Napoli is set to host Cremonese this evening, with the Partenopei aiming to postpone Inter’s title celebrations and solidify their own position in the top four of Serie A.
Antonio Conte’s squad currently occupies third place in the league standings, trailing only behind Milan based on head-to-head results between the two clubs.
A victory tonight would temporarily elevate last season’s champions to second place, though they would still remain nine points behind league leaders Inter, making a late title challenge seem improbable.
Regardless, Conte will anticipate a comfortable three points against a Cremonese side that is just above the relegation zone, sitting in 17th place.
Cremonese had a strong start to the season under former manager Davide Nicola, but a significant downturn in form has left the team struggling.
With relegation rivals Lecce facing the almost-relegated Verona (currently 19th), a defeat tonight could see Marco Giampaolo’s side drop into the bottom three by the end of the weekend.
Napoli vs Cremonese – Lineups
Napoli: Milinkovic-Savic; Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Olivera; Politano, Lobotka, McTominay, Gutierrez; De Bruyne, Alisson Santos; Hojlund
Cremonese: Audero; Terracciano, Baschirotto, Luperto, Pezzella; Floriani Mussolini, Bondo, Payero, Maleh; Bonazzoli, Okereke.
Match Information
Date: 24-04-2026 19:45
Matchday: 34
Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Score
Napoli 4 – 0 Cremonese
Key Match Events
1st half
- 3′: Scott McTominay (Napoli) scores (Assist: Kevin De Bruyne)
- 45′: Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) scores (Assist: Matteo Politano)
- 45+3′: Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli)
2nd half
- 52′: Alisson Santos (Napoli) scores (Assist: Vanja Milinković-Savić)
- 83′: Scott McTominay (Napoli) misses penalty
Match Statistics
- Possession: Napoli 56% – Cremonese 44%
- Total shots: Napoli 25 – Cremonese 7
- Shots on target: Napoli 10 – Cremonese 4
- Shots off target: Napoli 9 – Cremonese 1
- Blocked shots: Napoli 6 – Cremonese 2
- Corners: Napoli 7 – Cremonese 5
- Offsides: Napoli 2 – Cremonese 0
- Fouls: Napoli 7 – Cremonese 11
Starting Lineups
Napoli
- Goalkeeper: Vanja Milinković-Savić (32)
- Defender: Alessandro Buongiorno (4)
- Defender: Amir Rrahmani (13)
- Defender: Mathías Olivera (17)
- Defender: Miguel Gutiérrez (3)
- Midfielder: Kevin De Bruyne (11)
- Midfielder: Scott McTominay (8)
- Midfielder: Stanislav Lobotka (68)
- Attacker: Alisson Santos (27)
- Attacker: Matteo Politano (21)
- Attacker: Rasmus Højlund (19)
Cremonese
- Goalkeeper: Emil Audero (1)
- Defender: Federico Baschirotto (6)
- Defender: Giuseppe Pezzella (3)
- Defender: Romano Floriani Mussolini (22)
- Defender: Sebastiano Luperto (5)
- Midfielder: Filippo Terracciano (24)
- Midfielder: Martín Payero (32)
- Midfielder: Warren Bondo (38)
- Midfielder: Youssef Maleh (29)
- Attacker: David Okereke (77)
- Attacker: Federico Bonazzoli (90)
Substitutes
Napoli
- Defender: Leonardo Spinazzola (37)
- Defender: Juan Jesus (5)
- Goalkeeper: Alex Meret (1)
- Midfielder: Frank Anguissa (99)
- Goalkeeper: Nikita Contini (14)
- Attacker: Giovane Nascimento (23)
- Defender: Pasquale Mazzocchi (30)
- Midfielder: Billy Gilmour (6)
- Defender: Sam Beukema (31)
- Attacker: Giovane (23)
- Midfielder: Eljif Elmas (20)
Cremonese
- Goalkeeper: Lapo Nava (69)
- Goalkeeper: Marco Silvestri (16)
- Midfielder: Morten Thorsby (2)
- Attacker: Antonio Sanabria (99)
- Defender: Federico Ceccherini (23)
- Attacker: Milan Djuric (9)
- Defender: Matteo Bianchetti (15)
- Midfielder: Michele Collocolo (18)
- Defender: Mika Faye (30)
- Midfielder: Alberto Grassi (33)
- Attacker: Alessio Zerbin (7)
- Midfielder: Jari Vandeputte (27)
- Defender: Francesco Folino (55)
- Defender: Tommaso Barbieri (4)
