Conte Turns to Milinkovic-Savic as Napoli Host Sporting CP in Champions League

Napoli enter the home date needing a response after their opening loss to Manchester City.

Overview

Kickoff is 21:00 CET at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, with coverage on Paramount+ in the U.S. and TNT Sports 5 in the UK and Ireland.
Conte faces a depleted defense with Giovanni Di Lorenzo suspended and Amir Rrahmani, Mathias Olivera and Alessandro Buongiorno unavailable, while Luca Marianucci is ineligible and Romelu Lukaku remains out.
Italian reports indicate Vanja Milinkovic-Savic will start in goal and Sam Beukema will come into central defense, with most of the Milan XI retained.
Napoli aim to halt a dip that includes two defeats in their last three, yet they have lost only four of their 30 home matches in this competition.
Sporting arrive on a strong run after a 4-1 group-opening win over Kairat and encouraging domestic form under Rui Borges.