Yahoo Sports Serie A line-ups: Napoli vs. Bologna
Antonio Conte has Kvicha Kvaratskhelia and Alessandro Buongiorno back as Napoli desperately try to get their season started against Riccardo Orsolini’s ambitious Bologna.
It kicks off at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).
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The Partenopei had a disastrous start to the Conte era, hammered 3-0 by Hellas Verona, after scraping past Modena on penalties in the Coppa Italia.
Victor Osimhen remains in the stands pending transfer developments, joined by Michael Folorunsho and Mario Rui.
At least summer signing Buongiorno has recovered from an ankle knock to start, with Kvaratskhelia also back after a minor head injury.
It has been a busy few days for the Georgian, who just flew back after his wife gave birth to their first child.
New buy David Neres has a spot on the bench.
Bologna began with a 1-1 draw against Udinese, though Nicolò Cambiaghi, Oussama El Azzouzi and Lewis Ferguson are still out of action.
Ex-Barcelona and Real Betis left-back Juan Miranda makes his Serie A debut, with Orsolini and Dan Ndoye supporting Santiago Castro.
Napoli vs. Bologna line-ups
Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno; Mazzocchi, Lobotka, Anguissa, Olivera; Politano, Kvaratskhelia; Raspadori
Bologna: Skorupski; Posch, Erlic, Beukema, Lykogiannis; Aebischer, Freuler, Moro; Orsolini, Castro, Ndoye
