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FC Red Bull Salzburg vs SSC Napoli, Europe 2018-19 ROUND OF 16

UEFA Europa League · 2018-19
FC Red Bull Salzburg
3 – 1
Full Time
SSC Napoli
Thu 14 Mar 2019 · 17:55 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Jerome Onguene 42' Y
Y 44' Arkadiusz Milik
Diadie Samassekou 57' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Red Bull Salzburg vs SSC Napoli — Europe .

Match Details

  • Referee Juan Martinez
  • Referee Diego Barbero
  • Referee Carlos del Cerro
  • Referee Juan Carlos Yuste
  • Referee Roberto Alonso
  • Referee Ricardo de Burgos

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompié 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 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzeň 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 Fenerbahçe 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

2
2
2
FC Red Bull Salzburg 6 games · Avg 2.7 goals SSC Napoli
Last 5 meetings
2019-03-14 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 SSC Napoli 2019-03-07 SSC Napoli 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2016-01-26 SSC Napoli 0–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2015-08-21 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 SSC Napoli

Recent Form

FC Red Bull Salzburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Mar SSC Napoli H 3–1 W
07 Mar SSC Napoli A 0–3 L
21 Feb Club Brugge KV H 4–0 W
14 Feb Club Brugge KV A 1–2 L
13 Dec Celtic FC A 2–1 W
29 Nov RB Leipzig H 1–0 W
SSC Napoli
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Mar FC Red Bull Salzburg A 1–3 L
10 Mar US Sassuolo Calcio A 1–1 D
07 Mar FC Red Bull Salzburg H 3–0 W
03 Mar Juventus FC H 1–2 L
24 Feb Parma Calcio 1913 A 4–0 W
21 Feb FC Zurich H 2–0 W

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
FC Red Bull Salzburg this season

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Red Bull Salzburg
Yorbe Vertessen 3 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between FC Red Bull Salzburg and SSC Napoli.
  • 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 14' The deadlock is broken! Arkadiusz Milik gets on the scoresheet on 14 minutes.
  • 19' SSC Napoli started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 19.
  • 24' Jerome Onguene is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Red Bull Salzburg so far.
  • 25' Munas Dabbur doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 30' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Red Bull Salzburg must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 35' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Red Bull Salzburg in their trying to find a way past SSC Napoli's compact .
  • 40' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Red Bull Salzburg side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 42' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jerome Onguene on 42.
  • 44' Arkadiusz Milik picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 49' It looks like no one’s ball. SSC Napoli is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 54' Italy international Alex Meret has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 57' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Diadie Samassekou.
  • 59' Fredrik Gulbrandsen gets the nod from FC Red Bull Salzburg. He replaces Enock Mwepu and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 64' FC Red Bull Salzburg is showing some good football. However, FC Red Bull Salzburg are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 65' Fredrik Gulbrandsen does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Red Bull Salzburg surge ahead!
  • 70' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kevin Malcuit suffering a number of foals already.
  • 74' SSC Napoli ring the changes. Piotr Zielinski has done his job and it is now time for Amadou Diawara to step up.
  • 78' Kevin Malcuit has so much to prove this time. He replaces Vlad Chiriches on 78 minute.
  • 83' 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.
  • 86' It is a substitution in FC Red Bull Salzburg team. Takumi Minamino is replaced by Erling Haland on 86 minute.
  • 88' SSC Napoli make a change. Dries Mertens trudges off to be replaced by Amin Younes on 88 minutes.
  • 90' Christoph Leitgeb makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and FC Red Bull Salzburg are in front.
  • The final score is 3-1.

Lineups

FC Red Bull Salzburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marco Rose

SSC Napoli Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlo Ancelotti

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Erling Haaland 3
Dries Mertens 2
Arkadiusz Milik 2
Lorenzo Insigne 1
Hirving Lozano 1
Jerome Onguene 1
Fabian Ruiz 1
Munas Dabbur 1

Head to Head

2019-03-14 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 SSC Napoli 2019-03-07 SSC Napoli 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2016-01-26 SSC Napoli 0–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2015-08-21 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 SSC Napoli

FC Red Bull Salzburg Form

2019-03-14 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 SSC Napoli W 2019-03-07 SSC Napoli 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg L 2019-02-21 FC Red Bull Salzburg 4–0 Club Brugge KV W 2019-02-14 Club Brugge KV 2–1 FC Red Bull Salzburg L 2018-12-13 Celtic FC 1–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2018-11-29 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 RB Leipzig W

SSC Napoli Form

2019-03-14 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 SSC Napoli L 2019-03-10 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–1 SSC Napoli D 2019-03-07 SSC Napoli 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2019-03-03 SSC Napoli 1–2 Juventus FC L 2019-02-24 Parma Calcio 1913 0–4 SSC Napoli W 2019-02-21 SSC Napoli 2–0 FC Zurich W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.62 FC Red Bull Salzburg xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.07 SSC Napoli xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Red Bull Salzburg50% Draw26% SSC Napoli24%
Actual: FC Red Bull Salzburg win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.69
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

FC Red Bull Salzburg or Draw
76%
Draw or SSC Napoli
50%
FC Red Bull Salzburg or SSC Napoli
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Red Bull Salzburg35% Draw46% SSC Napoli19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.7%
1 – 0
10.1%
2 – 1
9.2%
0 – 0
8.7%
2 – 0
8.7%
0 – 1
6.3%
1 – 2
6%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
4.9%
3 – 0
4.6%
0 – 2
3.8%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Red Bull Salzburg

Handicap FC Red Bull Salzburg covers Push SSC Napoli covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 15% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 23% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 14% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

FC Red Bull Salzburg keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.