Napoli face top-four test against title-chasing Inter

While Inter Milan are romping towards a seemingly inevitable Serie A title, the battle for Champions League qualification is heating up with Napoli's top-four ambitions set to be tested when they visit the league leaders on Sunday.

Runaway leaders Inter have a 16-point advantage over second-placed AC Milan with 10 rounds remaining, while champions Napoli are seventh, seven points off fourth-placed Bologna in an increasingly tight contest to book a spot among Europe's elite next season.

Sitting between them, AS Roma and Atalanta have 48 and 47 points respectively, while Fiorentina trail Napoli by a single point.

Both Inter and Napoli were knocked out of the Champions League this week, freeing them up to focus on their Serie A campaigns.

Inter boast the meanest defence in Serie A, having conceded only 13 goals so far this season, and while Napoli have struggled to reproduce their title-winning form of last season, they still have some potent attacking weapons at their disposal such as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen.

Milan will travel to Hellas Verona on Sunday when top-four chasing Atalanta host Fiorentina in eighth.

The season's surprise package Bologna will be without key player Joshua Zirkzee when they visit Empoli on Friday after the striker suffered a muscle injury.

Maurizio Sarri resigned as Lazio coach on Wednesday after a turbulent season when his departure had seemed on the cards.

Last season's runners-up sit in ninth place with 40 points and exited the Champions League in the round of 16 against Bayern Munich.

Lazio's new coach Giovanni Martusciello will kick off his reign at third-from-bottom Frosinone on Saturday, needing a win to maintain their already slim top-four hopes after a streak of three