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Napoli vs Qarabag: Match Statistics

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Napoli and Qarabag face each other for the first time in European competitions; this will also be the first encounter between the Azzurri and an Azerbaijani club.

Qarabag has never won in their 6 previous matches against Italian teams in Europe, having lost 5 times and drawn only once. The only two times the Azerbaijani club faced an Italian side in the Champions League was in the group stage of the 2017-18 edition, losing both at home (1-2) and away (0-1).

Italian clubs are unbeaten against Azerbaijani teams in European competitions, having won 6 of the 8 previous encounters (2 draws), including the last 4 in a row.

Napoli has won only 1 of their last 6 matches played in the UEFA Champions League (2 draws, 3 losses), also conceding more than two goals per game on average (2.2, with a total of 13 goals conceded). Nevertheless, the Azzurri kept a clean sheet in their most recent Champions League match, drawing 0-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt in the previous round.

Qarabag has avoided defeat in 3 of the 4 matches played so far in the 2025-26 Champions League (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), after losing 4 of the 6 matches played in their last participation in the tournament (2017-18 season). The Azerbaijani club has also already quadrupled the goals scored (8 so far) compared to that 2017-18 Champions League edition (2).

Napoli has lost only 1 of their last 19 home matches in the UEFA Champions League (11 wins, 7 draws): that sole defeat came against Real Madrid (2-3) in October 2023, against the team that would go on to lift the Champions League trophy that season.

Rasmus Højlund has scored 7 goals in 9 Champions League appearances. Since the start of the 2023-24 edition, his conversion rate per shot (7/15, equal to 47%) is the best among all players with at least 10 shots in the tournament.

Leandro Andrade (3 goals) has scored in 3 of the 4 matches played so far by Qarabag in the 2025-26 Champions League. Among players with at least 3 goals in this Champions League, none has a better conversion rate than the Cape Verdean midfielder: 75%, 3/4, equal to Marcos Llorente.

André-Frank Anguissa has made more high-intensity pressures (242) than any other midfielder in this 2025-26 Champions League. Only Enzo Barrenechea (21) has regained possession in the central final third more times than the Napoli player (17) among all midfielders in this tournament.

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