Napoli vs. Chelsea: Head-to-head record and past meetings

By Seye Omidiora | 26 Jan 2026 20:29, Last updated: 29 Jan 2026 01:18

Chelsea and Napoli went head-to-head at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on the final matchday of the 2025-26 Champions League league phase.

Chelsea emerged victorious on the night, with a brace from Joao Pedro and an Enzo Fernandez penalty securing a 3-2 win, meaning the Blues finished sixth in the table and qualified directly for the last 16.

Meanwhile, Napoli squandered a 2-1 lead at half-time to eventually lose, meaning they crashed out of the Champions League altogether with a disastrous 30th-placed finish.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 3

Napoli wins: 1

Draws: 0

Chelsea wins: 2

Before their 2025-26 meeting, the only previous competitive contests between these two clubs occurred during the 2011-12 Champions League campaign in a round-of-16 tie that has since gone down in Chelsea folklore.

In the first leg at Stadio San Paolo, the Italian side appeared to have one foot in the quarter-finals after securing a dominant 3-1 victory.

Ezequiel Lavezzi bagged a clinical brace and Edinson Cavani also found the net to cancel out Juan Mata's opening goal, leaving then-head coach Andre Villas-Boas with a mountain to climb.

However, with Villas-Boas dismissed shortly after, the return leg at Stamford Bridge proved to be a transformative night for the Blues under interim boss Roberto Di Matteo.

Goals from the club's old guard of Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard sent the match into extra time after Gokhan Inler had momentarily put Napoli back in control.

The comeback was completed in the 105th minute when Branislav Ivanovic rifled a shot into the roof of the net to secure a 4-1 win on the night and a 5-4 aggregate triumph.

That victory provided the spark for Chelsea's maiden Champions League title and remains the definitive chapter in the history of this fixture.

Over 10 years from that memorable round of 16 meeting, Chelsea emerged victorious once again in a league phase matchup in 2025-26.

The Blues sealed a 3-2 victory at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to ensure their place in the top eight of the Champions League standings, while Napoli were embarrassingly eliminated from the competition altogether.