Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri is not expected to make line-up changes for a Supercoppa Final against Inter, while Stefan de Vrij could replace Alessandro Bastoni in the Nerazzurri XI.

It kicks off at 19:00 GMT at the Al-Awwal Park Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Both Napoli and Inter qualified for the Final by winning 3-0 in the semis. The Partenopei, the defending Serie A champions, beat Coppa Italia Finalists Fiorentina on Thursday, while Coppa winners Inter defeated league runners-up Lazio.

Mazzarri is expected to stick to a three-man defence with Pasquale Mazzocchi on the right flank and captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo in a three-man backline.

New signings Hamed Junior Traoré and Cyril Ngonge have trained with the team, but only the ex-Hellas Verona star is expected to be available.

De Vrij is expected to replace Bastoni in Inter’s XI as the Italian defender isn’t fully fit. Matteo Darmian is favourite over Denzel Dumfries as a right-wing-back.

Only Juan Cuadrado is unavailable for the Nerazzurri, winners of the last two editions of the Coppa Italia, while Napoli are without Victor Osimhen and André Zambo Anguissa who are on AFCON international duty, plus the injured Alex Meret, Matias Olivera, Natan and Diego Demme.

Napoli-Inter, probable line-ups

Napoli (3-4-3): Gollini; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus; Mazzocchi, Lobotka, Cajuste, Mario Rui; Politano, Simeone, Kvaratskhelia.

Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Pavard, De Vrij, Acerbi; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Thuram.

 

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