Napoli have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Ajax. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Benfica was too strong.3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Ajax so far this season.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Go Ahead Eagles last time out and are looking for a victory here. Midfield player Tadić got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Tadić served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at AZ in the Eredivisie.Ajax are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at FC Volendam awaits in four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 16 from 4 league matches. Ajax are not conceding a lot of goals here at Johan Cruijff Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli was sent out of Europa League in the knockout round play-offs last season, when FC Barcelona turned out to be too strong.The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Napoli won their last game, 3-1 versus Torino played at home. Midfielder Anguissa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.62. Anguissa scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Milan at their stadium, the result 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Napoli playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 3 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Napoli have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 6 goals |   K. Kvaratskhelia 5 goals |  M. Kudus 4 goals |
Ajax missing players
Napoli missing players
| Ajax | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 63 | 45 | Scored | S | 21 | 68 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.4 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 16.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Ajax | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 |
| 3 | PSV | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 18 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | NEC | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | SC Cambuur | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 5 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Milan | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Udinese | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Lazio | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | Inter | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Juventus | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Torino | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Spezia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Salernitana | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Empoli | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Lecce | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Bologna | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Hellas Verona | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Monza | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
