Antonio Conte gained’t change the formation that gained the Supercoppa Italiana earlier this week, with Giovanni Di Lorenzo in central defence and Rasmus Hojlund in assault in opposition to Jamie Vardy’s Cremonese.
It kicks off at 15:00 CET (14:00 GMT) on the Stadio Zini in Verona.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – DECEMBER 18: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his group’s second purpose with teammate Giovanni Di Lorenzo through the Supercoppa Italiana Semi-Remaining match between SSC Napoli and AC Milan at King Saud College Stadium on December 18, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Picture by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Photographs)
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Napoli’s Sam Beukema, Mathias Olivera and Romelu Lukaku haven’t travelled with the group, and Alex Meret, Kevin De Bruyne, Billy Gilmour and Frank Zambo Anguissa are nonetheless injured.
Gazzetta, and Corriere dello Sport and different respected Italian sources declare that Conte gained’t contact the XI that gained the Supercoppa in Riyadh earlier this week.
This implies Alessandro Buongiorno will begin on the bench, whereas Matteo Politano will get the nod without any consideration midfielder.
TURIN, ITALY – DECEMBER 13: Marcus Pedersen of Torino FC is challenged by Jamie Vardy of US Cremonese through the Serie A match between Torino FC and US Cremonese at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on December 13, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Diego Puletto/Getty Photographs)
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Hojlund will lead the Napoli assault with David Neres and Eljif Elmas enjoying as attacking midfielders.
Cremonese will look to Vardy and Federico Bonazzoli in assault. Federico Ceccherini is suspended, however Matteo Bianchetti has recovered from an harm and can begin in a three-man defence.
Cremonese vs. Napoli – the place to look at on TV
The match is out there on DAZN within the UK and Eire and Paramount+ within the USA. Soccer Italia will present dwell updates for Cremonese-Napoli, Bologna-Sassuolo and Atalanta-Inter by way of a liveblog.
Cremonese vs. Napoli – possible line-ups
Cremonese (3-5-2): Audero; Terracciano, Baschirotto, Bianchetti; Barbieri, Payero, Bondo, Vandeputte, Pezzella; Bonazzoli, Vardy.
Napoli (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus; Politano, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola; Neres, Elmas; Hojlund.
