Napoli aim to keep up the pressure on the top spots with Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne and Piotr Zielinski against Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, you can follow the build-up and action as it happens from all SIX Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Partenopei are celebrating their qualification to the Europa League Round of 32 after Thursday’s 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad.

Napoli aim to keep up the pressure on the top spots with Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne and Piotr Zielinski against Fabio Quagliarella’s Sampdoria.

It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, you can follow the build-up and action as it happens from all SIX Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.

The Partenopei are celebrating their qualification to the Europa League Round of 32 after Thursday’s 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad.

Victor Osimhen is still out with a dislocated shoulder, so Mertens again starts with support from Insigne, Zielinski and this time Matteo Politano rather than Chucky Lozano.

Diego Demme comes in for Tiemoue Bakayoko alongside Fabian Ruiz.

Sampdoria have struggled lately in Serie A, with just two points from the last five rounds, and are dealing with some injury concerns too.

Bartosz Bereszynski and Keita Balde Diao didn’t make the trip, while Lorenzo Tonelli and Manolo Gabbiadini are carrying knocks too.

Quagliarella is therefore partnered by Valerio Verre with Albin Ekdal returning in midfield.

Yesterday, coach Claudio Ranieri and native Neapolitan striker Quagliarella visited the Diego Maradona mural in the Spanish Quarter of the city.

This will be the first Serie A match played here since the Stadio San Paolo was renamed the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Fabian Ruiz, Demme; Politano, Zielinski, L Insigne; Mertens

Sampdoria: Audero; Ferrari, Yoshida, Colley, Augello; Candreva, Thorsby, Ekdal, Jankto; Verre, Quagliarella

Ref: La Penna

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