Fun Facts Ahead of Liverpool vs Napoli in the Champions League
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VIVA – The big match between Liverpool vs Napoli will be on the last matchday of Group A of the 2022/2023 Champions League. This match will take place on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 3 AM.
Currently, Liverpool is in second place in the standings with 12 points. They have to face a rival that is not easy because Napoli has not lost so far this season.
This season, Liverpool has had problems with consistency. Liverpool had suffered a defeat against Leeds United, with a score of 1-2 at Anfield. Meanwhile, Napoli won against Sassuolo with a score of 4-0 in Serie A last weekend. Napoli managed to record 13 consecutive wins in all matches.
Penyerang Liverpool, Mohamed Salah merayakan gol
- Twitter Mohamed Salah
So, here are fun facts ahead of the Liverpool VS Napoli match in the Champions League:
1. This match will be the eighth meeting between Liverpool and Napoli in a European competition. Napoli led by winning three wins while Liverpool only won twice, and the other two matches ended in a draw.
2. Napoli has traveled to Liverpool headquarters on three previous occasions in European competition. But they never won (D1 L2). Lost 1-3 in the Europa League in November 2010, 0-1 in December 2018, and 1-1 in November 2019 in the Champions League.
3. Liverpool has lost their last two matches in the UEFA Champions League, both coming this year (0-1 v Inter Milan in March and 1-4 v Napoli in September). Previously, Liverpool had never lost in three consecutive matches against an Italian team in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League.
4. Napoli has never won against an English team in a European competition. They have failed on 11 occasions until now. Indeed, Napoli is unbeaten on the last two trips, however, they only drew 1-1 against Liverpool in November 2019 and 2-2 v Leicester in the UEFA Europa League in September 2021.
5. This will be Juergen Klopp's 100th match as manager in the UEFA Champions League, alongside Borussia Dortmund and his current club Liverpool. He will become the first German coach to achieve this in the competition.
Pemain Napoli rayakan gol.
- AP Photo/Peter Dejong
6. So far, Napoli is the best team in the Champions League. They only lost to Bayern Munich who recorded a record 24 goals in the preliminary stages of the 2019-2020 season and 22 goals in 2021-2022.
7. Liverpool's player, Mohamed Salah scored 42 goals in the Champions League, making him the second African player to score more goals in the Champions League. Mohamed Salah needs to score twice in this match to level with Didier Drogba as Africa's top scorer.
8. Giacomo Raspadori has been directly involved in six goals for Napoli in the Champions League this season, scoring four goals and providing two assists. The last Italian player to be directly involved in more goals in a season in this competition was Alberto Gilardino for Fiorentina in 2009-2010 (three goals, five assists).
9. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson will make their 50th UEFA Champions League appearance for Liverpool in this match. If Alexander-Arnold did, he would become the youngest player to reach 50 appearances in competition for the Reds (24 years 25 days).
10. Giovanni Di Lorenzo of Napoli has created more chances from open play. That's more than any other full-back in the UEFA Champions League this season.
