Inter vs Napoli: predicted lineups, where to watch and our prediction
Saturday at 18:00 at San Siro, second against tenth, and without McTominay. Predicted lineups for both sides, where the game is shown, and our read on it, players included.
Inter vs Napoli is played on Saturday 5 September at 18:00 at San Siro, and it is the heaviest fixture of Serie A matchday 3. Inter have won both their games and sit second on six points; Napoli have three and sit tenth, having lost at home to Como last Sunday.
Where to watch
The game is shown exclusively on DAZN from 18:00. This season DAZN carry all ten matches of every round, while Sky show three in co-exclusivity: Inter vs Napoli is not one of them, so it is not on Sky.
The absence that matters: McTominay
Scott McTominay will not play. Napoli have announced that the Scot is undergoing a corrective ablation procedure after a mild benign arrhythmia: he misses four games and returns after the first international break, so October. In his own words: «I'm fine, the procedure was something I'd planned to do with the club for quite a while». We covered it when he came off against Como.
Napoli also lose Buongiorno and Marianucci. Inter are without the suspended Mkhitaryan.
The predicted lineups
Inter (3-5-2)
Bisseck, Akanji and Bastoni in front of Josep Martínez; Diouf, Barella, Çalhanoğlu, Zieliński and Dimarco across the middle; Lautaro Martínez and Pio Esposito up front.
Napoli (4-3-3)
Meret in goal; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Rafa Marín and Spinazzola behind; Anguissa, Lobotka and Kevin De Bruyne in midfield, with Politano, Højlund and Alisson Santos ahead.
Predicted lineups can change until an hour before kick-off, when the official teamsheets are released.
Our prediction
Our read is Inter to score at least once, and along with the Malen call it is the one we like most this round. Two reasons: Inter have scored in both games so far, and Napoli, without McTominay and with Buongiorno out, lose two of the players who keep the side compact.
On the individuals we published Lautaro Martínez over 2.5 shots. That number depends a lot on how much Inter hold the ball: he cleared it at Cagliari, and at San Siro against a side that has to come and take three points he should find the same space.
On Monday we count it
As with every round, the moment it closes we publish the tally with nothing removed: how many calls we had online and how many landed. In matchday 2 it was twenty-six correct out of thirty, and the full record is in the results history.
The picture of the whole round is in our matchday 3 preview. Our analysis stays updated until kick-off on the Serie A page, and the individual calls are in the Player Predictions section.
