Liverpool 1-0 Napoli: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 11 December 2018

Result

Liverpool 1-0 Napoli

Champions League · Tuesday 11 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 1-0 Napoli: match report

Liverpool defeated Napoli 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 11 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Mohamed Salah of Liverpool in the 34th minute.

Discipline: Liverpool received 4 yellow cards; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 37th on 6 points from 5 and Napoli 21st on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Napoli in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Milner of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Trent Alexander-Arnold (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 1 draw and 1 for Napoli.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Virgil van DijkLiverpool
  • 34'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
  • 83'Yellow card · Mohamed SalahLiverpool
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Andrew RobertsonLiverpool
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Sadio ManéLiverpool

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Liverpool 1, draws 1, Napoli 1.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

Napoli line-up (4-4-2)

David Ospina, Nikola Maksimović, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mário Rui, Juanmi Callejón, Allan, Marek Hamšík, Fabián Ruiz, Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens