UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Arsenal WWWWW 1
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Napoli DWWLL 0
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Match Report

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Martin Ødegaard nets late winner as Arsenal beat Napoli

Martin Ødegaard's fine second-half goal saw Arsenal kick off their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 win at Napoli on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
0
3
Saves
6
57.7
Possession
42.3
26
SHOTS
5
8
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
559
Accurate Passes
383
608
Passes
446
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
0
19
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.0
19
Long Balls
61
8
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
7
9
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
4
7
Effective Clearances
17
7
Clearances
17

Highlights

01:43 Moreno: Odegaard goals a 'necessity' for Arsenal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 16Rafa MarínCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 17Mathías OliveraLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 6Billy GilmourCM
  7. 68Stanislav LobotkaLM
  8. 11Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 19Rasmus HøjlundF
  10. 27Alisson SantosLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 15Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 5Piero HincapiéLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 8Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 23Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 41Declan RiceRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 10Eberechi EzeAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Delay in match because of an injury Alex Meret (Napoli).
  2. 36' Delay in match for a drinks break.
  3. 37' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  4. 37' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 42' Billy Gilmour (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Vanja Milinkovic-Savic replaces Alex Meret because of an injury.
  7. 57' Delay in match because of an injury Alisson Santos (Napoli).
  8. 57'
  9. 57' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  10. 57'
  11. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Costantino Favasuli replaces Matteo Politano.
  12. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Antonio Vergara replaces Alisson Santos because of an injury.
  13. 65' Substitution, Arsenal. Bruno Guimarães replaces Mikel Merino.
  14. 66' Substitution, Arsenal. Christos Tzolis replaces Eberechi Eze.
  15. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Kai Havertz replaces Viktor Gyökeres.
  16. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Noni Madueke replaces Bukayo Saka.
  17. 75' Goal! Napoli 0, Arsenal 1. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christos Tzolis.
  18. 76' Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Rasmus Højlund.
  19. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  20. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Martín Zubimendi replaces Ben White.
  21. 85' Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 90'+1' Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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