Napoli vs Sporting CP prediction 01.10.2025 | Champions League
Napoli
2 - 1
Elapsed: FT
Half time: 1 - 0
Full time: 2 - 1
Kick off:
Date:
Sporting CP
1
1.92
X
3.59
2
4.33
Contents
- Competition: Champions League
- Date: 01/10/2025
- KO: 20:00 UK / 21:00 CEST
- Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona is the venue for a Champions League encounter on Wednesday evening as Napoli takes on Sporting CP.
The Italian champions come into this fixture on the back of a frustrating road defeat against Milan on Sunday, while Sporting make the trip to Italy in winning form after a Primeira Liga victory against
Previous meetings between these sides have been scarce, with Wednesday´s contest marking their first-ever meeting in the UEFA Champions League.
H2H stats
Napoli and Sporting will meet for the first time since 1990. Napoli claimed a UEFA Cup victory via penalty shoot after a pair of goalless contests in Naples and Lisbon.
Napoli team overview
Napoli come into Wednesday's Champions League contest looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2:1 defeat at AC Milan on Sunday. Despite a spirited second-half performance against ten men, the Serie A champions slipped to their first defeat of the season.
Antonio Conte will be confident of a winning response this week, with Napoli boasting a strong record in this competition. A 2-0 defeat at Manchester City on Matchday 1 – in which they were reduced to ten men following Giovanni Di Lorenzo´s 21st-minute red card – was only Napoli's fourth defeat in their last 19 Champions League group stage/league phase games (W11 D4).
Strong in Naples, the hosts lost just four of 30 previous home UCL matches, and they will be expected to put their Portuguese visitors to the sword on Wednesday.
Head coach Conte could shuffle his pack after Sunday's reversal in Milan. Billy Gilmour and David Neres are among those hoping to earn a recall to the first XI.
Romelu Lukaku, Nikita Contini, Amir Rrahmani, and Alessandro Buongiorno remain long-term absentees.
Last matches of Napoli
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AC Milan
2 : 1
Napoli
Serie A
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Napoli
3 : 2
Pisa
Serie A
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Manchester City
2 : 0
Napoli
Champions League
-
Fiorentina
1 : 3
Napoli
Serie A
-
Napoli
1 : 0
Cagliari
Serie A
Napoli lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Alex Meret
Defenders
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37
Leonardo Spinazzola
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31
Sam Beukema
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5
Juan Jesus
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17
Mathías Olivera
Midfielders
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68
Stanislav Lobotka
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21
Matteo Politano
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99
Andre Zambo Anguissa
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11
Kevin De Bruyne
-
8
Scott McTominay
Forwards
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19
Rasmus Højlund
Sporting CP team overview
Sporting CP arrive in Italy after extending their winning run to four matches with a narrow 1:0 win at Estoril last weekend. Luis Suarez fifth goal of the season secured the points for Rui Borges´s side.
The Portuguese side began their Champions League campaign with a comfortable 4:1 win against Kazakh debutants Kairat Almaty earlier this month.
On the road, Sporting are rarely a reliable choice in this competition. The Green and Whites lost
Head coach Borges has a strong squad available for the trip to Naples. Nuno Santos and Daniel Bragança are the only expected absentees for the visitors.
Last matches of Sporting CP
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Estoril
0 : 1
Sporting CP
Liga Portugal
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Sporting CP
3 : 0
Moreirense
Liga Portugal
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Sporting CP
4 : 1
Kairat Almaty
Champions League
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Famalicao
1 : 2
Sporting CP
Liga Portugal
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Sporting CP
1 : 2
Porto
Liga Portugal
Sporting CP lineup
Goalkeeper
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12
Joao Virginia
Defenders
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13
Georgios Vagiannidis
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6
Zeno Debast
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25
Goncalo Inacio
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91
Ricardo Mangas
Midfielders
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42
Morten Hjulmand
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14
Giorgi Kochorashvili
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7
Geovany Quenda
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17
Trincao
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8
Pedro Goncalves
Forwards
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97
Luis Suarez
Prediction
Napoli are usually a formidable opponent in home fixtures, and they should have enough quality to pick-up their first Champions League points of the season.
A home win is my best bet in Naples.
Three Reasons Why We Expect Napoli to Win
- Napoli won 5 of their last 7 competitive matches
- Napoli won 18 of their last 30 home matches (Champions League)
- Sporting CP lost 2 of their last 4 away matches (Champions League)
Main prediction Napoli - Sporting CP
Napoli to win
Best Odds:
Melbet
1.92
Napoli vs Sporting CP standings in Champions League
| League Stage | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 - 2 | +6 | 6 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 - 1 | +6 | 6 |
| 3 | Inter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 - 0 | +5 | 6 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 - 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 - 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | Paris Saint Germain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 - 0 | +4 | 3 |
| 7 | Atlético Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 - 4 | +3 | 3 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 - 2 | +3 | 3 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 - 2 | +3 | 3 |
| 10 | Sporting CP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 - 1 | +3 | 3 |
| 11 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 - 3 | +2 | 3 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 13 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 14 | FC Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 - 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 - 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 18 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 - 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Galatasaray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 20 | Atalanta | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 21 | Bodø / Glimt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 - 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 - 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Juventus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 - 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Olympiacos F.C. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | FC København | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 - 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 27 | Slavia Praha | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 - 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 28 | Pafos FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 - 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 29 | Villarreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 30 | Benfica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 - 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 31 | PSV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 32 | Athletic Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 33 | Napoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 34 | Monaco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 35 | Ajax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 - 6 | -6 | 0 |
| 36 | Kairat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 - 9 | -8 | 0 |