Rangers vs Napoli Match Analysis and Prediction

Rangers will welcome Napoli to Ibrox for their Champions League Matchday Two in Group A on Wednesday night.

The two sides experienced very different fortunes on the opening night of the Champions League as Rangers suffered a 4-0 away defeat to Ajax, while Napoli made the headlights following their unforgettable 4-1 win over Liverpool at home.

Rangers have now suffered two 4-0 defeats in succession across all competitions as they had fallen to Celtic earlier in the Scottish Premiership. That pair of bruising defeats was first time the Light Blues have leaked four goals in successive games since 1982 and they have since spent the last week stewing following the postponement of all football fixtures across Britain at the weekend.

The Gers showed last season how important the backing of the Ibrox faithful can be and they will need to draw inspiration from a passionate home crowd if they are to overcome Serie A pacesetters Napoli on Wednesday night.

Napoli have indeed made a distinguished start to the 2022/23 campaign as they remain unbeaten across all competitions in their seven matches. They currently sit at the summit of Serie A, joint on 14 points with both Milan and Atalanta.

They also are at the top of Group A of the Champions League, level on three points with Ajax, thanks to their historic thumping of Liverpool at home in the last midweek. They followed that victory with 1-0 win over Spezia in Serie A on the weekend and have now won their last three matches in a row.

The Azzurri will now be looking to hope to recapture the magic of their stirring win over Liverpool as they seek to extend their impressive run of results.

Rangers vs Napoli head to head

This will be the first meeting between the two sides. Take a look at their previous results;

Home

• Ajax 4-0 Rangers
• Celtic 4-0 Rangers
• Rangers 3-1 Queen of The South
• Rangers 4-0 Rosss County
• PSV 0-1 Rangers

Away

• Napoli 1-0 Spezia
• Napoli 4-1 Liverpool
• Lazio 1-2 Napoli
• Napoli 1-1 Lecce
• Fiorentina 0-0 Napoli

Rangers team news

Rangers will be without Tom Lawrence, Ben Davies, John Souttar, Filip Helander, Kemar Roofe and Ianis Hagi due to injuries.

Napoli team news

Napoli could be without Victor Osimhen due to a thigh strain.

Prediction and odds

• Napoli win
• Both sides to score
• Goals over 2.5