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How Napoli could line up against Barcelona

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Sports Mole looks at how Napoli could line up in Saturday's Champions League clash with Barcelona.

Napoli will be bidding to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history when they travel to Barcelona on Saturday night.

The last-16 tie is delicately poised ahead of the second leg following a 1-1 draw in the reverse match in Naples.

This is the first year that the Italian side have been present in the knockout round of the Champions League since 2016-17, and they will be looking to set up a quarter-final against either Bayern Munich or Chelsea.

Here, Sports Mole looks at how the Serie A outfit could line up at Camp Nou.


Out: Kostas Manolas (ribs)
Doubtful: Nemanja Maksimovic (ankle), Lorenzo Insigne (thigh)

Napoli will be without the services of Kostas Manolas against Barca due to a knee problem, while fellow central defender Nemanja Maksimovic is also struggling with an ankle injury.

Kalidou Koulibaly missed the first leg through injury, but the Senegal international is available for this match and is likely to be joined at the heart of the back four by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

As a result, Elseid Hysaj could come into the side at right-back, while Diego Demme and Piotr Zielinski should join Fabian Ruiz as part of a midfield three in a 4-3-3 formation.

Jose Callejon and Dries Mertens are certain to start in the final third, but the Serie A giants are sweating on the fitness of key attacker Lorenzo Insigne.

Indeed, the Italy international picked up a thigh problem against Lazio in Napoli's final league match of the season, and he was forced to train individually on Wednesday as he bids to return from the issue.

Gennaro Gattuso will allegedly wait until the final moment before deciding whether to start Insigne, but various reports in Italy have suggested that the 29-year-old will win the race to be fit.

> Click here to see how Barcelona could line up for this fixture

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La Liga Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
CReal Madrid38269370254587
2Barcelona38257686384882
3Atletico MadridAtletico381816451272470
4Sevilla381913654342070
5Villarreal381861463491460
6Real Sociedad38168145648856
7Granada37167145043755
8Getafe381412124337654
9Valencia381411134653-753
10Osasuna381313124654-852
11Athletic Bilbao381312134138351
12Levante38147174753-649
13Real Valladolid38915143243-1142
14EibarEibar38119183956-1742
15Real Betis371010174658-1240
16AlavesAlaves38109193459-2539
17Celta Vigo38716153749-1237
RLeganes38812183051-2136
RMallorca3896234065-2533
REspanyol38510232758-3125
Scroll for more - Tap for full version
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