Champions League betting and spectator preview: Napoli and Rangers meet at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Rangers have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Napoli and Rangers.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli was eliminated in the knockout round play-offs last season in the Europa League. FC Barcelona was too strong.When playing at home in the Serie A, Napoli have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
It's back home for Napoli, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Roma away with the result 1-0. Osimhen found the net in that victory. Osimhen has scored in three matches in a row. Ace! Defender Jesus got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Jesus won 6 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match, Napoli won a home game hosting Bologna (3-2).Napoli are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 9, drew 3 and lost 1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sassuolo are coming to town in three days.
The Napoli manager Spalletti has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. From these home matches, Napoli have conceded only 4 goals.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Malmö FF turned out to be too strong.The visitors are W0-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the league. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-1D-5L. This is both home and away.
There were no winners in Rangers's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Livingston. Lundstram got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. Lundstram scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 75 successful passes (of 81 total).
A home victory as predicted against Dundee ahead of that, in the League Cup.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aberdeen in just three days.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Rangers - Napoli 0-3.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 10 goals |   K. Kvaratskhelia 5 goals |  V. Osimhen 4 goals |
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| Napoli | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 76 | 49 | Scored | S | 13 | 44 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 17.6 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 13.3 | ||
| 6.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 10.4 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -15 | 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 | Napoli | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Milan | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Lazio | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 24 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Roma | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Udinese | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Inter | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Juventus | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Salernitana | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Empoli | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Bologna | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Monza | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Spezia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Lecce | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 4 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 3 |
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -15 | 0 |
