Benfica 1-2 Napoli: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 6 December 2016

Result

Benfica 1-2 Napoli

Champions League · Tuesday 6 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 1-2 Napoli: match report

Benfica were beaten by Napoli 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

José Callejón opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Benfica's goal came from Raúl Jiménez (87'). Napoli scored through José Callejón (60') and Dries Mertens (79').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Benfica were 26th on 8 points from 5 and Napoli 25th on 8 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.6), ahead of Marek Hamšík (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 2 for Napoli.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-L-D and Napoli's D-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
  • 60'Goal · José CallejónNapoli · 0-1
  • 79'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 0-2
  • 87'Goal · Raúl JiménezBenfica · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · PizziBenfica

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 0, Napoli 2.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Ederson, Nélson Semedo, Luisão, Victor Lindelöf, André Almeida, Eduardo Salvio, Ljubomir Fejsa, Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Raúl Jiménez, Gonçalo Guedes

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Allan, Amadou Diawara, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Manolo Gabbiadini, Lorenzo Insigne