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Udinese v. Napoli: Lineups And Match Thread

More of this, please.
More of this, please.
Giuseppe Bellini

The lineups today are a bit more interesting than expected. Udinese have somewhat unexpectedly gone with what looks an awful lot like a 4-3-3. Luis Muriel is the man leading the line instead of Udi's captain and Naples native Antonio Di Natale, and honestly the whole formation looks a bit like Francesco Guidolin is just throwing this lineup at the wall to see what happens.

Rafa Benitez has rotated his side much more than expected. Gonzalo Higuain is out hurt, and Dries Mertens is serving a suspension for yellow card accumulation, which we knew, but Jorginho and Raul Albiol have also been given one last rest before the end of the season. Henrique Buss starts in the middle of defense again with Anthony Reveillere at right back, and the central midfield pairing Gokhan Inler and Valon Behrami is getting a runout despite rarely working well this season.

Lineups:
Udinese: Scuffet; Heurtaux, Danilo, Domizzi, Gabriel Silva; Pinzi, Badu, Allan; Fernandes, Pereyra, Muriel

Napoli: Reina; Reveillere, Fernandez, Henrique, Ghoulam; Behrami, Inler; Insigne, Hamsik, Callejon; Zapata

The match will start shortly at 3:00 PM CET/9:00 AM EST. Television coverage will be on Sky Calcio 3 in Italy and beIN Sports Play online streaming in America. Other live viewing options can be found here (link is to LST Serie A section until sepcified) (links to illegal streams in the comments will be removed and repeat offenders banned), and as always, you can also follow along with us live on Twitter. If you haven't already, join the community on the Siren’s Song, and join in the discussion below!