Napoli – Monza, 18th matchday squad
At 18 pm, the last match of 30 will be played on the ground of the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. Naples and Monza will face each other.
The Neapolitans, who are facing a decidedly less than brilliant period, have slipped to seventh place during the last few days of the championship and will try to avoid another bitter pill against Monza.
Below are Mazzarri's squad for Napoli – Monza.
Napoli call-up list
Mazzarri, who should aim for 4-3-3, has called up the following players for Napoli – Monza.
Goalkeepers
- Contini
- Gollini
- Written
- Meret
Defenders
- D'Avino
- By Lorenzo
- Jesus
- Mario Rui
- Ostigard
- Rrahmani
- Zanoli
Midfielders
Forwards
- kvaratskhelia
- Breakers
- Simeon
- Zerbin
What to expect and the premises of Naples – Monza
In view of the 18th matchday of Serie A, the match between Napoli and Monza looks like a crucial meeting for both teams.
Napoli, reigning champions, comes to this match withgoal of boosting morale and the ranking, after a series of disappointing results which saw him slip out of the places for European competitions. With three defeats in the last four league games and no goals scored in these defeats, Walter Mazzarri's team is under pressure to reverse the trend, especially after the recent 2-0 defeat against Roma.
For their part, Napoli fans at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium will hope to see an improvement compared to this season's home performances, which have already seen the double the number of defeats compared to last victorious season. The memory of the 4-0 victory against Monza last season may be an encouragement, but Monza have shown that they can be a difficult opponent.
Monza, for its part, is in the bottom half of the ranking, but remains close to the places for the European competitions. With a record of two wins, two draws and two defeats in the last six away games, Raffaele Palladino's team it is unpredictable, but he will certainly try to take advantage of Napoli's difficult moment to obtain a positive result.
The players to keep an eye on are Khvisha kvaratskhelia of Napoli, who scored a brace in this match last season, and Andrea Colpani of Monza, his team's top scorer and author of important opening goals. A statistic to consider is that 9 of Napoli's last 11 matches have featured less than 1,5 goals in the first half, suggesting that we could see a more cautious start to the match, with the teams likely to open up in the second half.
Naples – Monza promises to be the same a meeting full of expectations and tensions, with both teams trying to find their way back to success.