Napoli vs Arsenal Prediction: Bet Builder Tips, Odds & Team News

Arsenal begin their 2026/27 Champions League journey in Naples where they face Italian side Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Wednesday night (8pm kick-off).

The Gunners finished runners-up to PSG last season, but after making a bright start to the defence of the Premier League trophy, Mikel Arteta's troops will be looking to carve out an early statement win in Europe.

Read on for the best Napoli vs Arsenal predictions, bet builder tips, odds, and team news ahead of kick-off.

Kai Havertz gave Arsenal the perfect start in last season’s Champions League final, firing home after just six minutes.

While Arsenal ultimately suffered a heartbreaking defeat on penalties, Havertz has carried his goalscoring form into the new season, opening the scoring twice already: against Coventry and, most recently, Chelsea.

The German also found the net in Arsenal’s Community Shield victory over Manchester City, and he looks a nice price to score first again on Wednesday night at 11/2 with Coral.

For our Napoli vs Arsenal bet builder, we’re backing an Arsenal win, under 3.5 match goals and Kai Havertz to score anytime, which comes in at 5/1 with Coral.

Arsenal have made an impressive start to the season. The Gunners beat Manchester City to lift the Community Shield before following that up with three wins from their opening three Premier League fixtures.

Last season’s Champions League final defeat to PSG will have stung, but it will undoubtedly provide extra motivation this campaign. While Arsenal missed out on the trophy, they won 11 of their 15 Champions League matches and remained unbeaten in normal and extra time.

They head into Wednesday’s clash with an impressive record in opening matchdays, having won seven and lost none of their last nine first matches of a European campaign.

Under 3.5 goals looks like the way to go given that each of Arsenal’s last 24 matches in all competitions have produced fewer than four goals. They’ve won 16 of those games.

Finally, we’re adding Kai Havertz to score anytime. As highlighted in the section above, the German is enjoying a strong start to the campaign, finding the back of the net three times already.

Napoli vs Arsenal Team News

Arsenal are still likely to be without defenders Jurrien Timber and William Saliba, while Cristhian Mosquera might not be risked after he missed the Chelsea win.

Napoli will be without key man Scott McTominay, plus defenders Alessandro Buongiorno and Luca Marianucci.

Napoli vs Arsenal Starting Lineups

The Napoli vs Arsenal starting lineups will appear in the graphic below approximately one hour before kick-off.