Manchester City vs Napoli

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored his 50th goal on his 49th appearance in the UEFA Champions League, reaching half a century of goals in at least 13 appearances fewer than any other player in the competition’s history (Ruud van Nistelrooy - 62 apps).

Manchester City have started six of their last seven UEFA Champions League campaigns with a victory (D1), since a 1-2 home loss to Lyon on MD1 in 2018-19.

Napoli have failed to win any of their 13 away games against English sides in Europe (D3 L10), with three of those encounters coming against Manchester City (D1 L2).

All four of the previous meetings between Manchester City and Napoli in Europe have been in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. The Citizens went winless in 2011-12 (D1 L1), before winning home and away against them in 2017-18.

Napoli have never won away to an English side in any European competition (P12 W0 D3 L9), losing at least once against six of the seven different teams they have faced (Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester City), with Leicester being the only exception (2-2 in UEFA Europa League in 2021-22).

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has faced Napoli counterpart Antonio Conte on seven occasions across all competitions, while he has lost (4) more than he has won (3). Of managers with at least two wins over Guardiola, Conte is one of only three individuals who has won more often than he has lost, along with Jürgen Klopp (11 wins, 10 defeats) and Luis Enrique (three wins, two defeats).

This will be the 17th UEFA Champions League campaign for Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola as a manager, taking him level with José Mourinho. Only three managers have been involved in more than 17 editions of the competition (since the 1992-93 rebrand): Carlo Ancelotti (22), Arsène Wenger (20) and Alex Ferguson (18).

Napoli will be the fifth different team Antonio Conte has managed in the UEFA Champions Legue (also Juventus, Chelsea, Internazionale and Tottenham), with Carlo Ancelotti (8) and Claudia Ranieri (6) the only Italians to take charge of as many clubs in the competition (since 1992/93).