Now or never for Napoli as Shakhtar visit
SSC Napoli have positively no domain for blunder as they acquire FC Shakhtar Donetsk to Italy with their UEFA Champions League hopes on a line.
• Shakhtar are in stick position to join leaders and already-qualified Manchester City FC in surpassing from Group F. The Ukrainian organisation have 9 points, 6 some-more than Napoli, and will be by if they equivocate defeat or if they remove though reason a improved head-to-head after both games opposite Napoli.
• Napoli went down 2-1 in Ukraine on matchday one in a initial assembly between these sides, and have collected usually 3 points from 4 matches. They therefore contingency win by any scoreline that leaves them during slightest turn with Shakhtar on head-to-head. They will endorse a top-three finish if they collect adult some-more points than Feyenoord conduct divided to City.
Match background
Napoli
• The Italian bar were 3-1 winners during home to Feyenoord in their initial home game, though lost 4-2 opposite Manchester City on matchday four.
• The City better was usually Napoli’s third detriment in their final 24 European home fixtures (W15 D6).
• Napoli are dominant in their 3 home matches opposite visitors from Ukraine (W1 D2), many recently drawing 0-0 with FC Dynamo Kyiv in final season’s organisation stage.
• Napoli are in a organisation theatre for a second year running. In 2016/17, a Partenopei mislaid to contingent champions Real Madrid CF in a turn of 16, succumbing 3-1 both away and at home.
• In final year’s organisation stage, Napoli warranted 4 points during home, beating SL Benfica 4-2 though losing 3-2 to BeÅŸiktaÅŸ JK.
• The Naples outfit competent for this season’s organisation theatre by overcoming OGC Nice 2-0 both home and away in a play-offs.
Shakhtar
• Shakhtar have purebred a win and a better in their Group F divided fixtures, losing 2-0 during Manchester City on matchday dual before a 2-1 success during Feyenoord.
• Shakhtar had won their prior 5 European divided games before losing during City, and have been winning in 9 of their final 12 matches outward Ukraine, losing a other three.
• The Ukrainian organisation have struggled in Italy, where their record is W1 D2 L6 – nonetheless they posted a 1-1 pull during Juventus on their many new visit, in a 2012/13 organisation stage. The solitary win was a 2011 delight during AS Roma (3-2) a outing before that, environment adult a 6-2 turn of 16 total victory.
• Shakhtar are creation their seventh organisation theatre coming in 8 seasons and their 12th in total – all given 2000. They have got to a final 16 on 3 occasions: 2010/11 (when they were quarter-finalists), 2012/13 and 2014/15.
• In 2016/17, a Ukrainian side mislaid to BSC Young Boys in a third subordinate turn (2-0 home, 0-2 away, 2-4 on penalties). They eventually done it to a UEFA Europa League turn of 32, going out to RC Celta de Vigo (1-0 away, 0-2 home aet).
Coach and actor links
• Marko Rog related adult with Shakhtar’s Darijo Srna in a Croatia patrol during UEFA EURO 2016.
• Vlad Chiricheş was in a Romania organisation beaten 4-3 by Ukraine in a accessible on 29 May 2016. Andriy Pyatov, Bohdan Butko, Yaroslav Rakitskiy and Taras Stepanenko all featured for a winning side.
• Marek HamÅ¡Ãk assisted a usually idea when Slovakia won 1-0 in Ukraine on 8 Sep 2014 in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. Pyatov, Rakitskiy and Stepanenko seemed for a hosts.
• Piotr Zieliński was in a Poland organisation beaten 1-0 by Ukraine during a OSK Metalist Stadion in Kharkiv on 11 Oct 2013. Pyatov, Rakitskiy and Stepanenko played for a opposition.
• Ex-Shakhtar brazen Yevhen Seleznyov scored both FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk goals when Napoli mislaid their 2014/15 UEFA Europa League semi-final 2-1 on aggregate.
• Zieliński and Arkadiusz Milik helped Poland overcome Ukraine 1-0 in a organisation theatre of UEFA EURO 2016. Pyatov, Butko, Stepanenko and Viktor Kovalenko all figured for Ukraine.
• Rog was a late surrogate when Croatia edged Ukraine 1-0 in FIFA World Cup subordinate on 24 Mar 2017. Pyatov, Butko, Stepanenko, Ivan Ordets and Kovalenko were concerned for Ukraine.
• Played together:
Rafael Cabral Alan Patrick (Santos FC, 2010–11)