NAPLES, ITALY – OCTOBER 01: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring his side first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD2 match between SSC Napoli and Sporting Clube de Portugal at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 01, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Napoli are still in the midst of an injury crisis, so Rasmus Hojlund is again flanked by David Neres and Noa Lang in the Champions League against giant-killers Qarabag.
It kicks off at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona at 20.00 GMT.
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Bodo/Glimt-Juventus on the Liveblog.
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – OCTOBER 21: Scott McTominay of Napoli reacts during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD3 match between PSV Eindhoven and SSC Napoli at PSV Stadion on October 21, 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
The Partenopei had been struggling badly over the last few weeks, prompting Antonio Conte into a tactical reshuffle to get around the number of injuries.
He is still missing Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Billy Gilmour, Kevin De Bruyne, Leonardo Spinazzola and Romelu Lukaku.
The new 3-4-2-1 formation is therefore confirmed with Hojlund supported by Lang and Neres, just like the 3-1 victory over Atalanta on Saturday.
The only change is Matias Olivera stepping in for injured Miguel Gutierrez on the left flank.
Napoli’s record in the Champions League so far this season is a 2-1 win over Sporting CP, defeats to Manchester City and PSV Eindhoven when down to 10 men, and a 0-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Lorenzo Lucca was suspended for that game, but is available on the bench here.
NAPLES, ITALY – NOVEMBER 22: Noa Lang of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring his side third goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Atalanta BC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on November 22, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Qarabag have been a real surprise, eliminating Ferencvaros in the qualifiers, then earning victories over Benfica and FC Copenhagen.
They lost 3-1 away to Atletico Madrid, but then held Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea to a surprise 2-2 draw.
The team from Azerbaijan has Camilo Duran as the centre-forward, supported by a trio of Leandro Andrade, Abdellah Zoubir and Emmanuel Addai, the latter having been benched against Chelsea in favour of Kady.
Napoli vs. Qarabag official line-ups
Napoli: Milinkovic-Savic; Beukema, Rrhamani, Buongiorno; Di Lorenzo, Lobotka, McTominay, Olivera; Neres, Lang; Hojlund
Napoli bench: Contini, Ferrante, Juan Jesus, Elmas, Politano, Vergara, Lucca, Ambrosino
Qarabag: Kochalski; Silva, Mustafazade, Medina, Jafarguliyev; Pedro Bicalho, Jankovic; Leandro Andrade, Zoubir, Addai; Duran
Qarabag bench: Magomedaliyev, Buntic, S Mmaee, Kouakou, Akhundzade, Montiel, Dani Bolt, Kaschuk, Gurbanli, T Bayramov, B Huseynov
Ref: Marciniak (POL)
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