Napoli and Monza are going to take on on Friday the 29th of December at 6:30 pm in the 18th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The encounter will be officiated by Marco Di Bello.

Napoli is in the 7th position in the standings with 27 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Monza is in the 11th place in the standings with 21 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Napoli​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
26 May
Napoli-Lecce
0-0
4-3-3
17 May
Fiorentina-Napoli
2-2
4-3-3
11 May
Napoli-Bologna
0-2
4-3-3
06 May
Udinese-Napoli
1-1
4-3-3
28 Apr
Napoli-Roma
2-2
4-3-3
20 Apr
Empoli-Napoli
1-0
4-3-3
14 Apr
Napoli-Frosinone
2-2
4-3-3
07 Apr
Monza-Napoli
2-4
4-3-3
30 Mar
Napoli-Atalanta
0-3
4-3-3
17 Mar
Inter-Napoli
1-1
4-3-3
08 Mar
Napoli-Torino
1-1
4-3-3
03 Mar
Napoli-Juventus
2-1
4-3-3
28 Feb
Sassuolo-Napoli
1-6
4-3-3
25 Feb
Cagliari-Napoli
1-1
4-3-3
17 Feb
Napoli-Genoa
1-1
3-5-1-1
11 Feb
Milan-Napoli
1-0
4-3-3
04 Feb
Napoli-Hellas Verona
2-1
3-4-2-1
28 Jan
Lazio-Napoli
0-0
4-3-3
13 Jan
Napoli-Salernitana
2-1
4-3-3
07 Jan
Torino-Napoli
3-0
4-3-3
29 Dec
Napoli-Monza
0-0
4-3-3
23 Dec
Roma-Napoli
2-0
4-3-3
16 Dec
Napoli-Cagliari
2-1
4-3-3
08 Dec
Juventus-Napoli
1-0
4-3-3
03 Dec
Napoli-Inter
0-3
4-3-3
25 Nov
Atalanta-Napoli
1-2
4-3-3
12 Nov
Napoli-Empoli
0-1
4-3-3
04 Nov
Salernitana-Napoli
0-2
4-3-3
29 Oct
Napoli-Milan
2-2
4-3-3
21 Oct
Hellas Verona-Napoli
1-3
4-3-3
08 Oct
Napoli-Fiorentina
1-3
4-3-3
30 Sep
Lecce-Napoli
0-4
4-3-3
27 Sep
Napoli-Udinese
4-1
4-3-3
24 Sep
Bologna-Napoli
0-0
4-3-3
16 Sep
Genoa-Napoli
2-2
4-3-3
02 Sep
Napoli-Lazio
1-2
4-3-3
27 Aug
Napoli-Sassuolo
2-0
4-3-3
19 Aug
Frosinone-Napoli
1-3

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (17 times).

Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Monza with the following players: Alex Meret, Mário Rui, Juan Jesus , Amir Rrahmani , Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Frank Anguissa, Piotr Zielinski, Jens Cajuste, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Giacomo Raspadori and Giovanni Simeone.

Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Napoli would be 27.55.

Walter Mazzarri will probably not be able to employ Stanislav Lobotka and Jesper Lindstrøm because of injury.

Natan and Mathías Olivera will definitely miss the match.

Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of Victor Osimhen  and Matteo Politano who are both suspended​.

Monza​

Line - Ups​
3-4-2-1
25 May
Juventus-Monza
2-0
4-2-3-1
19 May
Monza-Frosinone
0-1
4-2-3-1
13 May
Fiorentina-Monza
2-1
4-2-3-1
04 May
Monza-Lazio
2-2
4-2-3-1
27 Apr
Lecce-Monza
1-1
4-2-3-1
21 Apr
Monza-Atalanta
1-2
4-2-3-1
13 Apr
Bologna-Monza
0-0
4-2-3-1
07 Apr
Monza-Napoli
2-4
5-4-1
30 Mar
Torino-Monza
1-0
4-2-3-1
16 Mar
Monza-Cagliari
1-0
4-2-3-1
09 Mar
Genoa-Monza
2-3
4-2-3-1
02 Mar
Monza-Roma
1-4
4-2-3-1
24 Feb
Salernitana-Monza
0-2
3-4-2-1
18 Feb
Monza-Milan
4-2
3-4-2-1
11 Feb
Monza-Hellas Verona
0-0
3-4-2-1
03 Feb
Udinese-Monza
0-0
3-4-2-1
28 Jan
Monza-Sassuolo
1-0
3-4-2-1
21 Jan
Empoli-Monza
3-0
3-4-2-1
13 Jan
Monza-Inter
1-5
3-4-2-1
06 Jan
Frosinone-Monza
2-3
3-4-2-1
29 Dec
Napoli-Monza
0-0
3-4-2-1
22 Dec
Monza-Fiorentina
0-1
3-4-2-1
17 Dec
Milan-Monza
3-0
3-4-2-1
10 Dec
Monza-Genoa
1-0
3-5-2
01 Dec
Monza-Juventus
1-2
3-4-2-1
26 Nov
Cagliari-Monza
1-1
3-4-2-1
11 Nov
Monza-Torino
1-1
3-4-2-1
05 Nov
Hellas Verona-Monza
1-3
3-4-2-1
29 Oct
Monza-Udinese
1-1
3-4-2-1
22 Oct
Roma-Monza
1-0
3-4-2-1
08 Oct
Monza-Salernitana
3-0
3-4-3
02 Oct
Sassuolo-Monza
0-1
3-4-3
28 Sep
Monza-Bologna
0-0
3-4-2-1
23 Sep
Lazio-Monza
1-1
3-4-1-2
17 Sep
Monza-Lecce
1-1
3-4-2-1
02 Sep
Atalanta-Monza
3-0
3-4-2-1
26 Aug
Monza-Empoli
2-0
3-5-2
19 Aug
Inter-Monza
2-0

Monza has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up during the season (12 times or 70.59%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (12 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).

Raffaele Palladino is expected to play against Napoli with the following players: Michele Di Gregorio, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Armando Izzo, Luca Caldirola, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Roberto Gagliardini, Matteo Pessina, Andrea Colpani, Patrick Ciurria, Dany Mota and Lorenzo Colombo.

Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Monza would be 27.64.

Andrea Carboni and Gianluca Caprari will definitely miss the match.

Raffaele Palladino will not be able to have the presence of Pablo Marí and Papu Gómez who are both suspended​​.