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Manchester City v. Napoli

  • Napoli have never won an away game against English opposition in all competitions, losing five of their six trips, conceding 15 goals and scoring only three.
  • City and Napoli's only previous meeting came in the 2011-12 Champions League group stages. The Italians were unbeaten, drawing 1-1 in Manchester before winning 2-1 in Naples.
  • City are unbeaten in their past 10 Champions League home games (W7 D3).
  • This is City's seventh consecutive Champions League campaign. They have made it past the last 16 only once, reaching the semi-finals in 2015-16.
  • Napoli have progressed to the knockout stages in two of their three previous appearances but have never made it further than the last 16.

Real Madrid v. Tottenham Hotspur

  • Harry Kane has already scored seven goals in only five games in the Champions League. This season, he has been directly involved in all six of Spurs' goals, assisting the first and scoring the following five.
  • Real Madrid are unbeaten against Tottenham in European competition; they have faced each other four times, with Real winning three of them.
  • Real are unbeaten in their past 29 Champions League group games, their last defeat dating back to October 2012 away to Borussia Dortmund.
  • At home, Real have won 21 of their past 23 group games, last tasting defeat eight years ago against AC Milan, in October 2009 when they lost 3-2.
  • Real Madrid are playing in the Champions League for the 21st consecutive season, the longest run in the history of the competition.
  • Tottenham are in the Champions League group stages for the third time after 2010-11 (quarter-finals) and 2016-17 (group stage).
  • Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has found the net 94 times in 90 games in the Champions League.

 

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