Napoli move to a 3-4-3 formation with Hirving Lozano and Lorenzo Insigne upfront, while Atalanta have Cristian Romero back and start both Luis Muriel and Duvan Zapata.

The first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final kicks off at 19.45 GMT at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, with the decider in Bergamo on February 10.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens and give your views on the LIVEBLOG.

Napoli move to a 3-4-3 formation with Hirving Lozano and Lorenzo Insigne upfront, while Atalanta have Cristian Romero back and start both Luis Muriel and Duvan Zapata.

The first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final kicks off at 19.45 GMT at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, with the decider in Bergamo on February 10.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens and give your views on the LIVEBLOG.

Napoli won the trophy last season, beating Juventus on penalties in the Final, and are defending their crown amid an injury crisis with pressure piling up on coach Gennaro Gattuso.

Dries Mertens and Fabian Ruiz are still out of action, with Andrea Petagna not at 100 per cent, so Lozano acts as a False 9 flanked by Matteo Politano and Lorenzo Insigne.

Gattuso also adjusts his usual 4-2-3-1 formation to a 3-4-3, allowing him to push Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Elseid Hysaj into more advanced roles.

Atalanta have Cristian Romero back, as it turned out his COVID result was a false positive, but Jose Luis Palomino is suspended.

Hans Hateboer is still out injured, but Robin Gosens returns after he missed the 3-1 Serie A defeat to Lazio on Sunday through a ban.

Duvan Zapata faces his former club, with Luis Muriel and Matteo Pessina completing the front three, a surprisingly attack-heaving pairing of the two Colombia international strikers.

La Dea are out for revenge, having lost here 4-1 in Serie A earlier this season.

Napoli: Ospina; Maksimovic, Manolas, Koulibaly; Di Lorenzo, Bakayoko, Demme, Hysaj; Politano, Lozano, Insigne

Napoli bench: Meret, Contini, Ghoulam, Rrahmani, Mario Rui, Elmas, Lobotka, Zielinski, Osimhen, Petagna, Cioffi

Atalanta: Gollini; Toloi, Romero, Djimsiti; Maehle, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina; Muriel, Duvan Zapata

Atalanta bench: Gelmi, Rossi, Lammers, Caldara, Malinovskyi, Ruggeri, Ghislandi, Scalvini, Gyabuaa, Miranchuk, Ilicic, Pasalic

Ref: Fabbri

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