Napoli 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026
Result
Napoli 2-3 Chelsea
Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Napoli 2-3 Chelsea: match report
Napoli were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 January 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Enzo Fernández opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Napoli's goals came from Antonio Vergara (33') and Rasmus Højlund (43'). Chelsea scored through Enzo Fernández (19', penalty), João Pedro (61') and João Pedro (82').
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Napoli were 35th on 8 points from 7 and Chelsea 13th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Napoli lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Chelsea (8.5), ahead of Mathías Olivera (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Napoli win, 1 draw and 0 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-L-W-D-L and Chelsea's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 19'Penalty goal · Enzo Fernández
- 33'Goal · Antonio Vergara
- 43'Goal · Rasmus Højlund
- 61'Goal · João Pedro
- 74'Yellow card · Eljif Elmas
- 82'Goal · João Pedro
- 88'Yellow card · Wesley Fofana
Head-to-head
Team news
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Napoli line-up (3-4-2-1)
Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Juan Jesus, Alessandro Buongiorno, Leonardo Spinazzola, Stanislav Lobotka, Scott McTominay, Mathías Olivera, Antonio Vergara, Eljif Elmas, Rasmus Højlund
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella, Andrey Santos, M. Caicedo, Estêvão, Enzo Fernández, Pedro Neto, João Pedro