How to watch Napoli v Chelsea, team news, predicted line-ups and more

Chelsea travel to Napoli for their final league stage clash of this season’s Champions League with plenty on the line.

Antonio Conte’s side are currently 25th and only teams between ninth and 24th make the playoff stage before the round of 16, so they must win.

Chelsea are currently eighth and on track for automatic qualification, but they are only there on goal difference and the five teams below them are all also on 13 points. They will likely have to win to confirm automatic qualification.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the game…

Kick-off time

8pm UK time

How to watch in the UK

Live on TNT Sports 4

Streaming on Discovery+

Injuries and suspensions

Napoli: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (doubt), Kevin De Bruyne (out), Frank Anguissa (out), Billy Gilmour (out), Matteo Politano (out), David Neres (out),Amir Rrahmani (out), Giovane (ineligible)

Chelsea: Tosin (out), Levi Colwill (out), Cole Palmer (doubt), Romeo Lavia (doubt), Filip Jorgensen (doubt), Dario Essugo (out)

Predicted line-ups

Napoli (3-4-2-1): Contini; Di Lorenzo, Jesus, Buongiorno; Olivera, Lobotka, McTominay, Gutierrez; Vergara, Elmas; Hojlund

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Badiashile, Cucurella; James, Caicedo; Pedro Neto, Fernandez, Estevao; Joao Pedro

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Recent form

Liam Rosenior has won four of his five opening matches, which have bizarrely been in four different competitions. Last time out the Blues beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in convincing fashion with Brazilian starlet Estevao the main man.

There’s a lot on the line for Chelsea and Rosenior has already faced a huge test against Arsenal in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final. This is another mammoth task.

Napoli have been in poor form and have won once in their last six games in all competitions.

A squad of Napoli’s talent should be much higher than 25th but they have stumbled against the likes of Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and were smashed 6-2 by PSV in October.

What’s been said?

Antonio Conte: “If you have the opportunity to spend perhaps €120-130m on 22-year-old players. Just think of Caicedo and Fernandez, who were bought for €250m.

“Everyone can be good with €60m to spend on Estevao. I’d like to do the same with my chairman, but only certain clubs can do that. In Italy, no one can. In England, there are many teams that can do it.”

Liam Rosenior: “This is a very, very strong team,’ he said at his pre-match press conference. ‘I think they have been unfortunate in the recent games that they played; the results haven’t followed the performances that Antonio’s (Conte’s) team have produced. 

“We know it’s going to be a very, very difficult game in a very, very special atmosphere. It doesn’t change my plans at all because I’ve been planning for a very difficult game.”