Napoli 4-3 Bodø / Glimt: result and report

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Napoli have their first points of this Champions League campaign, though Bodø / Glimt made them fight for every one. The win ends a run of three straight Champions League defeats, a run that had equalled Napoli's longest losing streak in the competition. It eases the pressure without settling it, because the visitors had the better of the chances.

Matteo Politano scored in the first minute from Leonardo Spinazzola's pass. The lead lasted until the 27th minute, when Sondre Fet set up Jens Petter Hauge to equalise.

Scott McTominay restored Napoli's advantage on 41 minutes from Kevin De Bruyne's pass. Fet again provided the equaliser, this time for Andreas Helmersen on 62 minutes.

McTominay's second, on 75 minutes and set up by Politano, put Napoli in front for a third time. Odin Bjørtuft's own goal on 88 minutes looked to have ended the contest. Yet the same defender then set up Fet in the fourth minute of stoppage time, so Napoli finished one goal away from dropping points.

Bodø / Glimt's chances against the scoreline

The visitors lost, but they created the better openings. Bodø / Glimt finished with 2.23 xG to Napoli's 1.68 and made five big chances to three. They also had 57% of the ball and 68 dangerous attacks to Napoli's 48. Both sides hit the woodwork once.

Fet was at the centre of all of it. He set up both equalisers and scored the late third, so it is no surprise he was named player of the match despite finishing on the losing side.

Napoli still did more with less. They had eight shots on target to six, and the visiting goalkeeper made five saves to Napoli's three. They also played more key passes, 16 to 10, which points to sharper final balls even while the visitors had more of the game.

The other side of that is a familiar weakness. Bodø / Glimt arrived having conceded in each of their last 17 European away matches. Despite all their attacking work, they kept leaking at the other end.