Napoli 2-0 Arsenal: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 11 December 2013
Result
Napoli 2-0 Arsenal
Champions League · Wednesday 11 December 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Napoli 2-0 Arsenal: match report
Napoli won against Arsenal 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 11 December 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Napoli's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (73') and José Callejón (90+3'). Arsenal did not score.
Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Napoli were 43rd on 4 points from 5 and Arsenal 5th on 16 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read L-D-D-D-D and Arsenal's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 41'Yellow card · Blerim Dzemaili
- 63'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 67'Yellow card · Olivier Giroud
- 73'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 76'Second yellow · Mikel Arteta
- 84'Yellow card · Federico Fernández
- 84'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsey
- 90+3'Goal · José Callejón
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Christian Maggio, Federico Fernández, Pablo Armero, Raúl Albiol, Dries Mertens, Blerim Džemaili, Valon Behrami, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín, Goran Pandev
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, C. Jenkinson, Kieran Gibbs, Tomáš Rosický, Mikel Arteta, Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla, Mathieu Flamini, Olivier Giroud