Liverpool v Napoli CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Head-to-head
- Liverpool has won both their home European games against Napoli, winning 3-1 in the 2010-11 Europa League and 1-0 in last season's Champions League.
- Napoli won 2-0 against Liverpool on matchday one of this season's Champions League. Only two teams have ever won home and away against the reigning champions in the group stages - Ajax against AC Milan in 1994-95 and CSKA Moscow against Real Madrid in 2018-19.
Liverpool
- Liverpool has won six of their seven home European Cup/Champions League games against Italian opposition - the exception was a 2-1 defeat by Fiorentina in December 2009 under Rafael Benitez.
- Since losing 2-0 to Napoli on matchday one, Liverpool has won each of their last three Champions League games - the Reds have not won four consecutively since March 2009.
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has scored in his last two Champions League appearances - the only Englishman to score in three in a row for the Reds is Steven Gerrard (five in a row in 2007-08).
- Manager Jurgen Klopp has lost three Champions League games against Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti, his joint-most against an opposing manager along with Arsene Wenger. However, Klopp has won both home games against Ancelotti (Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Real Madrid in 2014 and Liverpool 1-0 Napoli in 2018).
Napoli
- In European competition, this will be Napoli's 10th away match in England - they have won none of their previous nine (D1, L8), facing six different English teams in that time (Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester City).
- Jose Callejon created 11 chances in their 1-1 draw with Red Bull Salzburg on matchday four - the most by a player in a Champions League match since Mesut Ozil created 12 for Real Madrid against Tottenham in April 2011.
- Ancelotti was the last manager to win an away Champions League match at Anfield against Liverpool, leading Real Madrid to a 3-0 win in October 2014. No manager has won more away Champions League games in England than Ancelotti (three - level with Jose Mourinho and Massimiliano Allegri).
- This is Napoli's 82nd away match in a major European competition - they've only managed consecutive away victories once, winning three in a row in November 2015 in the Europa League.
