The ninth round of the 2026/2027 season comes with a long absentee list, and Napoli are among the clubs feeling it most. They list Alisson Santos among their unavailable players for matchday 9, while Inter and Juventus also have several names missing.
Santos is not just a name at the end of a team sheet. He has 4 Serie A appearances, 219 minutes and a 6.55 rating, so Napoli are losing a player they have already used in the league rather than a filler option.
Inter and Juventus carry the heaviest lists
Inter's unavailable group includes Lautaro, Stones, Jones, Pavard and Luis Henrique. The club are top of Serie A with 22 points from 8 matches and a goal difference of +13, so every missing player lands in a team protecting a strong start.
Juventus list Ekhator, Gonzalez, Grabara, Yildiz, Locatelli, Milik, Conceicao, Thuram and Celik among their unavailable players. They sit seventh with 14 points from 8 matches and a goal difference of +3, and that is a long list for a side still trying to build momentum.
Fiorentina and Lecce add to the round's absences
Atalanta are also in the round's wider availability picture, while Fiorentina list Atta, Parisi, Pongracic and Ranieri among their unavailable players. Fiorentina are 18th with 4 points from 8 matches and a goal difference of -10, so their four absences add to an already fragile start.
Lecce have Gaspar suspended for matchday 9. It is a smaller headline than the lists at Inter or Juventus, but it still trims one option from a round already crowded with absences.
The clearest takeaway from the matchday 9 roundup is that Napoli, Inter and Juventus all enter the weekend with compromised squads. Napoli's issue is the quality of the player missing, Inter's is the number of names on the list, and Juventus' is the length of it.
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