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Napoli are still without Victor Osimhen, but have Alex Meret, Natan and debutant Hamed Junior Traore starting against Mateo Retegui and Albert Gudmundsson’s high-flying Genoa.

It kicks off at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona at 14.00 GMT.

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The Partenopei are coming off a 1-0 defeat to Milan, which left them in 10th place with a game in hand.

Victor Osimhen only returned from AFCON duty on Friday, so is not even on the bench, hoping to be ready for Wednesday’s Champions League Round of 16 tie against Barcelona.

Juan Jesus is suspended, but Natan and Mario Rui are available again, along with returning goalkeeper Meret.

January signing Traore gets his debut in midfield, despite the fact Piotr Zielinski is off the UEFA list, as Walter Mazzarri shifts tactics yet again to the 4-3-3.

Giovanni Simeone is once more preferred to Giacomo Raspadori, flanked by Kvicha Kvaratskhelia and Matteo Politano.

Genoa had been unbeaten in eight rounds until the defeat to Atalanta, so are eager to get back on track.

Koni De Winter returns from suspension, but Alan Matturro is out for the rest of the season following surgery.

Junior Messias pulls the strings behind Retegui and Gudmundsson, benching Ruslan Malinovskyi.

Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Ostigard, Mazzocchi; Anguissa, Lobotka, Traore; Politano, Simeone, Kvaratskhelia

Genoa: Martinez; De Winter, Bani, Vasquez; Sabelli, Badelj, Frendrup, Messias, Martin; Gudmundsson, Retegui

17-02-2024 14:00 MatchDay 25 Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

Genoa vs

Season Analytics

Napoli Positions Genoa SEASON TOTAL NAP HOME 5 2 4 10 5 8

Last matches

11-02-2024
Milan L 1 - 0 04-02-2024 Verona W 2 - 1 28-01-2024
Lazio D 0 - 0 13-01-2024 Salernitana W 2 - 1 07-01-2024 Torino L 3 - 0
04-02-2024
Verona W 2 - 1 13-01-2024 Salernitana W 2 - 1 29-12-2023 Monza D 0 - 0 16-12-2023
Cagliari W 2 - 1 03-12-2023
Inter L 0 - 3 10 12 Position SEASON TOTAL GEN AWAY 3 3 6 7 8 9

Last matches

1 - 4 L Atalanta

11-02-2024 0 - 0 D Empoli 03-02-2024 2 - 1 W Lecce

28-01-2024 1 - 2 W Salernitana 21-01-2024 0 - 0 D Torino

13-01-2024

0 - 0 D Empoli

03-02-2024 1 - 2 W Salernitana

21-01-2024 1 - 1 D Bologna

05-01-2024 1 - 2 W Sassuolo

22-12-2023 1 - 0 L Monza

10-12-2023

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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