Champions League Matchday 4: Porto vs Napoli facts

Porto will again look to get off the mark in the UEFA Champions League as Napoli visit Portugal on Matchday 4, the Italian side having registered their first points of the season in their most recent fixture.

Previous meetings

The sides have played two two-legged European ties, each winning one on aggregate. Napoli won 1-0 both home and away in the 1974/75 UEFA Cup second round before Porto triumphed 3-2 on aggregate in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League round of 16 (1-0 h, 2-2 a).

Porto's last games against an Italian club ended in a 3-4 aggregate defeat by Roma in the 2024/25 Europa League knockout phase play-offs (1-1 h, 2-3 a), making it six games without a win against Serie A sides (D3 L3).

The Dragons have lost only four of their 20 home matches against Italian clubs (W8 D8) and are unbeaten in six (W4 D2) since a 0-2 defeat by Juventus in the 2016/17 Champions League round of 16.

Napoli's five-game winning run against Portuguese clubs was ended by a 0-2 loss at Benfica on Matchday 6 last season.

The Italian side have won five of their six Champions League matches against Portuguese clubs (L1), all in the group stage/league phase.

Club history

Porto

This is Porto's 28th Champions League campaign – a Portuguese record, eight more than Benfica – but a first in three seasons. Only Real Madrid, Barcelona (both 31) and Bayern München (30) have featured more. Porto's last two campaigns have ended in the round of 16, the most recent a 2023/24 defeat on penalties by Arsenal.

The Dragons were Europa League quarter-finalists in 2025/26, losing 1-2 on aggregate to Nottingham Forest. They had finished fifth in the league phase (W5 D2 L1) before beating Stuttgart 4-1 on aggregate in the last 16.

Napoli

This is Napoli's tenth campaign in the Champions League proper; their best performance came in 2022/23, when they reached the quarter-finals.

The Naples club were 30th in last season's league phase (W2 D2 L4).

Links and trivia

Jakub Kiwior made three league appearances against Napoli for Spezia (W1 L2).

A 0-1 home defeat by PSV Eindhoven on Matchday 3 was Porto's fourth successive European loss, equalling a club record set between 1956 and 1959 and matched in 2015/16.

Porto have conceded the first goal in their last four Champions League matches.

The Dragons have lost only two of the 45 home Champions League games in which they led at half-time (W40 D3).

None of Porto's last 11 group stage/league phase home matches ended in a draw (W5 L6).

On this day in 2003, Porto beat Marseille 1-0 at home in the group stage, going on to lift the trophy at the end of that season.

A 4-3 victory at home to Bodø/Glimt on Matchday 3 was Napoli's 100th win in UEFA competition.

Napoli are winless in seven away Champions League games (D1 L6), losing 1-3 at Villarreal on Matchday 2.

The Italian side have lost all 14 away games in the Champions League proper in which they trailed at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne has made 85 Champions League appearances, level with Axel Witsel and behind only Thibaut Courtois among Belgian players (102 before Matchday 4).