Napoli vs Eintracht Frankfurt UCL Match Stats Preview
Napoli have won their last two meetings with German sides in all European competition, as many as they had in their previous 12 such games (D3 L7). Their win in the first leg was also their first ever victory over Eintracht Frankfurt (L2 previously).
Eintracht Frankfurt's only previous away game against Napoli ended in a 1-0 win, in December 1994 in the UEFA Cup last 16.
Courtesy of their 2-0 win in the first leg, Napoli are on the verge of reaching the UEFA Champions League quarter-final for the first time. However, the only previous occasion they won a knockout stage match in the competition they ended up being eliminated (3-1 at home, 1-4 away against Chelsea in 2011-12).
Eintracht Frankfurt have scored in all three of their UEFA Champions League away games so far (5 goals), winning two and losing one.
Napoli have scored 22 goals in the UEFA Champions League this season – the last time an Italian side netted more in a single campaign (excluding goals in awarded victories, such as Milan in 2004-05) was in 2002-03, with Juventus scoring 30 and Inter Milan netting 26.
Napoli are unbeaten in their last 11 UEFA Champions League home games (W8 D3), winning all three so far this season. They've scored at least three goals in each victory this term – the only Italian team to win four consecutive home games while scoring 3+ goals each time are Roma between April-October 2018.
Napoli have missed three of their six penalties taken in this season's UEFA Champions League, including one in the first leg against Eintracht Frankfurt. No team on record (since 2003-04) has ever failed to score as many as four penalties in a single campaign in the competition (excluding shootouts).
In the first leg, Eintracht Frankfurt had their fewest amount of shots (5), while also facing their highest number of shots (18) in any of their seven UEFA Champions League games.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has provided four assists in the UEFA Champions League this season, the most by any Napoli player in a single campaign. The Georgian winger has generated the most scoring opportunities after a carry of any player in the UEFA Champions League this term (16), firing in 12 shots and creating four chances in this fashion.
Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo were on the scoresheet in Napoli's 2-0 win in the first leg – no Napoli player has ever scored in both legs of a European Cup/UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie.
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