Champions League: Napoli vs. Sporting CP – Confirmed line-ups | OneFootball

Scott McTominay, Kevin De Bruyne and Rasmus Hojlund all start for Napoli in their Champions League league phase clash against Sporting CP on Wednesday night, but Antonio Conte has to do without several of his key first-team defenders at the Maradona.

Kick-off is due at 20.00 BST.

You can follow the action as it unfolds on the Football Italia Liveblog.

Antonio Conte has an availability crisis in defence: Captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo is suspended after his 20th minute red card against Manchester City in the first round of league phase fixtures. Injuries mean that there will be no Alessandro Buongiorno or Amir Rrahmani either.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 18: Erling Haaland of Manchester City is fouled by Giovanni Di Lorenzo of Napoli resulting in a red card during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD1 match between Manchester City and SSC Napoli at City of Manchester Stadium on September 18, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Luca Marianucci, who started in the 2-1 defeat to Milan in Serie A over the weekend, is not part of Napoli’s Champions League squad list and is therefore also unavailable tonight.

That means that Leonardo Spinazzola starts on the right of a back four again, with Beukema coming in to partner Juan Jesus in the middle. Miguel Gutierrez starts his second game in a row at left-back.

There is more familiarity surrounding the Partenopei midfield and attack, with Stanislav Lobotka, Matteo Politano, Kevin De Bruyne, Frank Anguissa, Scott McTominay and Rasmus Hojlund all in the starting line-up, as they were against Manchester City last time out in the Champions League.

Napoli vs. Sporting CP: Confirmed line-ups

MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 28: Antonio Conte, Head Coach of Napoli during the Serie A match between AC Milan and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Napoli (4-1-4-1): Milinkovic-Savic; Spinazzola, Beukema, Juan Jesus, Gutierrez; Lobotka; Politano, Anguissa, De Bruyne, McTominay; Hojlund.

Sporting CP (4-2-3-1): Rui Silva; Fresneda, Quaresma, Inacio, Araujo; Hjulmand, Joao Simoes; Quenda, Trincao, Catamo; Ioannidis.