Monza vs Napoli - prediction, team news, lineups

After scoring 7 goals successful 2 games, Napoli volition purpose to usage their newfound firepower erstwhile they sojourn Monza for a Serie A clash connected Wednesday night.

Last clip out, the Partenopei were denied back-to-back wins arsenic Roma shared the spoils successful a melodramatic Derby del Sole, leaving them marooned successful mid-table.

Match preview

It has been an eventful fewer days for Napoli, who won a seven-goal thriller against Bodo/Glimt successful the Champions League earlier welcoming confederate rivals Roma to Naples connected Saturday.

Scott McTominay's brace had helped them implicit the enactment against Bodo, and helium scored doubly astatine Stadio Maradona erstwhile again, lone for the hosts to fto 2-0 and 3-2 leads gaffe done their grasp.

Under unit aft a dilatory commencement to his reign, Max Allegri was sent disconnected for dissent erstwhile the last whistle blew connected a frenetic 3-3 draw, and the seasoned manager indispensable service a touchline prohibition successful midweek.

Earlier this month, his Allegri's men were beaten by Villarreal and antecedently pointless Venezia successful the abstraction of 4 days, truthful helium needs a beardown tally of results to support the critics astatine bay.

Champions and past runners-up successful the past 2 campaigns, Napoli beryllium 10th successful Serie A aft 8 matches - it whitethorn beryllium aboriginal days, but they way the apical 4 by 7 points.

So, the Campanian nine volition beryllium keen to extremity their two-month hold for an distant triumph erstwhile they caput northbound connected Wednesday.

McTominay scored the lone extremity erstwhile Monza past hosted Napoli, backmost successful April 2025; since past the Brianzoli person been relegated and promoted consecutive backmost to Serie A.

New manager Ivan Juric made an uncertain start, but results are starting to improve: his squad person precocious reached the Coppa Italia's past 16 and won 2 of their past 4 league fixtures.

Breakout prima Gustavo Varela struck doubly successful past Monday's 4-0 triumph implicit Cagliari, though his seventh extremity of the play failed to forestall decision connected Friday night.

Despite Varela hauling them level conscionable aft fractional time, Monza mislaid 3-2 to in-form Torino, continuing their hold for an distant triumph - successful fact, they person lone claimed 1 constituent connected the road.

Meanwhile, they person secured six points from a imaginable 9 connected location turf, suggesting that Napoli cannot instrumentality thing for granted.

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Team News

Adding to Napoli’s wounded list, Benoit Badiashile was withdrawn with a muscular occupation astatine the weekend, and the French defender could miss a quickfire trio of distant matches - against Monza, Porto and Juventus.

Allegri was already without Alessandro Buongiorno, David Neres, Costantino Favasuli and Alisson Santos, portion Amir Rrahmani sat retired the gully with Roma portion recovering from an illness.

The second should instrumentality successful midweek, replacing Badiashile alongside Rafa Marin successful cardinal defence.

While Kevin De Bruyne is the visitors’ apical Serie A scorer with 3 goals truthful far, Varela has already netted 7 and sits joint-top of the Capocannoniere rankings.

For context, the lone Monza subordinate to person managed much successful an full top-tier run was Andrea Colpani, who notched 8 from 38 appearances successful 2023-24.

Roma loanee Jan Ziolkowski and skipper Matteo Pessina are inactive ruled retired by injury, and Yvan Maye remains a doubt. 

Monza imaginable starting lineup:

Tornqvist; Kouadio, Goglichidze, Carboni; Birindelli, Akinsanmiro, Ondoa, Mangas; Folorunsho, Robinson; Varela

Napoli imaginable starting lineup:

Meret; Di Lorenzo, Marin, Rrahmani, Olivera; Anguissa, De Bruyne, McTominay; Politano, Vergara; Hojlund

We say: Monza 1-2 Napoli

For respective months, Napoli person regularly failed to impressment distant from home, portion Monza are overmuch stronger arsenic hosts.

Yet, the Partenopei person started to find immoderate bushed successful the last third, truthful they tin people astatine slightest doubly to assertion maximum points.

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