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2023/24 Italian Serie A
Matchday 18
SSC Napoli v AC Monza
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Naples, Italy
Friday, 29 December 2023
Kick-off is at 17h30
SSC Napoli will face off with AC Monza in a
Serie A encounter at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on 29 December.
Current Form
The Little Donkeys succumbed to a 2-0 loss to AS Roma away on 23 December and it was their second defeat in their last three matches in the Italian top-flight.
Napoli beat Cagliari FC in their last home game and the victpry ended their four-match winless run at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Meanwhile, Monza suffered a 1-0 loss to ACF Fiorentina at home on 22 December and they are winless in their last two games in the Serie A.
The White and Reds are also winless in their last two away matches in the league having recorded one draw and one defeat as the visitors.
Team News
Napoli have no suspension concerns, but the champions will be without Mathías Olivera and Eljif Elmas who are both out injured.
Monza, on the other hand, will be without the injured duo of Gianluca Caprari and Andrea Carboni while Pablo Mari and Papu Gómez are both suspended.
Quotes
“I am convinced that [Matteo] Politano had his shirt pulled for 15 minutes," Napoli manager Walter Mazzarri said after the game against Roma.
"When he got his red card, it was one of our best moments of the match and only we could win at that moment. But I don’t talk about referees, I talk about football. We were not cynical near their penalty area.
"They only had two opportunities with [Andrea] Belotti and [Edoardo] Bove. In the second half we thought we were going to take the lead then it went the way it did, a bit unfair but we move on.”
Head-to-Head
Monza claimed a 2-0 win over Napoli in their last meeting in Serie A which was on 14 May 2023 at the U-Power Stadium.
The two teams have met twice in the Italian top-flight and they have both won a game each.
Serie A matchday 18 fixtures
Friday, 29 December
19:30 - ACF Fiorentina v Torino FC
19:30 - SSC Napoli v AC Monza
21:45 - Genoa CFC v Inter Milan
21:45 - SS Lazio v Frosinone Calcio
Saturday, 30 December
13:30 - Atalanta BC v US Lecce
16:00 - Cagliari FC v Empoli FC
16:00 - Udinese Calcio v Bologna FC
19:00 - Hellas Verona v US Salernitana
19:00 - AC Milan v US Sassuolo
21:45 - Juventus FC v AS Roma
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