Victor Osimhen is set to lead Napoli’s attack against Venezia whilst Gianluca Scamacca looks to drive Sassuolo home with a win over Sampdoria.
The match between the Azzurri and the Arancioneroverdi will kick off at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo at 14.00 UK time, the same time that Sampdoria host Sassuolo in the Ligurian capital.
Sofian Kiyine and Antonio Junior Vacca are both absent for Venezia today with injuries, leaving coach Paolo Zanetti with an almost-full strength squad.
Luciano Spalletti has almost all his options available for today’s match, although Hirving Lozano and Axel Tuanzebe are both sidelined due to injuries, and Kalidou Koulibaly is away on international duty, playing in the Africa Cup of Nations final this evening.
Maya Yoshida, Mikkel Damsgaard and Fabio Quagliarella are all out of Sampdoria’s match against Sassuolo today with injuries, and Albin Ekdal is suspended after picking up a second yellow card in the match against Spezia.
Sassuolo will be without Rogério for today’s match, as the Brazilian is out after picking up five yellow cards. Filip Djuricic and Pedro Obiang are also unavailable with injuries.
Probable line-ups
Venezia vs. Napoli:
Venezia (4-3-3): Lezzerini; Haps, Ceccaroni, Caldara, Ebuehi; Buio, Ampadu, Cuisance; Nani, Henry, Aramu.
Napoli (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mario Rui; Lobotka, Ruiz; Elmas, Zielinski, Insigne; Osimhen.
Sampdoria vs. Sassuolo:
Sampdoria (4-2-3-1): Audero; Augello, Colley, Magnani, Bereszynski; Thorsby, Rincon; Gabbiadini, Sensi, Candreva; Caputo.
Sassuolo (4-3-2-1): Consigli; Toljan, Chiriches, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Frattesi, Lopez, Harroui; Berardi, Raspadori; Scamacca.