Napoli need to turn their season around after three consecutive defeats and start Amadou Diawara in Crotone’s first real Serie A home game.
It kicks off at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT), follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A matches on the LIVEBLOG.
The Partenopei are in freefall after losing their last three games between Serie A and the Champions League.
Napoli need to turn their season around after three consecutive defeats and start Amadou Diawara in Crotone’s first real Serie A home game.
It kicks off at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT), follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A matches on the LIVEBLOG.
The Partenopei are in freefall after losing their last three games between Serie A and the Champions League.
Arkadiusz Milik’s injury has proved devastating, as so far Manolo Gabbiadini struggled to fill the centre-forward role and a 3-2 defeat to Besiktas on Wednesday again highlighted huge problems in defence.
Raul Albiol is still out injured, so Nikola Maksimovic steps in to the back four, while Dries Mertens is preferred to Lorenzo Insigne after a penalty miss in midweek.
Amadou Diawara was poached from Bologna over the summer after weeks of negotiations and he gets his first start in the Napoli jersey.
Crotone finally get to play at the Stadio Scida in Serie A for the first time, as restructuring work to bring the arena up to code took longer than expected.
It’s a huge occasion for the tiny city in Calabria and their fans are out in force.
There’s a full squad for Davide Nicola to choose from, having come so close to surprising Sassuolo last week, beaten only by two very late goals.
Diego Falcinelli and Raffaele Palladino lead the attack, but it is a very special game for native Neapolitan and huge Partenopei supporter Aniello Salzano.
These sides have met four times in Serie B, Napoli earning two wins, a draw and a 2-1 defeat at the Scida in March 2007.
Crotone: Cordaz; Rosi, Claiton Dos Santos, Ferrari, Martella; Capezzi, Salzano, Crisetig; Tonev, Falcinelli, Palladino
Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Strinic; Allan, Diawara, Hamsik; Callejon, Gabbiadini, Mertens