Napoli vs. Arsenal: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Champions League clash

By Ben Knapton | 07 Sep 2026 10:27, Last updated: 10 Sep 2026 00:01

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 5

Napoli wins: 1

Draws: 0

Arsenal wins: 4

Napoli and Arsenal have met five times in competitive matches, with the latest encounter coming in the 2026-27 Champions League league phase on September 9, 2026, when the Gunners recorded a 1-0 victory in Naples through a Martin Odegaard strike in the 75th minute.

That win makes it four victories for the North London club compared to one for the Partenopei, while all five meetings have seen the winning side keep a clean sheet.

The 2013-14 Champions League season marked the maiden meetings between Arsenal and Napoli, who visited the Emirates in October 2013 but were comfortably put to the sword by a Mesut Ozil-inspired Gunners team.

Ozil side-footed home a slick volley before setting up Olivier Giroud in a 2-0 home victory, but Napoli gained an identical slice of revenge when they hosted Arsenal in December.

Either side of a red card to Mikel Arteta for two bookable offences, Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon struck in a 2-0 Napoli triumph, as Rafael Benitez got one over Arsene Wenger.

The two clubs would not clash again until the 2018-19 Europa League quarter-finals, when the likes of Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne proved powerless against Wenger's defence, as Arsenal prevailed 3-0 on aggregate.

Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring in the first leg at the Emirates, before a Kalidou Kouliably own goal doubled Arsenal's lead and gave them a healthy 2-0 advantage to take to Naples.

There, Alexandre Lacazette's long-range free kick - which Declan Rice produced a carbon copy of against Real Madrid six years later - was all that was needed to separate the two sides, as Arsenal marched onto the semi-finals before a crushing final loss to Chelsea.