Champions League

Champions League | Group Stage

Oct 4, 2022 at 8pm UK

Johan Cruijff Arena

Ajax
1 - 6
Napoli

Kudus (9')

FT(HT: 1-3)

Raspadori (18', 47'), Di Lorenzo (33'), Zielinski (45'), Kvaratskhelia (63'), Simeone (81')

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Napoli's Giacomo Raspadori celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates on October 4, 2022

Napoli hit Ajax for six to stay top of Group A

Giacomo Raspadori scores a brace on his Champions League debut to help Napoli come from behind to thrash 10-man Ajax 6-1 at the Johan Cruijff ArenA this evening.

Oct 4, 20:55

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Champions League clash between Ajax and Napoli, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Ajax

All competitions

Champions League

Last Game: Ajax 1-1 Go Ahead Eagles
Saturday, October 1 at 7pm in Eredivisie

Goals
for

Top scorers

Napoli

All competitions

Champions League

Last Game: Napoli 3-1 Torino
Saturday, October 1 at 2pm in Serie A

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Ajax win with a probability of 40.8%. A win for Napoli had a probability of 35.9% and a draw had a probability of 23.3%.

The most likely scoreline for an Ajax win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.65%) and 2-0 (5.55%). The likeliest Napoli win was 1-2 (8.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.33%). The actual scoreline of 1-6 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Napoli would win this match.

Result
Ajax	Draw	Napoli
40.8% ( 0.04)	23.3% ( 0.02)	35.9% ( -0.05)

Both teams to score 63.98% (

-0.08)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

62.46% (

-0.1)

37.54% (

0.1)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

40.23% (

-0.11)

59.76% (

0.11)

Ajax Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.14% (

-0.02)

18.85% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

49.69% (

-0.05)

50.31% (

0.05)

Napoli Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.84% (

-0.07)

21.15% (

0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.99% (

-0.11)

54.01% (

0.12)

Score Analysis

Ajax 40.8%

Napoli 35.9%

Draw 23.29%

Ajax	Draw	Napoli
2-1 @ 8.62% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 6.65% ( 0.03) 2-0 @ 5.55% ( 0.02) 3-1 @ 4.8% ( 0) 3-2 @ 3.73% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 3.09% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 2% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.55% ( -0) 4-0 @ 1.29% ( 0) Other @ 3.52% Total : 40.8%	1-1 @ 10.33% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 6.7% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 3.99% ( 0.02) 3-3 @ 1.93% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.35% Total : 23.29%	1-2 @ 8.03% ( -0) 0-1 @ 6.2% ( 0.02) 0-2 @ 4.81% ( 0) 1-3 @ 4.16% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 3.47% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 2.49% ( -0) 1-4 @ 1.61% ( -0.01) 2-4 @ 1.35% ( -0.01) 0-4 @ 0.97% ( -0) Other @ 2.82% Total : 35.9%