Napoli vs Udinese preview - Guidolin en guarde ahead of Napoli clash

Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin has warned his players they must be on their guard to counter the attacking threat of Napoli when the sides meet on Wednesday.

The Zebrette beat Novara 3-0 on Sunday to climb to the top of the Serie A standings, one point clear of Lazio.

Antonio Di Natale's brace fired the Friuli outfit to their fourth win of the campaign.

The Serie A leaders will be favourites as they are unbeaten in the league, but Guidolin knows his side cannot afford to underestimate the potency of Napoli's attack.

He said: "Napoli have some great tools at their disposal.

"They have very good players going forward that can create a lot of problems for us.

"Edinson Cavani is a quick player with great technical ability and he has the quality to make the difference.

"Ezequiel Lavezzi and Marek Hamsik are also dangerous.

"We have to make sure we don't give Napoli any spaces.

"I would have preferred to have had a week to prepare for this game rather than three days.

"We are aware that we could lose but we will try to play as best we can and get a good result."

Rivals Napoli have collected one point from their last two league games and Sunday's goalless draw at Cagliari dropped Walter Mazzarri's side to fifth place, four points behind Udinese.

Napoli fans will be hoping Cavani can end his goalscoring drought on Wednesday with the Uruguay forward having failed to find the net since bagging a hat-trick in his team's 3-1 win over AC Milan on September 18.

Cavani will partner Lavezzi and Hamsik up front.

The hosts will be without midfielder Walter Gargano, who is out for four weeks with a muscular injury.