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UCL: Napoli vs Red Star 3-1 FT, as Mertens goes into the history books with his brace

UCL: Napoli vs Red Star 3-1 FT, as Mertens goes into the history books with his brace

Napoli will be taking on Red Star later on today in the UCL as you can follow all of the action with us here on Calciomercato.com. 

MATCH PREVIEW:

-The only previous meeting between Napoli and Crvena Zvezda ended 0-0 on matchday one of this season’s Champions League.
- Red Star Belgrade have never won a European Cup/Champions League match against Italian sides, drawing five and losing four of their nine matches.
- Napoli had 20 shots in their 0-0 draw with Crvena Zvezda on matchday one, the most shots they’ve had without scoring in a single Champions League game.
- With one win and three draws so far, this is the first time Napoli have been unbeaten in their first four Champions League games within a single season.
- Napoli have lost just two of their 14 Champions League group stage games at home, winning nine and drawing three.
- Eight of Napoli’s last nine home Champions League goals have been scored in the second half of games, including each of their last six in a row.
Crvena Zvezda have mustered fewer shots on goal than any other side in the Champions League this season (25).
- Following his equaliser against PSG last time out, Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne is the only Italian player to score in five consecutive home matches in the Champions League.
⁻ Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne has scored five goals in his last six Champions League games, more than he managed in his previous 17 in the competition (4).
- Against Liverpool, Milan Pavkov became the first Red Star player to score twice in a European Cup/Champions League match since Darko Pancev vs Panathinaikos in March 1992.​

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