Napoli vs Arsenal: Stats and facts ahead of UEFA Champions League clash

SSC Napoli begin their UEFA Champions League campaign against Arsenal at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in the first round of the competition, after the English team reached the final of the previous edition.

UEFA has highlighted key statistics and facts ahead of the match, where the two teams have met four times before, with Arsenal achieving three victories compared to one win for SSC Napoli.

The last encounters between the two teams were in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League in the 2018/2019 season, when Arsenal won 2-0 at home and 1-0 away. SSC Napoli has lost its last three matches in the UEFA Champions League against English clubs, while Arsenal has won seven of its last ten encounters against Italian teams.

SSC Napoli are competing in their tenth UEFA Champions League, with their best achievement being reaching the quarter-finals in the 2022/2023 season. The team has only secured two victories in their last ten matches in the Champions League, alongside three draws and five defeats.

Arsenal are participating for the fourth consecutive season, having reached the final last season before losing to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties 4-3 after a draw.

Arsenal secured victory in all eight of their league matches last season, before overcoming Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Sporting Lisbon, and Atlético in the knockout stages.

Arsenal have not lost in the first round of their last nine European participations, achieving 12 consecutive victories in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, scoring three goals or more in their last six matches.

Arsenal have lost only two of their last 30 group stage or league phase matches, while they had the fewest goals conceded in the UEFA Champions League last season with seven goals, alongside achieving nine matches with clean sheets.