Napoli are practically forced to give Natan his Serie A debut amid a defensive injury crisis, while Giacomo Raspadori joins Victor Osimhen and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia against Bologna.
It kicks off at the Stadio Dall’Ara at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).
Rudi Garcia has had a shaky start to life at Napoli, managing one point from the last two domestic fixtures, then squeezing a 2-1 Champions League victory away to SC Braga thanks to an own goal.
Amir Rrahmani limped off during that game with a muscular injury and Juan Jesus suffered a similar problem in training yesterday, so summer signing Natan gets his Serie A debut, having played just a couple of minutes in Europe.
The rest of the team is relatively unchanged, but Giacomo Raspadori joins Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia upfront.
Bologna welcome Alexis Saelemaekers back to the bench, but Adama Soumaoro is out until next year with a knee tendon injury.
Jesper Karlsson is again preferred to Riccardo Orsolini in support of Joshua Zirkzee.
Bologna: Skorupski; Posch, Beukema, Lucumì, Kristiansen; Ferguson, Aebischer, Freuler; Ndoye, Zirkzee Karlsson
Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Ostigard, Natan, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Raspadori, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia
Player statistic
| 6' |  |
Mathías Olivera | ||
| Michel Aebischer | |
30' |
| 49' | |
Stanislav Lobotka | ||
| 53' | |
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | ||
| Dan Ndoye | |
55' | ||
| Lukasz Skorupski | |
72' | ||
| 72' |  |
Victor Osimhen | ||
| Remo Freuler | |
81' | ||
| 81' | |
Matteo Politano | ||
| 90+4' | |
Mário Rui |
Match statistic
