SSC Napoli vs Real Madrid CF, Champions League 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
SSC Napoli vs Real Madrid CF — Champions League at Diego Armando Maradona.
- SSC Napoli 8 games · 8 pts (2025/26)
- Real Madrid CF 8 games · 15 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Clement Turpin
- Assistant 1 Nicolas Danos
- Assistant 2
32 games this season 🟨 1.6/game ⚽ 6.8 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 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 Bodo/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 Kobenhavn 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Oct Real Madrid CF H 2–3 L 30 Sep US Lecce A 4–0 W 27 Sep Udinese Calcio H 4–1 W 24 Sep Bologna FC 1909 A 0–0 D 20 Sep Sporting Clube de Braga A 2–1 W 16 Sep Genoa CFC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Oct SSC Napoli A 3–2 W 30 Sep Girona FC A 3–0 W 27 Sep UD Las Palmas H 2–0 W 24 Sep Club Atletico de Madrid A 1–3 L 20 Sep 1. FC Union Berlin H 1–0 W 17 Sep Real Sociedad de Futbol H 2–1 W Season Stats
SSC Napoli Real Madrid CF #30 Position #9 8 Points 15 8 Played 8 2 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 5 / 0 / 3 9 Scored 21 15 Conceded 12 -6 GD +9 1.00 PPG 1.88 25% Win % 63% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history25% Clean Sheets
SSC Napoli this season29% Clean Sheets
Real Madrid CF this seasonSSC Napoli are 30th (8 pts). Real Madrid CF are 9th (15 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Madrid CF0-151/116-301/–31-451/246-60–/161-751/–76+–/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: SSC Napoli gets underway.
- 5' 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.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Antonio Rudiger, as he is very good at scoring at Diego Armando Maradona with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' Jude Bellingham needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 51 Yellow cards this season.
- 19' Leo Ostigard puts SSC Napoli on the lead.
- 24' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Andre Zambo Anguissa made 329 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 27' What a strike from Vinicius Junior! The score is 1-1.
- 29' Eduardo Camavinga was booked on 29.
- 34' What a strike from Jude Bellingham! The score is 1-2.
- 39' SSC Napoli started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
- 44' 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 Mathias Olivera suffering a number of foals already.
- 45' The referee calls foul for Natan. He receives a Yellow card.
- 50' It’s high time Carlo Ancelotti made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 54' GOAL! Piotr Zielinski scores on 54.
- 59' Real Madrid CF 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.
- 64' Ferland Mendy is replacing Eduardo Camavinga for the Real Madrid CF side.
- 65' Luka Modric is replacing Toni Kroos for the Real Madrid CF side.
- 70' The SSC Napoli manager makes a substitution. Matteo Politano departs to be replaced by Eljif Elmas.
- 70' The referee calls foul for Jude Bellingham. He receives a Yellow card.
- 75' The supporters are chanting for Giacomo Raspadori. He replaces Piotr Zielinski on 75 minute.
- 78' GOAL! Federico Valverde scores on 78.
- 83' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Madrid CF is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 84' It is a substitution in Real Madrid CF team. Vinicius Junior is replaced by Dani Ceballos on 84 minute.
- 88' Another change for SSC Napoli made on 88 minute. Andre Zambo Anguissa leaves to be changed by Giovanni Simeone.
- 89' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Kepa Arrizabalaga.
- With this win, Real Madrid CF is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
SSC Napoli Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Matteo Politano ↓ Eljif Elmas 70'
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Mathias Olivera ↓ Mario Rui 88'
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- 55
- 77
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Bench
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7
Eljif Elmas ↑ 70'
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Mario Rui ↑ 88'
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Giovanni Simeone ↑ 88'
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Jens Cajuste ↑ 88'
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Giacomo Raspadori ↑ 75'
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Coach Rudi GarciaReal Madrid CF Lineups
4-3-1-2Starting XI
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- 25
- 18
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Toni Kroos ↓ Luka Modric 65'
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- 15
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Vinicius Junior ↓ Dani Ceballos 84'
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- 11
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Bench
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Joselu ↑ 75'
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Ferland Mendy ↑ 64'
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Luka Modric ↑ 65'
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Dani Ceballos ↑ 84'
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Coach Carlo Ancelotti -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jude Bellingham 2 Andre Zambo Anguissa 1 Giovanni Simeone 1 Joselu 1 Rodrygo 1 Nico Paz 1 Piotr Zielinski 1 Leo Ostigard 1 Head to Head
SSC Napoli Form
Real Madrid CF Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.52 SSC Napoli xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.54 Real Madrid CF xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 71%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Madrid CF winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.06Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 91% 9% ± 2.5 76% 24% ± 3.5 57% 43% ± 4.5 38% 62% Double Chance
SSC Napoli or Draw 49%Draw or Real Madrid CF 74%SSC Napoli or Real Madrid CF 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Madrid CF win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 2 8.3%1 – 1 7.5%1 – 3 6.9%2 – 2 6.2%0 – 2 5.7%2 – 3 Actual2 – 1 5%0 – 3 4.7%1 – 4 4.4%0 – 1 4.1%2 – 4 3.3%3 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — SSC Napoli
Handicap SSC Napoli covers Push Real Madrid CF covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 6% 90% -1.5 10% — 90% -1 10% 12% 78% -0.5 22% — 78% +0.5 42% — 58% +1 42% 20% 39% +1.5 61% — 39% +2 61% 17% 22% +2.5 78% — 22% Clean Sheet
SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet 9% ✓Real Madrid CF keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

