Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs between Napoli and FC Barcelona. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 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.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Spartak Moskva, Leicester City and Legia Warszawa. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals against Granada.26 points is a decent return from 13 Serie A games here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona for Napoli. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
The home team returns to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona after drawing with Cagliari on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfielder Lorenzo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.05 (out of ten) in that game. Lorenzo dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Napoli as they are travelling to their away game against Lazio in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
The Napoli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. Napoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
FC Barcelona form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.4 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of FC Barcelona playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.
FC Barcelona play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Valencia. The attacker Aubameyang got a match rating of 9.04 in that game. Aubameyang scored two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as FC Barcelona are hosting Athletic Club in the La Liga only three days away.
Barcelona find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, FC Barcelona have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FC Barcelona - Napoli 1-1 was the result in these teams' latest h2h fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Napoli zero wins, two draws and FC Barcelona three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Depay 8 goals |   D. Mertens 7 goals |  V. Osimhen 7 goals |
Napoli missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| Napoli | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 16.7 | 19.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 11.5 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | Inter | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 54 |
| 3 | Napoli | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 29 | 54 |
| 4 | Juventus | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Lazio | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 42 |
| 8 | Roma | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 41 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 37 |
| 10 | Torino | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 23 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Bologna | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 13 | Empoli | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -12 | 31 |
| 14 | Sampdoria | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Spezia | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 32 | -20 | 26 |
| 16 | Udinese | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 22 |
| 18 | Venezia | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 22 |
| 19 | Genoa | 26 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | -25 | 16 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -36 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 31 | 57 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 51 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| 4 | FC Barcelona | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 42 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 39 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 38 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 9 | Celta de Vigo | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -1 | 31 |
| 12 | Valencia | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Elche | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Getafe | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Mallorca | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -15 | 26 |
| 17 | Granada | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 20 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alaves | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -23 | 20 |
| 20 | Levante | 25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -26 | 15 |
