Italian Serie A

FT Thursday, December 18, 2014
Parma LLLLD 0
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Napoli DDDWL 2
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NAP202
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Match Report

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Napoli end wait for Serie A victory against Parma

Napoli claimed their first win in five Serie A matches to alleviate some of the pressure on underfire boss Rafael Benitez at the expense of rock-bottom Parma.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
0
41.4
Possession
58.6
3
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
359
Accurate Passes
534
444
Passes
618
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
23
0.0
Cross %
0.4
60
Long Balls
51
39
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
19
21
Tackles
22
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
10
20
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 5Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 4HenriqueCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 77Walter GarganoLM
  8. 19David LópezRM
  9. 91Duván ZapataF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Jonathan de GuzmánSUB
  2. 8JorginhoSUB
  3. 45Mariano AndújarSUB
  4. 88Gökhan InlerSUB
  5. 26Kalidou KoulibalySUB
  6. 15Roberto ColomboSUB
  7. 22Josip RadosSUB
  8. 9Gonzalo HiguaínSUB
  9. 16Giandomenico MestoSUB

PAR · 4-3-3

  1. 83Antonio MiranteG
  2. 6Alessandro LucarelliCD-L
  3. 29Gabriel PalettaCD-R
  4. 18Massimo GobbiLB
  5. 27Fabiano SantacroceRB
  6. 14Daniele GalloppaCM
  7. 8José MauriLM
  8. 30Afriyie AcquahRM
  9. 99Antonio CassanoF
  10. 11Paolo De CeglieLF
  11. 17Raffaele PalladinoRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Andrea CostaSUB
  2. 22Alessandro IacobucciSUB
  3. 20Soufiane BidaouiSUB
  4. 1Alex CordazSUB
  5. 10Ishak BelfodilSUB
  6. 13Stefan RistovskiSUB
  7. 31McDonald MarigaSUB
  8. 21Francesco LodiSUB
  9. 4Pedro MendesSUB
  10. 33Andrea RispoliSUB
  11. 19FelipeSUB
  12. 70Lucas SouzaSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Napoli 1, Parma 0. Duván Zapata (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Maggio with a cross.
  2. 30' Massimo Gobbi (Parma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Goal! Napoli 2, Parma 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 35' Daniele Galloppa (Parma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Parma. Andrea Rispoli replaces Paolo De Ceglie.
  6. 46' Fabiano Santacroce (Parma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 48' Miguel Britos (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 58' Substitution, Parma. Francesco Lodi replaces Daniele Galloppa.
  9. 65' Substitution, Napoli. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Dries Mertens.
  10. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Duván Zapata.
  11. 76' Substitution, Parma. Pedro Mendes replaces Fabiano Santacroce.
  12. 78' Substitution, Napoli. Jorginho replaces José Callejón.
  13. 82' Pedro Mendes (Parma) is shown the yellow card.

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