Champions League line-ups: Napoli vs. Bodo/Glimt

Napoli in crisis hope Kevin De Bruyne, Scott McTominay and Rasmus Hojlund can get them on the Champions League mark board against giant-killers Bodo/Glimt.

It kicks off at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples at 20.00 UK time (21.00 CEST).

The Partenopei are having a disastrous run of form, losing both Champions League matches 1-0 to Arsenal and 3-1 away to Villarreal.

Their Serie A record hasn’t been much better, suffering a shock 1-0 defeat to rock bottom Venezia on Saturday, putting Max Allegri under huge pressure.

Alisson Santos suffered a thigh strain during that match, joining Antonio Vergara, David Neres, Costantino Favasuli and Alessandro Buongiorno on the absentee list.

The good news is the return of Frank Zambo Anguissa for his first start since September 5 to complete the midfield with De Bruyne and McTominay.

Matteo Politano and Noa Lang flank Hojlund in a 4-3-3 formation, but De Bruyne must accept Allegri’s decision to turn him into a playmaker.

Bodo/Glimt famously knocked Inter out of the Champions League last season in the play-offs, and have made a real name for themselves as giant-killers.

They lost 5-0 at Bayern Munich in the opening game, with Odin Bjortuft sent off, but beat Borussia Dortmund 1-0 at home.

Bjortuft returns from suspension this evening, though Hakon Evjen, August Mikkelsen and Magnus Riisnaes are still out of action, with Ole Didrik Blomberg not at 100 per cent either, but still starts.

Jens Petter Hauge is a familiar face from his time playing for Milan, where he scored in a 3-1 win against Napoli in November 2020.

Napoli vs. Bodo/Glimt line-ups

Napoli: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Rafa Marin, Spinazzola; Anguissa, De Bruyne, McTominay; Politano, Hojlund, Lang

Napoli bench: Contini, Milinkovic-Savic, Badiashile, Gilmour, Olivera, Lucca, Giovane, Beukema, Lobotka

Bodo/Glimt: Halkin; Sjovold, Gundersen, Biortuft, Bjorkan; Auklend, Berg, Brunstad Fet; Blomberg, Helmersen, Hauge

Bodo/Glimt bench: Faye Lund, Nielsen, Aleesami, Saltnes, Kitolano, Brynhildsen, Mvuka, Maatta

Ref: Sanchez (ESP)

20-10-2026 20:00

MatchDay 3

Season Analytics

Napoli

Positions

Bodø/Glimt

SEASON TOTAL

NAP HOME

0 0 1

0 0 2

Last matches

32 24

Position

SEASON TOTAL

B/G AWAY

0 0 1

1 0 1

Last matches

Napoli

Bodø/Glimt

Starting lineups

1 Alex Meret Goalkeeper

13 Amir Rrahmani Defender

22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo Defender

37 Leonardo Spinazzola Defender

16 Rafa Marín Defender

99 Frank Anguissa Midfielder

11 Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder

8 Scott McTominay Midfielder

21 Matteo Politano Attacker

70 Noa Lang Attacker

19 Rasmus Højlund Attacker

12 Nikita Haikin Goalkeeper

15 Fredrik Björkan Defender

6 Jostein Gundersen Defender

4 Odin Bjørtuft Defender

20 Fredrik Sjövold Midfielder

7 Patrick Berg Midfielder

8 Sondre Auklend Midfielder

19 Sondre Brunstad Fet Midfielder

9 Andreas Helmersen Attacker

10 Jens Petter Hauge Attacker

11 Ole Didrik Blomberg Attacker

Substitutes

68 Stanislav Lobotka Midfielder

14 Nikita Contini Goalkeeper

32 Vanja Milinković-Savić Goalkeeper

20 Lorenzo Lucca Attacker

6 Billy Gilmour Midfielder

5 Benoît Badiashile Defender

17 Mathías Olivera Defender

31 Sam Beukema Defender

23 Giovane Attacker

17 Ola Brynhildsen Attacker

5 Haitam Aleesami Defender

14 Ulrik Saltnes Midfielder

22 Joel Mvuka Attacker

1 Julian Faye Lund Goalkeeper

25 Isak Dybvik Määttä Midfielder

2 Villads Nielsen Defender

16 Joshua Kitolano Midfielder