NAPOLI VS BARCELONA: EUROPA LEAGUE PREVIEW
Gli Azzuri would be hosting Barca today in the second Leg of the Europa league tonight having played in a 1-1 full time draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg.
Meeting 7 times in all European competitions, Napoli have won just one, Barca winning 4 with 2 draws between them.
Both teams are doing pretty well this season as Napoli sit 3rd on the Serie A table with Barca are also 4th in the La Liga.
Gli Azzuri have won 2 put of their last 5 games whiles Barca have managed 3 put their last 5 games.
Barca are better of in terms of injury as their key players are all in form.
Napoli are also glad to have their key center back Kalidou Koulibaly who has successfully returned from winning the African Cup of Nations with Senegal.
Barca stats against Italian sides are impressive, having faced Italian sides on 61 occasions, winning 30 games, loosing just 12 and drawing 19.
Napoli stats against Spanish sides are not that good winning just 6 out of 21 games played, loosing 8 and drawing 7 (W6 L8 D7).
Looking at these 2 stats, Barca would be looking to extend their record against Italian sides, whiles the Azzuri would want to rewrite their records against Spanish sides and also try to qualify into the Round-of-16 of the Europa League.
Let’s see how the game would turn out as both sides have chances of winning.
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