NAPLES, ITALY – OCTOBER 25: Scott McTominay of SSC Napoli celebrates his side third goal scored by Frank Zambo Anguissa during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and FC Internazionale at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 25, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Napoli make changes with Matteo Politano and Leonardo Spinazzola joining Rasmus Hojlund and Scott McTominay against AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic, Christopher Nkunku and Ardon Jashari.
The first EA Sports FC Super Cup semi-final kicks off in Riyadh at 19.00 GMT.
You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Lausanne-Sport vs. Fiorentina on the Liveblog.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – DECEMBER 18: A detailed view of a corner flag on the inside of the stadium prior to the Supercoppa Italiana Semi-Final match between SSC Napoli and AC Milan at King Saud University Stadium on December 18, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Abdullah Ahmed/Getty Images)
The Supercoppa Italiana Final Four format means tonight a winner is decided after 90 minutes or on a penalty shoot-out, without requiring extra time.
Whoever wins this goes on to face either Bologna or Inter in the Final on Monday.
Napoli are qualified as Scudetto winners, while AC Milan enter as the runners-up to the Coppa Italia last season, having lost the Final to Bologna.
The Rossoneri also won the Supercoppa Italiana in January 2025, beating Inter in a 3-2 thriller here.
Both sides make changes and are dealing with numerous injury problems.
NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Napoli are still without Kevin De Bruyne, Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Billy Gilmour and Alex Meret, but Romelu Lukaku is in the squad for the first time since tearing a muscle in August.
Antonio Conte realised his team looked exhausted in back-to-back defeats to Benfica and Udinese, so had to make some adjustments.
Politano and Spinazzola step into the starting XI for what is more of a 3-4-3 formation, with Eljif Elmas bumped up into the trident attack alongside Hojlund and David Neres, dropping Noa Lang.
TURIN, ITALY – DECEMBER 08: Christian Pulisic of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on December 08, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
AC Milan are coming off a 2-2 draw with Sassuolo and are not accustomed to midweek matches this season, being out of Europe and the Coppa Italia.
Rafael Leao has not yet recovered from an inflammation of the adductor, but is in Saudi Arabia with an eye on Monday’s Final, with Matteo Gabbia injured.
It means Nkunku partners Pulisic upfront, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek in support.
A surprise is Luka Modric rested in favour of Jashari, while Pervis Estupinan comes in after Davide Bartesaghi’s brace.
Milan are also wearing special kits with their names in Arabic lettering on the back.
When these teams met in Serie A on September 28, Milan emerged 2-1 winners.
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 28: Alexis Saelemaekers of AC Milan is challenged by Kevin De Bruyne of Napoli during the Serie A match between AC Milan and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Napoli vs. AC Milan official line-ups
Napoli: Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus; Politano, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola; Neres, Hojlund, Elmas
Napoli bench: Contini, Ferrante, Gutierrez, Buongiorno, Lukaku, Olivera, Vergara, Lucca, Mazzocchi, Beukema, Marianucci, Ambrosino, Lang, Barido, De Chiara
Milan: Maignan; Tomori, De Winter, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Loftus-Cheek, Jashari, Rabiot, Estupinian; Nkunku, Pulisic
Milan bench: Terracciano, Torriani, Ricci, Modric, Fofana, Athekame, Odogu, Ibrahimovic, Bartesaghi, Dutu, Sala, Borsani
Ref: Zufferli
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