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NAPOLI

League position: 1st
Head coach: Luciano Spalletti
Serie A top scorer: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (five)

RECENT FORM

ROMA: W L W D W
NAPOLI: W W W W W

Three successive league wins for the Giallorossi places Jose Mourinho’s outfit fourth going into the weekend, where they sit just four points back from their visiting pace-setters.

Mourinho will have to make do without Paulo Dybala and Gini Wijnaldum as his side test their mettle against Spalletti’s high-fliers, and while Zeki Celik returned to training this week, he is still regaining match fitness.

Spalletti’s outfit have won each of their last 10 in all competitions and are unbeaten all season after making a stunning start to the campaign.

Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa is back sooner than expected from injury and is looking increasingly likely to start, while Hirving Lozano and Victor Osimhen should also return to the first XI after both were on target from the bench in the 3-2 win over Bologna last time out.

Possible Napoli line-up

(4-3-3)

Meret; Rui, Kim, Jesus, Di Lorenzo; Zielinski, Lobotka, Anguissa; Lozano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia

LAST MEETING

DANGER MAN
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

The 21-year-old Georgian has been, quite simply, outstanding so far this term.

Not only has Kvaratskhelia bagged a team-high five league goals, but he’s also provided three for his teammates and been involved in five Champions League goals (two goals, three assists).

It’s made the wider world stand up and take notice of a player that is proving to be the very definition of a bargain since his summer arrival in Naples.

He’s made the left-wing spot his own in Spalletti’s three-man attack and the Giallorossi will need to be watchful.

MATCH STATS

Napoli have drawn more times away to Roma than against any other Serie A outfit (29).

Their current run of three successive league victories means Roma could win four in a row for the first time under Mourinho.

Since last season, Napoli (35) and Roma (31) are the two Serie A sides to have scored the most goals from set-pieces.

Napoli have had 15 different scorers this season, a number that no other team across Europe’s top five leagues has bettered.

PLAYER STATS

• Andrea Belotti has scored five Serie A goals against Napoli, including his first two in the competition (a brace for Palermo on September 24th 2014).
  
• Before Mourinho lifted the Europa Conference League trophy last year, Spalletti was the last coach to lead Roma to silverware, having lifted the 2007-08 Coppa Italia.
  
• Kvaratskhelia has been involved in 13 goals in 14 appearances for Napoli this season, more than any other Serie A player in all competitions.
  
• Kvaratskhelia has also delivered an assist in each of his last four games.

WHAT THEY SAID

“Winning 10 matches in a row makes me really happy, because after lots of fast-paced games, there was a danger that our level could drop.

"The team are playing great football, but what I like the most is how involved and together they are in making sure that they achieve their objectives in whatever way necessary."

- Spalletti after his side made it 10 from 10 against Bologna