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Napoli and Arsenal will go head-to-head at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Max Allegri's side threw away a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 against reigning champions Inter Milan this past weekend, while Mikel Arteta's team continued their 100% start to the campaign by coming from behind to defeat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium.
Both teams have some injury concerns heading into the game, and this is how GIVEMESPORT expects them to line up as a result...
Napoli Team News
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Napoli will be without star midfielder Scott McTominay after he underwent a procedure for a heart issue, while defender Alessandro Buongiorno remains unavailable due to a knee problem.
Luca Marianucci and Giovane are also sidelined with a knee injury and a hernia, respectively, while the club also announced that David Neres and Frank Anguissa have trained separately from the rest of the squad ahead of the game due to knocks, with the latter unavailable to face the Gunners.
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Napoli Injuries and Suspensions
Player
David Neres
Frank Anguissa
Scott McTominay
Giovane
Luca Marianucci
Alessandro Buongiorno
Allegri Drops Team News Update
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Allegri has shared an update on his squad ahead of the game.
Napoli Predicted XI
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Napoli Predicted XI: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Marin, Spinazzola; Vergara, Lobotka, De Bruyne; Politano, Hojlund, Santos.
Napoli Predicted Substitutes: Milinkovic-Savic (GK), Beukema (DEF), Olivera (DEF), Badiashile (DEF), Gilmour (MID), Favasuli (MID), Lang (FWD), Lucca (FWD), Neres (FWD).
After a disappointing result at the weekend, Allegri will take some positives from the game and is likely to go with a very similar lineup as a result. But with the team at home, Kevin De Bruyne should come into the midfield to provide more creativity and threat, replacing Antonio Vergara.
Arsenal Team News
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Arsenal are enjoying a fine start to the season, but they are likely to continue to be without defender Cristhian Mosquera for this game after he was absent from training before the clash, while William Saliba is a long-term absentee with a back issue.
Jurrien Timber and Bruno Guimaraes have both returned to training and are in contention for their first start of the campaign, while Viktor Gyokeres is also pushing for his first start.
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Arsenal Injuries and Suspensions
Player
William Saliba
Cristhian Mosquera
Bruno Guimaraes
Jurrien Timber
Arsenal Predicted XI
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Arsenal Predicted XI: Raya; White, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Guimaraes; Madueke, Odegaard, Eze; Gyokeres.
Arsenal Predicted Substitutes: Kepa (GK), Timber (DEF), Hincapie (DEF), Salmon (DEF), Lewis-Skelly (MID), Merino (MID), Zubimendi (MID), Odegaard (MID), Dowman (FWD), Saka (FWD), Tzolis (FWD), Havertz (FWD).
The Gunners have got one of the deepest squads in world football currently, and Arteta is likely to use this game as a way of mixing it up a bit and refreshing his squad. That could see Gyokeres, Eze, Madueke and Guimaraes handed their first starts of the campaign.
That would mean the likes of Saka, Odgaard, and £116m duo Kai Havertz and Martin Zubimendi could find themselves on the bench.