Ajax vs Napoli Prediction & Tips
Ajax and Napoli meet at the Amsterdam ArenA, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Group Stage). According to our data, there are no recent records of head-to-head meetings between the two teams. Napoli have considerable differences in their home and away results, so in this match the home factor could be decisive.
The home side go into Matchday 3 of Group A in 2nd place with 3 points from 1 win and 1 defeat. In their first match in this group stage they won at home against Rangers (4-0). In the 2nd matchday, they lost away against Liverpool (2-1). This is a team with similar home and away results, so they are not usually affected by the home factor, as in the last 30 matches they have 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats away; against 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats at home. They come into this game on the back of a 1-1 draw at home to Go Ahead Eagles. In the last 10 home matches played in all competitions, Ajax won 6, drew 2 and lost 2. Their attack has been scoring regularly, as they always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, as in 27 of their last 29 matches there were more than 1.5 goals and in 25 of the last 29 there were more than 2.5 goals. In 15 games, they have come from behind in 2 of the 4 games in which they have conceded the first goal.
Ajax come into this match on the back of a draw, by one goal, in the reception to Go Ahead, in the Dutch league. It should be noted that the home side lost to Liverpool, 2×1, in their last Champions League match. The Dutch usually play a 5-2-3 tactical system, which favours quick transitions, mainly down the flanks, with Dusan Tadic, Mohammed Kudus and Steven Bergwijn as the three most advanced men. The home team tends to play a possession-based game, moving forward with short passes. Jorge Sanchez and Ahmetcan Kaplan are absent, both with physical problems.
After 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats, the visitors go into Matchday 3 in 1st place in Group A with 6 points. In the previous matchday, they won away against Rangers by (0-3), after the first match of this group stage they won by (4-1) at home against Liverpool. This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results away than at home, as in the last 30 matches they have 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat away, with 31 goals scored and 12 conceded; against 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat at home, with 45 goals scored and 13 conceded. In their last match, for Serie A, they beat Torino at home (3-1). In their last 10 away games Napoli have 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Their attack has been scoring consistently, scoring goals in 9 of the last 10 matches.
Napoli come into the game on the back of a 3×1 home win over Torino in Serie A, with goals from Frank Anguissa (2) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. In their last Champions League match, the visitors beat Rangers 0x3. The visitors usually play with a 4-3-3 tactical system, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Matteo Politano and Giovanni Simeone as the three men up front, combining several characteristics, among them: unmarking and speed. It should be noted that the Italians have great quality on the counter-attack. Victor Osimhen is out of this match due to physical problems.
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