Dries Mertens partners Fernando Llorente and Nikola Maksimovic passes a fitness test, as Napoli take on Mario Balotelli’s Brescia.
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Dries Mertens partners Fernando Llorente and Nikola Maksimovic passes a fitness test, as Napoli take on Mario Balotelli’s Brescia.
It kicks off at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT).
You can follow all the action as it happens from today’s SIX Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
Carlo Ancelotti has to balance squad rotation ahead of a Champions League trip to Genk with the need to keep their Serie A campaign on track after a surprise 1-0 home defeat to Cagliari.
Kalidou Koulibaly begins his two-match Serie A ban after a red card in that game for insulting the referee, while Maksimovic had been in doubt with a muscular issue, but is passed fit to start.
Mertens and Llorente form the new partnership upfront after the Spaniard bagged a brace in the 4-1 victory away to Lecce.
Alex Meret, Lorenzo Insigne, Hirving Lozano and Arkadiusz Milik are rested, with Piotr Zielinski moving out wide on the left.
Brescia continue to miss long-term absentees Ernesto Torregrossa, Emanuele Ndoj and Giangiacomo Magnani.
Balotelli had been dealing with a slight neck sprain, but is ready to start alongside Neapolitan Alfredo Donnarumma.
Nicolas Spalek is the trequartista, with Romulo rested after an exhausting midweek display against Juventus.
Napoli: Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Maksimovic, Ghoulam; Callejon, Allan, Fabian, Zielinski; Mertens, Llorente
Napoli bench: Meret, Karnezis, Malcuit, Mario Rui, Lozano, Elmas, Luperto, Hysaj, Insigne, Younes, Gaetano, Milik
Brescia: Joronen; Sabelli, Cistana, Chancellor, Martella; Bisoli, Tonali, Dessena; Spalek; Balotelli, A Donnarumma
Brescia bench: Alfonso, Mateju, Gastaldello, Zmrhal, Aye, Matri, Morosini, Romulo
Ref: Manganiello