Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 18, 2015
Napoli LWWWL 1
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Lazio WDWDW 0
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Stadio Olimpico · 26,857 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain the difference as Napoli defeat Lazio

Gonzalo Higuain's first-half goal gave Napoli a 1-0 victory over Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
4
33.6
Possession
66.4
9
SHOTS
21
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
230
Accurate Passes
500
318
Passes
603
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
12
10
Crosses
43
0.3
Cross %
0.3
68
Long Balls
70
23
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
17
Effective Tackles
20
20
Tackles
26
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
53
Effective Clearances
10
53
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 26Stefan RaduCD-L
  3. 27Lorik CanaCD-R
  4. 39Luis Pedro CavandaLB
  5. 8Dusan BastaRB
  6. 24Cristian LedesmaCM
  7. 16Marco ParoloLM
  8. 20Lucas BigliaRM
  9. 9Filip DjordjevicF
  10. 14Keita BaldéLF
  11. 87Antonio CandrevaRF

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 6Jonathan de GuzmánAM
  7. 19David LópezLM
  8. 77Walter GarganoRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Cristian Ledesma (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
  2. 18' Goal! Lazio 0, Napoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
  3. 32' David López (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Marco Parolo (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Lazio. Miroslav Klose replaces Cristian Ledesma.
  6. 58' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 62' Substitution, Napoli. Marek Hamsik replaces Dries Mertens.
  8. 70' Keita (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Walter Gargano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Substitution, Lazio. Danilo Cataldi replaces Marco Parolo.
  11. 83' Substitution, Lazio. Bruno Pereirinha replaces Luis Pedro Cavanda.
  12. 83' Substitution, Napoli. Jorginho replaces Jonathan de Guzmán.
  13. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Duván Zapata replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.

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