Napoli have Kvicha Kvaratskhelia back with Victor Osimhen and Cyril Ngonge as they try to end their crisis against on-form Monza in this head-to-head for eighth place.
It kicks off at the U-Power Stadium at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).
The Partenopei face a real battle to even qualify for Europe after a run of one win and four draws in their last seven rounds.
The reaction to their 3-0 home defeat to Atalanta is so bad that the 3,000 Napoli fans making the trip to Monza have pledged to sit in silence in protest.
Kvaratskhelia returns after suffering a bruised thigh, but Jesper Lindstrom is out with a muscular issue.
Osimhen is hoping to end his drought after failing to find the net in his last three games.
Surprisingly, Ngonge is in the starting XI, having shaken off a knock, rather than Matteo Politano.
Remarkably, this is a head-to-head for eighth place, because Napoli are only three points ahead of Monza in the table.
Raffaele Palladino has been linked with the Napoli job for next season, as well as Fiorentina’s Vincenzo Italiano.
His Monza picked up 17 points in the last nine rounds, but were beaten 1-0 by Torino last time out when down to 10 men.
Matteo Pessina is suspended, with Danilo D’Ambrosio, Samuele Vignato and Gianluca Caprari injured.
Daniel Maldini and Valentin Carboni are only on the bench, as Andrea Colpani and Dany Mota Carvalho support centre-forward Milan Djuric.
Alessio Zerbin, on loan from Napoli, starts against his parent club.
Monza: Di Gregorio; Izzo, Pablo Mari, Caldirola; Birindelli, Gagliardini, Akpa Akpro, Zerbin; Colpani, Mota; Djuric
Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Ngonge, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia
Player statistic
| Milan Djuric (Assist: Alessio Zerbin) |
 |
9' | ||
| 41' |  |
Cyril Ngonge |
| Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro | |
46' | ||
| 55' | |
Victor Osimhen (Assist: Frank Anguissa) | ||
| 57' | |
Matteo Politano | ||
| 61' | |
Piotr Zielinski (Assist: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia) | ||
| Andrea Colpani (Assist: Samuele Birindelli) |
|
62' | ||
| 68' | |
Giacomo Raspadori | ||
| Giulio Donati | |
84' | ||
| Luca Caldirola | |
87' |
Match statistic
