Comments and predictions for Monza vs Napoli: Sweep away the bottom team

Latest Monza vs Napoli team information

Napoli will welcome back Frank Anguissa and captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo after suspension against Empoli, but manager Antonio Conte could be without a number of defenders through injury.

Juan Jesus has been ruled out with a thigh injury, while Alessandro Buongiorno is still recovering from an adductor problem that kept him out of the game earlier this week.

This may force Napoli to tweak their defence, but the midfield will still feature familiar faces: Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka and Scott McTominay – who has scored eight Serie A goals this season, surpassing his previous personal best.

Up front, Romelu Lukaku continues to be the main striker, supported by David Neres and Matteo Politano - who scored against Monza in the first leg.

Monza meanwhile will be without Keita Balde through injury, along with Danilo D'Ambrosio, captain Matteo Pessina and Napoli academy graduate Armando Izzo.

It is likely that Gianluca Caprari or Silvere Ganvoula will be chosen to start instead of Balde. Dany Mota is still the hope in attack, although he has only contributed to 1 goal in 2025, despite achieving a personal best in Serie A goalscoring (7 times).

In addition, Georgios Kyriakopoulos will return from suspension and is ready to regain his place on the left wing of the home team.

Latest expected lineup Monza vs Napoli

Monza:
Turati; Pereira, Caldirola, Carboni; Birindelli, Ciurria, Bianco, Akpa Akpro, Kyriakopoulos; Mota, Caprari

Napoli:
Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Marin, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, McTominay; Politano, Lukaku, Neres

Latest Monza vs Napoli football review

Aiming for a third consecutive victory at home at Stadio Maradona, Napoli hosted Empoli - a team that has been in poor form - with the aim of shortening the gap with the top team Inter.

Once again, it was midfielder Scott McTominay who made the difference, scoring in either half, with Romelu Lukaku in between, to earn the hosts all three points. McTominay has scored five opening goals when the game was level at 0-0 this season – the best record among Serie A midfielders.

The win helped Napoli recover somewhat from a run of nine games in which they won just twice, which saw them lose the top spot to Inter. Since February, the Neapolitan side have drawn six games – dropping six points behind their rivals.

Napoli, however, remain Inter's only title challengers. A win on Saturday night would see them level on points with the Milanese side – while Inter play a later game against Bologna, who are in contention for a top-four spot.

While Inter still have to stretch their strength in all three arenas, Napoli under Antonio Conte can focus all their strength on the remaining 6 matches in Serie A, starting with an away trip to the bottom team.

Napoli won 4-2 at Monza last season and also won 2-0 in the first leg in September. So they have reason to expect to extend their winning streak to three this weekend.

Since gaining promotion to Serie A in 2022, Monza have scored two goals in each of their two home games against Napoli. This season, however, goals – and points – have become a luxury.

Monza has only won 2 matches and lost 21 matches, currently 11 points behind the safe zone and has almost no chance of staying in the league.

After being sacked mid-season, coach Alessandro Nesta was reappointed in mid-February, but the team still lost six of their eight games under him. A 1-0 defeat to second-to-last placed Venezia in the reverse final last week probably ended any remaining hope.

Before hosting Napoli, Monza must address serious weaknesses at both ends of the pitch: they have scored the fewest headed goals this season (2) and conceded the most from aerial duels (17). Napoli, on the other hand, have yet to concede a headed goal in Serie A.

Latest Monza vs Napoli score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Monza vs Napolias follows:

• Sportsmole:Monza 0-2 Napoli

• WhoScore:Monza 0-3 Napoli
• Our newspaper predicts:Monza 0-3 Napoli

When and where to watch Monza vs Napoli live?

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