Supercoppa: Napoli vs. Milan – probable line-ups and where to watch on TV

Christian Pulisic and Christopher Nkunku are expected to start in the Milan attack against Rasmus Hojlund’s Napoli in the Supercoppa Italiana semifinal tonight.

It kicks off at 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT) at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)

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The other semifinal between Inter and Bologna will be played tomorrow, Friday, December 19, at the same venue.

The Partenopei, the 2024-25 Serie A winners, will see Stanislav Lobotka return to the starting XI, according to Sky Sport and other Italian media, but Kevin De Bruyne, Billy Gilmour and Frank Zambo Anguissa and Alex Meret are still injured.

MILAN, ITALY – NOVEMBER 23: Christian Pulisic of AC Milan celebrates after scoring their team’s first goalduring the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Milan at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on November 23, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

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Milan, last season’s Coppa Italia runners-up, must cope without Rafael Leao, who continued to train separately on the eve of the game. Matteo Gabbia is injured and will be replaced by Koni De Winter.

Pulisic and Nkunku will start up front for the Rossoneri with Luka Modric in central midfield, Davide Bartesaghi and Alexis Saelemaekers on the wings.

Napoli vs. Milan – where to watch on TV

The match will be televised on Premier Sports 1 in the UK and Ireland and on Paramount+ in the USA. Football Italia will provide live updates via a liveblog.

Napoli vs. Milan – probable line-ups

Napoli (3-4-3): Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus; Politano, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola: David Neres, Hojlund, Elmas.

Milan (3-5-2): Maignan; Tomori, De Winter, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Loftus-Cheek, Modric, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Nkunku, Pulisic.