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FC Red Bull Salzburg vs SSC Napoli, Champions League 2019-20 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Champions League · 2019-20
FC Red Bull Salzburg
2 – 3
Full Time
SSC Napoli
Wed 23 Oct 2019 · 19:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 38' Hirving Lozano
Y 39' Kevin Malcuit
Erling Haaland 45' Y
Y 89' Llorente

Overview

Match Preview

FC Red Bull Salzburg vs SSC Napoli — Champions League at Red Bull Arena.

Match Details

  • Referee Francois Letexier
  • Referee Clement Turpin
  • Referee Nicolas Danos
  • Referee Cyril Gringore
  • Referee Franck Schneider
13 games this season 🟨 4.1/game ⚽ 8.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Arsenal FC 8 24
2 FC Bayern München 8 21
3 Liverpool FC 8 18
4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17
5 FC Barcelona 8 16
6 Chelsea FC 8 16
7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16
8 Manchester City FC 8 16
9 Real Madrid CF 8 15
10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15
11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14
12 Newcastle United FC 8 14
13 Juventus FC 8 13
14 Club Atlético de Madrid 8 13
15 Atalanta BC 8 13
16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12
17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11
18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11
19 Club Brugge KV 8 10
20 Galatasaray SK 8 10
21 AS Monaco FC 8 10
22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10
23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9
24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9
25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9
26 Paphos FC 8 9
27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9
28 PSV 8 8
29 Athletic Club 8 8
30 SSC Napoli 8 8
31 FC København 8 8
32 AFC Ajax 8 6
33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4
34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3
35 Villarreal CF 8 1
36 FK Kairat 8 1

Head-to-Head

2
2
2
FC Red Bull Salzburg 6 games · Avg 2.7 goals SSC Napoli
Last 5 meetings
2019-10-23 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–3 SSC Napoli 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
23 Oct SSC Napoli H 2–3 L
02 Oct Liverpool FC A 3–4 L
17 Sep KRC Genk H 6–2 W
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
SSC Napoli
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Oct FC Red Bull Salzburg A 3–2 W
19 Oct Hellas Verona FC H 2–0 W
06 Oct Torino FC A 0–0 D
02 Oct KRC Genk A 0–0 D
29 Sep Brescia Calcio H 2–1 W
25 Sep Cagliari Calcio H 0–1 L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
SSC Napoli this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FC Red Bull Salzburg is hosting SSC Napoli for another epic battle.
  • 5' With 2 assists to his name this season, Erling Haaland is clearly more than just a goal scorer for SSC Napoli.
  • 10' Jose Callejon is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Red Bull Salzburg so far.
  • 15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 17' A goal from the Belgium international Dries Mertens! He fires home on 17 to make it 0-1!
  • 22' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Red Bull Salzburg in their trying to find a way past SSC Napoli's compact .
  • 27' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Red Bull Salzburg needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 32' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 32 minutes.
  • 33' The supporters are chanting for Carlos Miguel. He replaces Cican Stankovic on 33 minute.
  • 38' That is a Yellow card for SSC Napoli. Hirving Lozano will be fuming at that decision.
  • 39' SSC Napoli player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 40' Magnificent from Erling Haaland! That is 262 goals in 83 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 45' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Erling Haaland on 45 minutes.
  • 50' SSC Napoli is showing some good football. However, SSC Napoli are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 55' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 60' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 64' Dries Mertens with the second goal in the match!
  • 65' Lorenzo Insigne is replacing Hirving Lozano for the SSC Napoli side.
  • 68' The FC Red Bull Salzburg manager makes a substitution. Patson Daka departs to be replaced by Majeed Ashimeru.
  • 72' Erling Haaland does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Red Bull Salzburg surge ahead!
  • 73' Lorenzo Insigne makes no mistake. The score reads 2-3 and SSC Napoli are in front.
  • 76' SSC Napoli ring the changes. Dries Mertens has done his job and it is now time for Llorente to step up.
  • 80' The SSC Napoli manager makes a substitution. Jose Callejon departs to be replaced by Eljif Elmas.
  • 85' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 89' FC Red Bull Salzburg ring the changes. Enock Mwepu has done his job and it is now time for Sekou Koita to step up.
  • 89' Llorente picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-3.

Lineups

FC Red Bull Salzburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jesse Marsch

SSC Napoli Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlo Ancelotti

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Erling Haaland 3
Arkadiusz Milik 2
Dries Mertens 2
Jerome Onguene 1
Fabian Ruiz 1
Munas Dabbur 1
Christoph Leitgeb 1
Fredrik Gulbrandsen 1

Head to Head

2019-10-23 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–3 SSC Napoli 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

2019-10-23 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–3 SSC Napoli L 2019-10-02 Liverpool FC 4–3 FC Red Bull Salzburg L 2019-09-17 FC Red Bull Salzburg 6–2 KRC Genk W 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

SSC Napoli Form

2019-10-23 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–3 SSC Napoli W 2019-10-19 SSC Napoli 2–0 Hellas Verona FC W 2019-10-06 Torino FC 0–0 SSC Napoli D 2019-10-02 KRC Genk 0–0 SSC Napoli D 2019-09-29 SSC Napoli 2–1 Brescia Calcio W 2019-09-25 SSC Napoli 0–1 Cagliari Calcio L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.64 FC Red Bull Salzburg xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.3 SSC Napoli xG
I would bet for: FC Red Bull Salzburg or SSC Napoli 72% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Red Bull Salzburg41% Draw28% SSC Napoli31%
Actual: SSC Napoli win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 2.94
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

FC Red Bull Salzburg or Draw
69%
Draw or SSC Napoli
59%
FC Red Bull Salzburg or SSC Napoli
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Red Bull Salzburg32% Draw45% SSC Napoli23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted
2 – 3
Actual
1 – 1
12.2%
2 – 1
8.9%
1 – 0
7.9%
0 – 0
7.1%
1 – 2
7%
2 – 0
7%
0 – 1
6%
2 – 2
5.8%
3 – 1
4.9%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 0
3.8%
3 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Red Bull Salzburg

Handicap FC Red Bull Salzburg covers Push SSC Napoli covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 21% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 71% — 29%
+1 71% 16% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

FC Red Bull Salzburg keeps clean sheet
28% ✓
SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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