Napoli v Bodo/Glimt: Prediction, predicted line-ups & team news

Napoli have played two Champions League games and lost both, which is not the start anyone in Naples had in mind.

A league-stage table this tight means early defeats sting more than they used to, with the sides on six points already starting to pull away at the top.

Bodo/Glimt, meanwhile, arrive with a spring in their step after beating Borussia Dortmund 1-0 at home last week.

That makes this a game the hosts need far more than the visitors, and it is a long way from the gentle home fixture it might have looked on paper in the summer.

Napoli's season in this competition has been a short and painful one.

They lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal on 9 September, failing to score, then went to Villarreal on 13 October and lost 3-1 - their only goal coming inside the first 15 minutes.

The numbers behind those results are not kind either, with an expected goals against average of 2.65 across the two games.

Bodo/Glimt have had a rollercoaster of their own.

They were beaten 5-0 at Bayern München in their opening game, which is the sort of result that can flatten a side, but they bounced back to beat Dortmund 1-0.

The wider picture is healthy enough, with four wins, a draw and a defeat from their last six competitive games, including two wins over NEC Nijmegen and a 3-3 draw and a 3-2 win against Union St. Gilloise.

Rotation looks like a luxury Napoli cannot afford.

With no points on the board, the hosts have every reason to send out their strongest available XI, and the injury list will make some of the decisions for them anyway.

Bodo/Glimt have the opposite problem, in that a good result at the Maradona would put them in a comfortable spot, so the visitors have little reason to change a winning side.

The Norwegians have also conceded six of their 11 goals in the final 15 minutes, so fresh legs from the bench could matter late on.

Napoli (4-3-3): Milinković-Savić; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Beukema, Spinazzola; Lobotka, McTominay, De Bruyne; Politano, Højlund, Alisson Santos.

Bodo/Glimt (4-3-3): Faye Lund; Sjøvold, Bjørtuft, Gundersen, Bjørkan; Berg, Fet, Hauge; Brynhildsen, Chooly, Blomberg.

With a first-choice centre-back missing, that leaves Napoli short of options in central defence, which is the area where they have looked most fragile.

Kick-off at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona is 20:00 BST on Tuesday 20 October.

The game is shown on TNT Sports where selected, and the page will be updated closer to kick-off if a specific channel is confirmed.

This is a league-stage game, so there is no extra time or penalty shootout. If it is level after 90 minutes, the points are shared.