AZ vs SSC Napoli, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
AZ vs SSC Napoli — Europe at AFAS Stadion.
- AZ 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- SSC Napoli 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ruddy Buquet
- Referee Guillaume Debart
- Referee Frederic Haquette
- Referee Pignard Jeremie
19 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 4.4 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Dec SSC Napoli H 1–1 D 29 Nov Heracles Almelo A 2–1 W 26 Nov Real Sociedad de Futbol H 0–0 D 22 Nov FC Emmen H 1–0 W 08 Nov SC Heerenveen A 3–0 W 05 Nov Real Sociedad de Futbol A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Dec AZ A 1–1 D 29 Nov AS Roma H 4–0 W 26 Nov HNK Rijeka H 2–0 W 22 Nov AC Milan H 1–3 L 08 Nov Bologna FC 1909 A 1–0 W 05 Nov HNK Rijeka A 2–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds AFAS Stadion will turn into a battlefield for AZ and SSC Napoli.
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 6' GOAL! Dries Mertens scores on 6. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo
- 11' AZ is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 16' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 16 minutes.
- 21' It looks surprising SSC Napoli does not make any changes. Owen Wijndal has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 26' It looks like no one’s ball. SSC Napoli is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 31' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 36' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 41' It’s a booking for AZ player. Bruno Martins Indi gets a Yellow card.
- 46' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AZ that had 289 games and scored 477 goals.
- 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 53' What an equalizer from Bruno Martins Indi!
- 54' Bruno Martins Indi puts AZ on the lead.
- 56' A meaty challenge results in booking for Owen Wijndal on 56.
- 57' Eljif Elmas has so much to prove this time. He replaces Fabian Ruiz on 57 minute.
- 61' The SSC Napoli manager makes a substitution. Piotr Zielinski departs to be replaced by Andrea Petagna.
- 66' Another change for SSC Napoli made on 66 minute. Faouzi Ghoulam leaves to be changed by Mario Rui.
- 70' It is a substitution in AZ team. Albert Gudmundsson is replaced by Myron Boadu on 70 minute.
- 75' It’s high time Arne Slot made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 80' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 82' Another change for AZ made on 82 minute. Zakaria Aboukhlal leaves to be changed by Jesper Karlsson.
- 87' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 87.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Diego Demme. He receives a Yellow card.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
AZ Lineups
Starting XI
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- 5
- 7
- 8
- 6
- 15
- 10
- 26
- 17
Bench
- 24
- 14
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9
Myron Boadu ↑ 70'
- 22
- 16
- 27
- 18
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11
Jesper Karlsson ↑ 82'
- 55
- 19
Coach Arne SlotSSC Napoli Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Fabian Ruiz ↓ Eljif Elmas 57'
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31
Faouzi Ghoulam ↓ Mario Rui 66'
- 26
- 24
- 20
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14
Dries Mertens ↓ Diego Demme 66'
- 19
- 25
- 5
- 21
- 22
Bench
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11
Hirving Lozano ↑ 61'
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7
Eljif Elmas ↑ 57'
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4
Diego Demme ↑ 66'
- 68
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6
Mario Rui ↑ 66'
- 1
- 44
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37
Andrea Petagna ↑ 61'
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Coach Gennaro Gattuso -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.07 AZ xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.89 SSC Napoli xGI would bet for: AZ or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 69%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 1.96Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 59% 41% ± 2.5 31% 69% ± 3.5 14% 86% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
AZ or Draw 72%Draw or SSC Napoli 59%AZ or SSC Napoli 68%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: SSC Napoli win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 16.4%1 – 1 Actual1 – 0 13.7%0 – 1 11.1%2 – 0 7.7%2 – 1 7%1 – 2 5.8%0 – 2 5.3%2 – 2 3.3%3 – 0 2.7%3 – 1 2.6%1 – 3 1.8%Asian Handicap — AZ
Handicap AZ covers Push SSC Napoli covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 22% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 18% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
AZ keeps clean sheet 41% ✓SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet 35% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.