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play_arrow5 clips- 1′Napoli, yellow card:Foul
- 11′FC Porto, goal:1–0assist
- 21′Napoli, yellow card:Foul
- 35′Napoli, yellow card:Foul
- 36′Napoli, yellow card:Foul
- 43′Napoli, goal:1–1
- 45+2′FC Porto, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time1 – 1
- 56′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 67′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 67′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 71′FC Porto, goal:2–1assist
- 78′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 78′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 78′Napoli, substitution:off
- 78′Napoli, substitution:off
- 80′FC Porto, goal:3–1assist
- 81′Napoli, substitution:off
- 88′Napoli, red card:
- 90′FC Porto, penalty goal:4–1Penalty
- Full-time4 – 1
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FC Porto beat Napoli 4-1 in Champions League as Veiga inspires second-half surge
FC Porto beat Napoli 4-1 at Estádio do Dragão on matchday four of the Champions League league stage, pulling clear in the final twenty minutes after the sides had gone in level at the break. It was Porto's fourth win in a row, and Napoli's heavy defeat was compounded by a late red card.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Porto struck first in the 11th minute, Jan Bednarek scoring from a Gabri Veiga assist. Napoli answered shortly before the interval, Scott McTominay levelling in the 43rd minute to make it 1-1 at half-time. Porto had been the busier side, finishing with 19 shots to 11, and they turned that pressure into a lead in the 71st minute when Veiga scored from a Santiago Giménez assist.
Jakub Kiwior made it 3-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Hwang In-Beom, and the contest was effectively over. Napoli's night worsened in the 88th minute when Rafa Marín was sent off, leaving them with ten men. Samu Aghehowa then converted a penalty in the 90th minute to complete the scoring.
Porto next travel to Guimaraes in the Primeira Liga on Sunday 8 November, the same day Napoli host Lazio in Serie A.
Gabri Veiga was the match's top-rated player at 8.89, supplying the assist for Bednarek's opener and then scoring Porto's second himself.
Porto had eight shots on target to Napoli's six, with 19 attempts overall to 11.
FC Porto beat Napoli 4–1 (half-time 1–1).
FC Porto met Napoli in the UEFA Champions League (League Stage - 4). Kick-off was Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 20:00 UTC at Estádio do Dragão. Referee: Michael Oliver.
Team pages: FC Porto · Napoli · UEFA Champions League
Key moments
- 11' Goal: Jan Bednarek (assist: Gabri Veiga) — 1–0 · Watch Jan Bednarek's goal video (11')
- 43' Goal: Scott McTominay — 1–1 · Watch Scott McTominay's goal video (43')
- 71' Goal: Gabri Veiga (assist: Santiago Giménez) — 2–1 · Watch Gabri Veiga's goal video (71')
- 80' Goal: Jakub Kiwior (assist: Hwang In-Beom) — 3–1 · Watch Jakub Kiwior's goal video (80')
- 88' Red card: Rafa Marín
- 90' Goal (penalty): Samu Aghehowa — 4–1 · Watch Samu Aghehowa's goal video (90')
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FC Porto (4-3-3)
Napoli (3-4-1-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave FC Porto 51%, the draw 25%, Napoli 24%. It finished FC Porto 4–1 Napoli.
Strength rating gives FC Porto a slight lean — We give FC Porto 51% mainly because our strength rating has them a shade stronger, 1822 to 1780 against Napoli, with the usual home advantage adding to that. The draw sits at 25%, just below its usual 27% for a gap this size, nudged down slightly by both teams' recent games averaging 3.0 goals and by a finishing streak.
Why FC Porto at 51%?
FC Porto sit 42 points higher on our strength rating — 1822 to 1780. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.1% of 11,122 such games.
Why only 51%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 51% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Napoli at 24%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.7% of 27,340.
What did we measure but not count?
FC Porto scored +0.36 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.4% of 1,686 games, vs 27.9% against normal finishing. Out: Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Stanislav Lobotka, important players, and Alessandro Buongiorno, Leonardo Spinazzola, Mathías Olivera, and Alisson Santos, rotation players. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team.
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About this match
On this page: the FC Porto vs Napoli final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Jan Bednarek's goal against Napoli (11').
- Watch Scott McTominay's goal against FC Porto (43').
- Watch Gabri Veiga's goal against Napoli (71').
- Watch Jakub Kiwior's goal against Napoli (80').
- Watch Samu Aghehowa's goal against Napoli (90').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from FC Porto 4–1 Napoli. Explore more on the FC Porto and Napoli team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.