The 2022/23 Champions League round of 16 continues this week and on Tuesday the 21st of February we a meeting between Eintracht Frankfurt and Napoli.
The game will be played at Deutsche Bank Park and the hosts are currently 6th in the Bundesliga while the visitors are top of Serie A.
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Eintracht Frankfurt come into the game on the back of a 2-0 home win over Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on the weekend. The goals came at the beginning of the first and second half, with the opening goal coming from the penalty spot.
The victory over Werder Bremen means Eintracht Frankfurt are undefeated in 10 of their last 11 fixture in all competitions.
They have won 3 of their last 4 games, with the victories coming over Hertha Berlin and Werder Bremen at home plus Darmstadt at home in the DFB Pokal. The defeat came at Koln and was a disappointing 3-0 loss in the Bundesliga.
In terms of the Champions League, Eintracht Frankfurt are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 matches in the competition. There have been wins home and away against Marseille plus a 2-1 win at Sporting Lisbon, all of which came in the group stages this season.
There have been 3 consecutive Champions League games for Eintracht Frankfurt in which they managed to score at least 2 goal and they have seen over 2.5 goals scored in those 3 matches.
Napoli travel to Germany having beat Sassuolo 2-0 away in Serie A on the weekend. Both goals came in the first half of the match and Napoli are running away with the league in Italy this season.
That win leaves them 15 points clear at the top of the table with every team having played the same number of games.
Napoli have won each of their last 5 matches, all of which have come in Serie A. There have been wins over Roma and Cremonese at home plus Salernitana, Spezia, and Sassuolo away.
The only defeat for Napoli in their 8 most recent fixtures came via a penalty shootout against Cremonese in the Coppa Italia.
Form in the Champions League shows Napoli have won 5 of their last 6 fixtures in the competition. They have defeated Ajax, Rangers, and Liverpool at home plus Rangers and Ajax away. There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Napoli’s last 7 Champions League matches.
Team news and Eintracht Frankfurt are without the injured duo of Sebastian Rode and Eric Ebimbe.
Napoli make the trip without forward Giacomo Raspadori, who is out until March with a muscle injury.
This game should produce plenty of goalmouth action and we expect to see both teams find the back of the net. Napoli have been the standout team in Europe so far this season and we expect to see them come away with the victory ahead of the second leg in Italy.