Liverpool FC vs SSC Napoli, Champions League 2022-23 GROUP STAGE
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Liverpool FC vs SSC Napoli — Champions League at Anfield.
- Liverpool FC 8 games · 18 pts (2025/26)
- SSC Napoli 8 games · 8 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Fedayi San
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Christian Gittelmann
- Referee Tobias Stieler
- Referee Mark Borsch
- Referee Martin Petersen
Standings
# 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 01 Nov SSC Napoli H 2–0 W 29 Oct Leeds United FC H 1–2 L 26 Oct AFC Ajax A 3–0 W 22 Oct Nottingham Forest FC A 0–1 L 19 Oct West Ham United FC H 1–0 W 16 Oct Manchester City FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 01 Nov Liverpool FC A 0–2 L 29 Oct US Sassuolo Calcio H 4–0 W 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 Season Stats
Liverpool FC SSC Napoli #3 Position #30 18 Points 8 8 Played 8 6 / 0 / 2 W / D / L 2 / 2 / 4 20 Scored 9 8 Conceded 15 +12 GD -6 2.25 PPG 1.00 75% Win % 25% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)17% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history42% Clean Sheets
Liverpool FC this season25% Clean Sheets
SSC Napoli this seasonLiverpool FC are 3rd (18 pts). SSC Napoli are 30th (8 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Anfield will turn into a battlefield for Liverpool FC and SSC Napoli.
- 5' SSC Napoli is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. SSC Napoli is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' The travelling SSC Napoli supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' Liverpool FC is showing some good football. However, Liverpool FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 25' 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.
- 30' Fabinho needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 42 Yellow cards this season.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 36' Liverpool FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 36.
- 41' 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 Victor Osimhen suffering a number of foals already.
- 46' Giacomo Raspadori has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 33 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 48' It is a substitution in Liverpool FC team. James Milner is replaced by Harvey Elliott on 48 minute.
- 53' SSC Napoli is taking the lead after the goal scored by Leo Ostigard on 53.
- 58' It’s high time Luciano Spalletti made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 63' Supporters expect more eagerness from Eljif Elmas, as he is very good at scoring at Anfield with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 68' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Liverpool FC that had 395 games and scored 670 goals.
- 70' The supporters are chanting for Hirving Lozano. He replaces Matteo Politano on 70 minute.
- 73' It’s a booking for Liverpool FC player. Trent Alexander-Arnold gets a Yellow card.
- 73' Liverpool FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Darwin Nunez is hanging Curtis Jones on the field on 73 minute.
- 78' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Liverpool FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 83' The supporters are chanting for Eljif Elmas. He replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on 83 minute.
- 84' Liverpool FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Calvin Ramsay is hanging Trent Alexander-Arnold on the field on 84 minute.
- 85' What a strike from Mohamed Salah! The score is 1-1.
- 87' It is a substitution in Liverpool FC team. Roberto Firmino is replaced by Fabio Carvalho on 87 minute.
- 88' Giovanni Simeone is replacing Victor Osimhen for the SSC Napoli side.
- 89' Time for substitution for SSC Napoli. Victor Osimhen is replaced by Giovanni Simeone.
- 90' It’s a booking for Liverpool FC player. Darwin Nunez gets a Yellow card.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Liverpool FC players.
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Liverpool FC
Starting XI- 1
- 9
- 11
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7
James Milner ↓ Harvey Elliott 48'
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- 4
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17
Curtis Jones ↓ Darwin Nunez 73'
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- 6
- 5
- 21
Bench- 2
- 26
- 13
- 62
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22
Calvin Ramsay ↑ 84'
- 47
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19
Harvey Elliott ↑ 48'
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27
Darwin Nunez ↑ 73'
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28
Fabio Carvalho ↑ 87'
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43
Stefan Bajcetic ↑ 87'
Coach Jurgen KloppSSC Napoli
Starting XI- 99
- 91
- 68
- 1
- 21
- 22
- 17
- 9
- 55
- 77
- 3
Bench-
11
Hirving Lozano ↑ 70'
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7
Eljif Elmas ↑ 83'
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20
Piotr Zielinski ↑ 83'
- 30
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18
Giovanni Simeone ↑ 88'
- 70
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81
Giacomo Raspadori ↑ 88'
- 16
- 5
- 59
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Coach Luciano Spalletti -
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