Napoli have Manolo Gabbiadini back in the starting XI for this early Champions League visit to Besiktas.

It kicks off at 17.45 GMT, follow the build-up and action while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.

There is so much at stake in this match, as it’s a head to head for the top of the Champions League group.

The Partenopei won their first two games convincingly, but the 3-2 home defeat to Besiktas plunged everything into doubt.

Napoli have Manolo Gabbiadini back in the starting XI for this early Champions League visit to Besiktas.

It kicks off at 17.45 GMT, follow the build-up and action while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.

There is so much at stake in this match, as it’s a head to head for the top of the Champions League group.

The Partenopei won their first two games convincingly, but the 3-2 home defeat to Besiktas plunged everything into doubt.

Fresh from a 2-1 Serie A loss to Juventus on Saturday, confidence is running low in Maurizio Sarri’s side, especially Lorenzo Insigne, who saw a penalty saved by the Besiktas goalkeeper two weeks ago.

Gabbiadini is available again after a two-match Serie A ban for his reaction foul against Crotone and this’ll be one of his last chances to prove himself before the January transfer window.

He leads the way flanked by Jose Callejon and Insigne, as Dries Mertens needs to rest after being used as a False Nine.

Nikola Maksimovic gets the nod in defence for injured Albiol, while Jorginho returns in midfield for Amadou Diawara.

Besiktas are unbeaten on home turf in their last eight competitive matches, including six victories, and scored at least two goals in all but one of them.

At the same time, the Turks managed just two clean sheets during that run, so there could be a repeat of the 3-2 thriller we saw in Naples.

They are without defeat in 13 games in all competition this season, not counting extra time and penalties, winning seven and drawing six.

Summer signing Vincent Aboubakar hadn’t scored yet when he went into the Stadio San Paolo, but emerged with a brace, so he’ll be the one to watch again.

Ricardo Quaresma becomes key, as the injury list is piling up on Besiktas.

Caner Erkin is out for the rest of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon, while Anderson Talisca fractured a bone in his foot after scoring four goals in five domestic games.

Necip Uysal is sidelined, while Gokhan Inler and Atiba Hutchinson start despite not being 100 per cent fit and Dusko Tosic returns to his original left-back position.

Besiktas had never beaten an Italian side until the 3-2 victory over Napoli two weeks ago.

The referee this evening is Englishman Mark Clattenburg.

Besiktas: Fabri; Beck, Marcelo, Rhodolfo, Tosic; Hutchinson, Inler, Tolgay Arslan, Quaresma, Adriano; Aboubakar

Besiktas bench: Tolga, Atinc, Gokhan Gonul, Kerim, Olcay Saha, Oguzhan Ozyakup, Cenk

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Maksimovic, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Gabbiadini, Insigne

Napoli bench: Rafael, Giaccherini, Maggio, Mertens, Zielinski, Chiriches, Diawara

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