headers in the Champions League midweek, but he is rested in favour of ex-Bologna forward Gabbiadini.

Insigne gets the nod rather than Dries Mertens and Zielinski pulls the midfield strings with Jorginho.

Amadou Diawara is on the bench and eager to make his Napoli debut against Bologna, the club he left this summer after a bitter transfer tug-of-war.

Bologna don’t travel well and lost this fixture 6-0 last season.

Their last away game ended 5-1 at Torino, not to mention the Rossoblu are without Antonio Mirante, Alfred Gomis, Umar Sadiq, Federico Viviani and striker Mattia Destro.

Federico Di Francesco, the son of Sassuolo Coach Eusebio, found the net with his debut Serie A goal last week and gets his first start in the trident with Simone Verdi and Krejci.

Blerim Dzemaili returns to the Stadio San Paolo to face his former club.

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Strinic; Zielinski, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Gabbiadini, Insigne

Bologna: Da Costa; Krafth, Gastaldello, Oikonomou, Torosidis; Dzemaili, Nagy, Taider; Di Francesco, Verdi, Krejci

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