Napoli are back to full strength to take on strugglers SPAL, as Dries Mertens and co try to set a new all-time club record.
It kicks off at the Stadio San Paolo at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Partenopei have won the last eight Serie A rounds, matching their best runs set in 2015-16 and earlier this season, so another success would set a new club record of nine.
Napoli are back to full strength to take on strugglers SPAL, as Dries Mertens and co try to set a new all-time club record.
It kicks off at the Stadio San Paolo at 14.00 GMT, follow the build-up and action from all today’s Serie A games on the LIVEBLOG.
The Partenopei have won the last eight Serie A rounds, matching their best runs set in 2015-16 and earlier this season, so another success would set a new club record of nine.
It’s a boost they need to keep Juventus behind and to shake off the ugly performance in a 3-1 Europa League home defeat to RB Leipzig on Thursday.
Maurizio Sarri complained about the attitude in that continental match, but it was obvious Napoli considered this tournament an inconvenience and fielded a second-string side.
Even the fans abandoned the Stadio San Paolo and have flooded back in to face lowly SPAL.
Raul Albiol returns from injury with the usual suspects, as Vlad Chiriches, Arkadiusz Milik and Faouzi Ghoulam are still on the treatment table.
SPAL have amassed only two points from seven games, conceding 15 goals in the last six, and look set for a slide right back into Serie B.
The club reiterated its faith in Coach Leonardo Semplici, who after all did get the Ferrara outfit into the top flight for the first time since the 1960s.
Federico Mattiello sits out a ban, with Thiago Cionek, Marco Borriello and Eros Schiavon injured, so the defence has to be revamped.
Jasmin Kurtic acts as support for striker Mirco Antenucci.
Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne
SPAL: Meret; Salamon, Vicari, Felipe; Lazzari, Viviani, Schiattarella, Grassi, Dramè; Kurtic; Antenucci