Napoli look to Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon for their Champions League play-off with Nice, who start Alassane Plea in attack.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

The Partenopei have a full squad at their disposal and hope to do better than the last time they tried to enter the tournament via this stage, falling to Athletic Bilbao.

Napoli look to Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon for their Champions League play-off with Nice, who start Alassane Plea in attack.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action as it happens on the LIVEBLOG.

The Partenopei have a full squad at their disposal and hope to do better than the last time they tried to enter the tournament via this stage, falling to Athletic Bilbao.

Maurizio Sarri goes with his strongest XI, which means Mertens, Insigne and Callejon leading the line, Arkadiusz Milik on the bench.

Marek Hamsik is joined in midfield by Allan and Jorginho, while Faouzi Ghoulam starts at left-back.

Nice are without injured Mario Balotelli, Bassem Srarfi and Wesley Sneijder, though the latter hasn’t actually made his debut for the club since arriving as a free agent from Galatasaray last week.

Coach Lucien Favre said he would either stick with the usual 4-2-3-1 system or add in an extra midfielder to counter the infamous Napoli attack.

He does seem to have gone very defensive with Plea the only real striker.

Jean Seri and former Bayern Munich defender Dante are the real star names in the side, but Nice have had a rough start to this season.

Allan Saint-Maximin and Pierre Lees-Melou can provide dangerous pace down the flanks.

They lost both Ligue 1 openers, yet eliminated Europa League finalists Ajax in the preliminary Champions League round.

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne

Napoli bench: Sepe, Maggio, Chiriches, Zielinski, Diawara, Rog, Milik

Nice: Cardinale; Jallet, Souquet, Dante, Le Marchand, Sarr; Lees-Melou, Seri, Koziello, Saint-Maximin; Plea

Nice bench: Benitez, Burner, Boscagli, Walter, Marcel, Makengo, Mahou

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