Napoli and Spartak Moskva get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
The hosts Napoli saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie A. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cagliari, was also a home game here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The away team is better rested.
It's quite the trip for Spartak Moskva when visiting Napoli as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals and lost against Granada.As mentioned below, Napoli are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Serie A games. Napoli haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Juventus, 176 days ago.
Napoli are confident in defense, having played 350 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Napoli last time playing, versus Cagliari. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Victor Osimhen and Lorenzo Insigne scoring for the victors. Victor Osimhen, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the team in that match, earning a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Osimhen scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie A match versus Sampdoria with a 4-0 scoreline.There will be little rest for Napoli after this match as they are travelling to Fiorentina for a Serie A game in only three days.
The Napoli manager L. Spalletti has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Napoli have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Spartak's mission in Europa League last season failed in the play-offs.1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Spartak Moskva playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Spartak are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premier League against Ufa. Samuel Gigot was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.34. The defender Gigot hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
Prior to that match, the Spartak manager R. Pinho da Vitória faced defeat when travelling to CSKA Moskva and losing 0-1.Spartak have another game away from home in just three nights, a Premier League match versus Akhmat Grozny. A back-breaking fixture list for the visitors!
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Spartak's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. It's not easy to score on Spartak as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Osimhen 4 goals |   E. Ponce Martínez 4 goals |  K. Koulibaly 2 goals |
Napoli missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| Napoli | Spartak Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 13 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.2 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Napoli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Milan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Inter | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Empoli | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Bologna | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Torino | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Udinese | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Hellas Verona | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Genoa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Spezia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Venezia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 2 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Sochi | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Ufa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Khimki | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Rostov | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Ural | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 6 |