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Before the 6th and final round of the Champions League group stage, no preliminary decision has been made in Group C: SSC Napoli are in first place with nine points. Paris St. Germain and Liverpool are second and third with eight and six points, respectively. While Paris will be able to book the round of 16 in Belgrade, Liverpool and Napoli will face each other on Tuesday night at Anfield. The Reds need to win, otherwise the Champions League finalist of last year in the Europa League continue to play. In theory, the team of Jürgen Klopp could also completely withdraw from the European Cup. Paris win in Belgrade, Liverpool must win 1-0 or two goals ahead. It gets quite scarce and dramatic when Liverpool, Paris and Naples have all nine points in the end.
Naples needs only one point for the next round. Even in a defeat, the team of coach Carlo Ancelotti can still overwinter in the premier class. The first leg between Liverpool and Naples won the Italians in October 1-0 with a goal in the 90th minute for themselves. So far there have been a total of three duels between LFC and SSC. With one win and one draw, the direct comparison is completely balanced. Naples has not won a competitive match in six attempts in England. This time, however, a draw would be enough. The only match between the two teams in Liverpool, the Reds decided in November 2010 also in the group stage with 3: 1 for themselves. At home, Liverpool is a power.
Liverpool:
In the Premier League, Liverpool FC have the best season start of the club’s history. After 16 games, the Reds are unbeaten with 13 wins and three draws. The last five games have all been won. Since the weekend, the team of Jürgen Klopp is also the championship leader, as the major championship rival Manchester City had to accept his first defeat of the season at Chelsea. In 16 league games had the Elf of Anfield Road only six goals conceded. In front of their own fans, there was only one goal in seven games. In defense, although striker Joe Gomez fails for six weeks due to an ankle fracture, he was well substituted by former Schalke player Joel Matip against Bournemouth. In the 4-0 away win against the AFC on Saturday Mohamed Salah also contributed three goals.
But in the premier class, the Liverpooler could not build on the good performance of the preseason so far. In three away games, the LFC suffered three bankruptcies, including even a 0-2 at Red Star Belgrade. Only through two home victories against PSG and Belgrade have the men of Jürgen Klopp still a chance for the next round. Of the last seven European games, the Reds have lost five, but all away. Liverpool have been unbeaten in 18 international home games with 13 wins and five draws. The record against teams from Italy stands at ten wins, five draws and 13 defeats. At Anfield there were seven victories and four bankruptcies against Italian teams. In the last three Champions League group stages Liverpool missed twice in the round of 16.
Napoli:
With 35 points after 15 match days, SSC Napoli in Serie A is the first runner-up of championship leader Juventus Turin. However, the gap to the series champion is eight points. In third place and Inter Milan, Coach Carlo Ancelotti’s team have a lead of six points. On Saturday, the SSC easily won 4-0 at home against Frosinone. The coach took care of six players of the starting eleven. In addition, returned with goalkeeping hopes Alex Meret, Amin Younes and left-back Faouzi Ghoulam three players from the military hospital.
In the group stage of the Champions League Naples is unbeaten this season. Wins at home against Liverpool and Belgrade. There are also three draws, including in Paris (2: 2) and in Belgrade (0: 0). Overall, the light blue could reach the group stage four times and pulled it twice in the second round. For twelve competitive games, the team of coach Ancelotti is unbeaten. The last defeat was on September 29, 1: 3 at Juve. With 32 goals, Napoli have the best offensive of the Serie A. While Societa Sportiva Calcio are unbeaten at home in the league, there were the only two defeats in foreign countries. On Tuesday, Ancelotti will be without Simone Verdi and Vlad Chiriches.
Liverpool vs Napoli head to head matches
03.10.18 CL Napoli Liverpool 1 : 0
04.08.18 CF Liverpool Napoli 5 : 0
04.11.10 EL Liverpool Napoli 3 : 1
21.10.10 EL Napoli Liverpool 0 : 0