Porto vs Napoli prediction and preview
Champions League · Wednesday 4 November 2026, 20:00 UTC
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Porto vs Napoli
Champions League · Wednesday 4 November 2026, 20:00 UTC · Estádio Do Dragão, Porto
Porto vs Napoli preview
Porto welcome Napoli at Estádio Do Dragão in Porto on Wednesday 4 November 2026 (20:00 UTC) in the Champions League. Porto go into the round 35th, on 0 points from 3 games, while Napoli go into the round 24th, on 3 points from 3 games.
Porto come into the game with a L-L-L run in the league (0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats in their last 3), while Napoli's recent sequence reads L-W-D-W-L. Over their last 3, Porto have scored 0.7 and conceded 2.0 goals per game, with 1 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 1. Napoli average 2.0 scored and 2.2 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.
Head to head, Porto have 2 wins to Napoli's 0 across 2 meetings, with 0 draws. Those games averaged 2.0 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 1. The most recent meeting, on 20 Mar 2014, ended Napoli 1-2 Porto.
Porto are without William Gomes (injury) and Vasco Sousa (injury). William Gomes has featured heavily in recent matches. Napoli list 9 absentees, including Giovanni Di Lorenzo (injury), Alessandro Buongiorno (injury) and Stanislav Lobotka (injury). Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Alessandro Buongiorno have featured heavily in recent matches. Michael Oliver is the appointed referee. Across 539 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.5 yellow cards per game and 0.3 penalties per game, and home sides won 43% of those games.
Bookmaker prices make Porto favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.
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- Vasco Sousa
- Alessandro Buongiorno
- Costantino Favasuli
- William Gomes
- David Neres
- Alisson Santos
- Benoît Badiashile
- Leonardo Spinazzola
- Stanislav Lobotka
- Mathías Olivera
- Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Porto expected line-up (4-1-2-3)
Diogo Costa, Alberto Costa, Jan Bednarek, Jakub Kiwior, Zaidu Sanusi, Pablo Rosario, Gabri Veiga, Victor Froholdt, Pepê, Samu Aghehowa, Borja Sainz
Napoli expected line-up (3-5-2)
Alex Meret, Sam Beukema, Amir Rrahmani, Rafa Marín, Matteo Politano, Frank Anguissa, Billy Gilmour, Scott McTominay, Noa Lang, Lorenzo Lucca, Rasmus Højlund
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