Thursday , 2 July 2026

SSC Napoli vs Rangers FC, Champions League 2022-23 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Champions League · 2022-23
SSC Napoli
3 – 0
Full Time
Rangers FC
Wed 26 Oct 2022 · 19:00 UTC Diego Armando Maradona HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 9' Ben Davies
Y 42' John Lundstram
Min-Jae Kim 88' Y
Mario Rui 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

SSC Napoli vs Rangers FC — Champions League at Diego Armando Maradona.

Match Details

  • Referee Arda Kardesler
  • Referee Marco Fritz
  • Referee Cevdet Komurcuoglu
  • Referee Abdulkadir Bitigen
  • Referee Mustafa Eyisoy (Turkey)
  • Referee Halil Meler (Turkey)

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 Atletico 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
SSC Napoli 2 games · Avg 3.0 goals Rangers FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-10-26 SSC Napoli 3–0 Rangers FC 2022-09-14 Rangers FC 0–3 SSC Napoli

Recent Form

SSC Napoli
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Oct Rangers FC H 3–0 W
23 Oct AS Roma A 1–0 W
16 Oct Bologna FC 1909 H 3–2 W
12 Oct AFC Ajax H 4–2 W
09 Oct US Cremonese A 4–1 W
04 Oct AFC Ajax A 6–1 W
Rangers FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Oct SSC Napoli A 0–3 L
22 Oct Livingston FC H 1–1 D
16 Oct Motherwell FC A 2–1 W
12 Oct Liverpool FC H 1–7 L
08 Oct St. Mirren FC H 4–0 W
04 Oct Liverpool FC A 0–2 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
SSC Napoli this season

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Diego Armando Maradona that hosts another battle between SSC Napoli and Rangers FC.
  • 5' It looks like no one’s ball. SSC Napoli is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 9' Rangers FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 9.
  • 11' GOAL! Giovanni Simeone scores on 11.
  • 16' GOAL! Giovanni Simeone scores on 16.
  • 21' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 26' It’s high time Giovanni van Bronckhorst made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 31' 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.
  • 36' Rangers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 41' SSC Napoli seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 42' A meaty challenge results in booking for John Lundstram on 42.
  • 46' Fashion Sakala has so much to prove this time. He replaces Scott Wright on 46 minute.
  • 51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 56' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 61' SSC Napoli started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 61.
  • 66' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SSC Napoli needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 67' The whistle greets Malik Tillman as he departs to be replaced by Scott Arfield.
  • 68' The whistle greets Alfredo Morelos as he departs to be replaced by Antonio-Mirko Colak.
  • 73' Hirving Lozano has so much to prove this time. He replaces Matteo Politano on 73 minute.
  • 74' Another change for SSC Napoli made on 74 minute. Eljif Elmas leaves to be changed by Gianluca Gaetano.
  • 76' Another substitution for Rangers FC to replace Leon King by Borna Barisic on 76 minute.
  • 80' GOAL! Leo Ostigard scores on 80. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori
  • 83' Piotr Zielinski is replacing Stanislav Lobotka for the SSC Napoli side.
  • 86' Another change for SSC Napoli made on 86 minute. Giovanni Di Lorenzo leaves to be changed by Alessandro Zanoli.
  • 88' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Min-Jae Kim.
  • 90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Mario Rui.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-0.

Lineups

SSC Napoli Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luciano Spalletti

Rangers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.11 SSC Napoli xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.82 Rangers FC xG
I would bet for: SSC Napoli to win 66% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
SSC Napoli66% Draw21% Rangers FC13%
Actual: SSC Napoli win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.93
Actual: No — clean sheet

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

SSC Napoli or Draw
87%
Draw or Rangers FC
34%
SSC Napoli or Rangers FC
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
SSC Napoli47% Draw42% Rangers FC11%
Actual: SSC Napoli win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
11.7%
1 – 0
10.7%
1 – 1
10%
2 – 1
9.4%
3 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
7%
3 – 1
6.6%
4 – 0
4.2%
2 – 2
3.9%
0 – 1
3.7%
1 – 2
3.6%
4 – 1
3.6%

Asian Handicap — SSC Napoli

Handicap SSC Napoli covers Push Rangers FC covers
-2.5 22% — 78%
-2 22% 20% 58%
-1.5 42% — 58%
-1 42% 23% 34%
-0.5 66% — 34%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 9% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet
44% ✗
Rangers FC keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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