Napoli vs Juventus preview - Allegri calls for major improvement from Juventus at Napoli

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has criticised his side's midweek performance against Frosinone and demanded a drastic improvement on Saturday at Napoli.

The Italian champions were held to a 1-1 home draw by the league debutants on Wednesday evening and have clinched five points from their opening five games.

Juve gave away a last-gasp equaliser to settle for a point against Frosinone and Allegri is hoping Saturday's game can be a turning point for his struggling team.

"We've dropped points so far when perhaps we deserved more but all the same, we need to improve and start defending better," Allegri said on his club's official website. "Wins are the only thing missing.

"What the players have shown on the field so far, for me, deserved four or five more points.

"These are young players with excellent potential and soon they will learn to manage games better as previous Juventus sides have done so well."

Juve are 13th in the standings, 10 points adrift of league leaders Inter Milan.

Inter have won all five games so far.

"It's still too early to say what the table will look like come May," Allegri said. "For now, we have plenty of time to dust ourselves off, start moving forward as a team and pick up victories."

Victory on Saturday would be a big boost in confidence ahead of a challenging week.

Juve host last season's Europa League winners Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday before Bologna visit four days later prior to the international break.

"It's a very important week with Napoli, Sevilla and Bologna on the horizon," Allegri said. "We need to approach these games with clear heads.

"If we stay calm and play our own game we'll soon be back in the position that we expect of ourselves."

Juve welcome back Spanish forward Alvaro Morata, who sat out Wednesday's game with a muscular problem.

Martin Caceres, Claudio Marchisio, Sami Khedira and Mario Mandzukic are all out injured.

Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is expected to returning to action against Napoli having been rested in midweek.

Like Juve, Napoli also seek their second league win of the campaign on Saturday.

Napoli beat Lazio 5-0 last weekend but were held to a goalless draw by Serie A newcomers Carpi in midweek.

Azzurri coach Maurizio Sarri, whose side is one place and one point clear of Juve, is focusing on the positives.

"We failed to score (against Carpi) but I am happy with the performance," he said on his club's official website. "We were solid and we didn't give anything away.

"We are on the right path.

"Now we look ahead to Juve at the San Paolo, looking to be at our best in that game."

Napoli have not beaten Juve at home in Serie A since March 2014.

Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain will lead Napoli's attack alongside Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne.

Higuain is Napoli's leading scorer in the league with four goals.