The Serie A match at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Monday sees hosts Napoli take on opponents Empoli. Time to bring you the latest player updates and predicted line ups.
Napoli will play in this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Serie A tied result against Bologna. In our view, Partenopei look set to use the 4-3-3 formation featuring Simone Scuffet, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Amir Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mathias Olivera, Billy Gilmour, Stanislav Lobotka, Scott McTominay, Matteo Politano, Romelu Lukaku and David Neres.
Nikita Contini and Alessandro Buongiorno won’t be able to feature for Napoli gaffer Antonio Conte.
How Napoli might line up vs Empoli
In the game prior to this, Empoli drew 0-0 in the Serie A tie with Cagliari. There’s a good chance that Azzurri might make use of a 4-4-2 system, settling for Devis Vasquez, Saba Goglichidze, Luca Marianucci, Mattia Viti, E. Quartsin Gyasi, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Giuseppe Pezzella, Jacopo Fazzini, Liberato Cacace and Sebastiano Esposito.
Empoli boss Roberto D'Aversa has not got a full squad to pick from. Marco Silvestri (Broken finger), Nicolas Haas (Cruciate ligament injury), Christian Kouamé (Cruciate ligament tear), Ardian Ismajli (Hamstring muscle injury), Saba Sazonov (Cruciate ligament surgery), Tino Anjorin (Thigh problems), Pietro Pellegri (Cruciate ligament tear), Szymon Żurkowski (Knee problems) and Youssef Maleh (Collateral ligament injury) can’t be considered.
Probable Empoli team
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