Napoli have a must-win visit to Torino if they are top recapture second place from Roma, so Gonzalo Higuain leads the way.

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

Roma crushed Chievo 3-0 today, so the pressure is all on Maurizio Sarri’s men to get that victory going into the final round.

Napoli have a must-win visit to Torino if they are top recapture second place from Roma, so Gonzalo Higuain leads the way.

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

Roma crushed Chievo 3-0 today, so the pressure is all on Maurizio Sarri’s men to get that victory going into the final round.

Sarri has a full squad to choose from at the Stadio Grande Torino, so picks Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon in support of runaway Capocannoniere Higuain.

Marek Hamsik is in midfield with Allan and Jorginho.

Torino are fresh from a spectacular 5-1 demolition job on Udinese, so confidence is sky high.

It’s above all a good period for Andrea Belotti, who has scored in six of his last nine Serie A appearances, allowing him to make a late push for Euro 2016 inclusion.

Ciro Immobile is a native Neapolitan and finally ready to make his comeback after a lengthy injury lay-off, as he hasn’t played since suffering a thigh strain against Juventus on March 20.

He starts from the bench, though, as Josef Martinez retains his place.

Giampiero Ventura said he wanted to test some new faces in these final rounds, so captain Kamil Glik is rested in favour of Pontus Jansson.

It’s a tricky fixture for Napoli, who lost here 1-0 last season.

There was an epic 5-3 victory for the Partenopei in March 2013, but this game hasn’t been a draw since a 0-0 in 1995, followed by four home wins and three away between Serie A and B.

Higuain has scored 32 goals in 33 Serie A games, so is only three away from Gunnar Nordahl’s 35 goals in 37 appearances for Milan in 1949-50, the record for a 20-team Serie A.

In Serie A history only two strikers were more prolific in a single campaign, as Antonio Valentin Angelillo got 33 for Inter in 1958-59, while Milan’s Nordahl managed 35 in 1949-50 and 34 in 1950-51.

This morning the Napoli squad made a pilgrimage to the Superga basilica, where Il Grande Torino team was killed in a plane crash in May 1949.

Torino: Padelli; Bovo, Jansson, Silva; Zappacosta, Benassi, Vives, Acquah, Peres; Martinez, Belotti

Torino bench: Ichazo, Castellazzi, Molinaro, Obi, Farnerud, Immobile, Maxi Lopez, Gazzi, Baselli, Maksimovic, Moretti, Glik

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Higuain, Insigne

Napoli bench: Gabriel, Rafael, Strinic, Valdifiori, Maggio, Mertens, Regini, David Lopez, Chiriches, Gabbiadini, El Kaddouri, Grassi

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