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Napoli — Arsenal FC, 9 September 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 0:1

match finished UEFA Champions League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 9 September · 19:00 UTC
Napoli Napoli 30th · 0 pts LWLL
0 : 1 1st half 0:0
Arsenal FC 11th · 3 pts WDWW Arsenal FC
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona · referee G. Nyberg
Match predictionBold

Arsenal FC to avoid defeat and under 4.5 goals

82% · Arsenal FC sit 19 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “Arsenal FC to avoid defeat and under 4.5 goals”, and the match finished 0:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Napoli 14% draw 22% Arsenal FC 64%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Arsenal FC win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Arsenal FC win — they got it right.

fans 69 votes
Napoli 10% draw 15% Arsenal FC 75%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
B. Gilmour 42'
V. Milinkovic-Savic for A. Meret 46'
C. Favasuli for M. Politano 58'
A. Vergara for Alisson Santos 58'
C. Tzolis for E. Eze 66'
Bruno Guimaraes for M. Merino 66'
K. Havertz for V. Gyokeres 73'
N. Madueke for B. Saka 73'
M. Odegaard assist: C. Tzolis 0-1 75'
David Neres for R. Hojlund 76'
L. Lucca for S. Lobotka 77'
M. Zubimendi for B. White 82'
L. Lucca 85'
M. Odegaard 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Napoli Napoli 4-3-3 · Massimiliano Allegri 4-2-3-1 · Mikel Arteta Arsenal FC Arsenal FC
1 Alex Meret
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo 13 Amir Rrahmani 16 Rafa Marín 17 Mathías Olivera
11 Kevin De Bruyne 6 Billy Gilmour 68 Stanislav Lobotka
21 Matteo Politano 19 Rasmus Højlund 27 Alisson Santos
14 Viktor Gyökeres
7 Bukayo Saka 8 Martin Ødegaard 10 Eberechi Eze
41 Declan Rice 23 Mikel Merino
4 Ben White 15 Ezri Konsa 6 Gabriel Magalhães 5 Piero Hincapié
1 David Raya
Napoli bench
  1. 26Antonio Vergara
  2. 5Benoît Badiashile
  3. 2Costantino Favasuli
  4. 7David Neres
  5. 37Leonardo Spinazzola
  6. 20Lorenzo Lucca
  7. 14Nikita Contini
  8. 31Sam Beukema
  9. 32Vanja Milinković-Savić
Arsenal FC bench
  1. 39Bruno Guimarães
  2. 17Christos Tzolis
  3. 30Illan Meslier
  4. 29Kai Havertz
  5. 13Kepa Arrizabalaga
  6. 89Marli Salmon
  7. 36Martín Zubimendi
  8. 56Max Dowman
  9. 49Myles Lewis-Skelly
  10. 20Noni Madueke
  11. 33Riccardo Calafiori

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
42%Possession58%
5Shots26
3Shots on target8
0Shots off target11
2Blocked shots7
2Shots inside box15
3Shots outside box11
65Attacks128
18Dangerous attacks109
0Corners6
1Offsides1
12Fouls11
2Yellow cards1
6Saves3
445Passes608
384Accurate passes558
12Free kicks14
7Throw-ins11
12Goal kicks4
0Penalties0
NapoliNapoliArsenal FCArsenal FCThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Napoli and Arsenal FC met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League on 9 September at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Final score — 0:1.

Napoli sit 30th on 0 points after 4 matches (1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses). Arsenal FC sit 11th on 3 points after 4 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Napoli Napoli last five Arsenal FC Arsenal FC
LWLL form WDWW
4 Matches 4
1 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 1 — 0
6 — 11 Scored — conceded 8 — 3
0.75 Points per game 2.5
1.5 Goals scored per game 2
0 Clean sheets 2
1 Failed to score 0
winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 4

Napoli at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 4—4, 1.5 points per match.

Arsenal FC away: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 5—3, 2.33 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
8Bayern MünchenBayern München422012—58
9Arsenal FCArsenal FC32106—27
10StuttgartStuttgart42117—47
…
23Bodø / GlimtBodø / Glimt41124—94
24NapoliNapoli31025—73
25SabahSabah31023—63
Full UEFA Champions League table