Luciano Spalletti will field his ideal Napoli XI against Juventus tonight, while Federico Chiesa will start on the bench for the Old Lady at the Stadio Maradona.
It kicks off at 19.45 GMT.
It’s a match between the best attack and the best defence in the league. Table leaders Napoli have scored 39 goals so far, second-placed Juventus have conceded seven.
Full team available for Napoli. Piotr Zielinski returns to the starting XI, Mario Rui is favourite over Mathias Olivera. The Partenopei won the last three home games against Juventus, their record is four in a row, between 2007 and 2011.
Gleison Bremer is back for Juventus, but Leonardo Bonucci, Mattia De Sciglio, Juan Cuadrado, Paul Pogba and Dusan Vlahovic are still on the treatment table.
Angel Di Maria and former Napoli striker Arek Milik are expected to start up front with Chiesa initially relegated to a bench role. The Italy international was decisive in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Udinese, when he came off the bench, delivering the assist for Danilo.
Chiesa scored his last Serie A goal against Napoli, on January 6, 2022.
Juventus won the last eight Serie A games without conceding and are unbeaten in the last eight matches played against the table leaders.
The Stadio Maradona will be sold out with over 60,000 fans in the stands.
Napoli-Juventus: probable line-ups
Napoli (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
Juventus (3-5-2): Szczesny; Danilo, Bremer, Alex Sandro; McKennie, Fagioli, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Di Maria, Milik.