FC Barcelona 3-1 Napoli: result and report

Champions League · Saturday 8 August 2020

Result

FC Barcelona 3-1 Napoli

Champions League · Saturday 8 August 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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FC Barcelona 3-1 Napoli: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Napoli 3-1 in the Champions League on Saturday 8 August 2020. The half-time score was 3-1.

Clément Lenglet opened the scoring in the 10th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Clément Lenglet (10'), Lionel Messi (23') and Luis Suárez (45+1', penalty). Napoli scored through Lorenzo Insigne (45+5', penalty).

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 11th on 15 points from 7 and Napoli 14th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Clément Lenglet of FC Barcelona (8.4), ahead of Lionel Messi (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Napoli.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Clément LengletFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 45+5'Penalty goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 3-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

1 meetings: FC Barcelona 0, draws 1, Napoli 0.

Team news

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FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-1-2)

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Ivan Rakitić, Frenkie de Jong, Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

David Ospina, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Konstantinos Manolas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mário Rui, Fabián Ruiz, Diego Demme, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne