Luciano Spalletti should not rotate much in tonight’s away match against Sassuolo, who will look to Gregoire Defrel and Armand Lauriente in attack.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time.

The Neroverdi are unbeaten in the last four Serie A games but have only won two matches from 19 against Napoli in Serie A, including one at the Mapei Stadium in 2015.

They are without Jeremy Toljan and Mert Muldur. Domenico Berardi may also be out after suffering an injury against Udinese last week, but Alessio Dionisi has refused to rule out the Italian will be available.

Gregoire Defrel is expected to start in attack but could play as a left winger if the Neroverdi boss picks Andrea Pinamonti instead of Nedim Bajrami to replace Berardi. Riccardo Marchizza is favourite over Rogerio in the left-back position.

Napoli must cope without the injured Giacomo Raspadori who will be back after the break in March.

Mathias Olivera should replace Mario Rui, while Matteo Politano is favourite to start on the right and Piotr Zielinski should start over Eljif Elmas in the middle of the park.

Kvaratskhelia could become the first player to register 10 goals and 10 assists in his debut season in one of the top European leagues since Diego with Werder in 2006-07.

Sassuolo-Napoli: probable line-ups

Sassuolo (4-3-3): Consigli; Zortea, Erlic, Ruan, Marchizza; Frattesi, Obiang, Henrique; Bajrami, Defrel, Lauriente.

Napoli (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Kim, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.

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