Italian Serie A

FT Monday, May 2, 2016
Atalanta WLDDW 1
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Napoli LWLWL 2
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NAP112
Diego Armando Maradona · 24,514 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Olivier Matthys

Gonzalo Higuain double moves Napoli back up to second in Serie A

Gonzalo Higuain reached 32 goals for the season as Napoli held onto second place in the Serie A table by beating Atalanta 2-1 at the Stadio San Paolo.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
1
41.1
Possession
58.9
4
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
367
Accurate Passes
599
473
Passes
692
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
53
29
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
1
20
Effective Tackles
11
23
Tackles
11
0.9
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
8
26
Clearances
12

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

ATA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 57Marco SportielloG
  2. 55Berat DjimsitiCD-L
  3. 3Rafael TolóiCD-R
  4. 93Boukary DraméLB
  5. 5Andrea MasielloRB
  6. 23Alessandro DiamantiAM
  7. 15Marten de RoonLM
  8. 21Luca CigariniRM
  9. 22Marco BorrielloF
  10. 27Jasmin KurticAM-L
  11. 7Marco D'AlessandroAM-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Napoli 1, Atalanta 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
  2. 45' Substitution, Atalanta. Remo Freuler replaces Alessandro Diamanti.
  3. 62' Andrea Masiello (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 64' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  5. 68' Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Substitution, Atalanta. Gaetano Monachello replaces Marco D'Alessandro.
  7. 77' Goal! Napoli 2, Atalanta 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
  8. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces José Callejón.
  9. 83' Substitution, Atalanta. Andrea Conti replaces Marten de Roon.
  10. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  11. 85' Goal! Napoli 2, Atalanta 1. Remo Freuler (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Conti.

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