It's time for episode two of the Napoli - Milan Quarter-finals battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (60240 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Quarter-finals meeting between Napoli and Milan. Game on!

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.

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Napoli form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the knockout round play-offs against Barcelona.

Napoli are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Napoli has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Napoli, who played 0-0 against Hellas Verona. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Diego Armando Maradona). Goalkeeper Meret got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.43 out of ten. Meret topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Milan in the Champions League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Napoli handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Napoli can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 33 times. From these home matches, Napoli have conceded only 13 goals.

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Milan form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Milan have produced an overall stat of 6-5-5 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

Milan are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Bologna. Midfielder Pobega was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Pobega scored one goal.

Before that game, the win at home against Napoli in the Champions League (1-0). We have checked recent matches where Milan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Milan have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 21 goals have been scored. Milan have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders met previously this season; Milan - Napoli 1-0. Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Napoli won three, Milan triumphed in five and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
21 goals
NapoliK. Kvaratskhelia
K. Kvaratskhelia
12 goals
MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
10 goals

Napoli missing players

Milan missing players

Napoli Milan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
18 8   Won W   3 8
2 2   Drew D   4 7
5 3   Lost L   7 10
51 27   Scored S   14 26
21 15   Conceded C   23 36
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 64%
56% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 52%
32% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 28%
16% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 8%
36% 46%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
48% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 36%
20% 23%   Failed to Score F T   36% 32%
 
5.7 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
3.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.5
1.4 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.5 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 13.6
5.2 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 4.8
39% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 22%
 
9.2 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.4
2.6 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 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 30 24 3 3 66 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 75
2 Lazio 30 18 7 5 49 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 15 9 4 2 24 7 29 61
3 Roma 29 16 5 8 39 26 14 9 1 4 20 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 13 53
4 Milan 30 15 8 7 49 37 14 9 3 2 28 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 12 53
5 Inter 30 16 3 11 48 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 14 5 3 6 21 25 14 51
6 Atalanta 29 14 6 9 47 34 14 6 3 5 24 18 15 8 3 4 23 16 13 48
7 Juventus 29 18 5 6 47 24 15 11 3 1 34 12 14 7 2 5 13 12 23 44
8 Bologna 30 12 8 10 39 37 16 7 6 3 21 11 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 44
9 Fiorentina 29 11 8 10 34 32 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 41
10 Udinese 29 9 12 8 39 36 14 4 8 2 24 17 15 5 4 6 15 19 3 39
11 Torino 29 10 8 11 30 35 14 5 4 5 11 13 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 38
12 Monza 30 10 8 12 35 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 5 4 6 16 23 -6 38
13 Sassuolo 29 10 7 12 37 43 14 6 3 5 18 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -6 37
14 Empoli 30 7 11 12 25 37 14 5 4 5 13 15 16 2 7 7 12 22 -12 32
15 Salernitana 29 6 11 12 33 49 15 4 5 6 20 21 14 2 6 6 13 28 -16 29
16 Lecce 29 6 9 14 25 35 14 2 6 6 14 19 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 27
17 Spezia 30 5 11 14 25 48 16 3 8 5 16 24 14 2 3 9 9 24 -23 26
18 Hellas Verona 30 5 8 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 15 0 6 9 7 20 -19 23
19 Cremonese 30 3 10 17 27 54 15 2 3 10 9 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -27 19
20 Sampdoria 29 3 6 20 18 50 15 1 4 10 8 22 14 2 2 10 10 28 -32 15

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.