Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 3, 2016
Napoli DDWWW 1
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Udinese LWLLD 3
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NAP101
UDI213
Bluenergy Stadium · 20,162 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain sent off as Napoli's Serie A title hopes hit by Udinese

Gonzalo Higuain was sent off as Napoli's Serie A title hopes took a severe blow with a 3-1 defeat at relegation-battling Udinese.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
22
4
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
1
67.9
Possession
32.1
11
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
464
Accurate Passes
170
563
Passes
261
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.4
53
Long Balls
82
21
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
12
1.0
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
16
16
Clearances
18

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

UDI · 3-5-1-1

  1. 31Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 5DaniloCD
  3. 30FelipeCD-L
  4. 75Thomas HeurtauxCD-R
  5. 8Bruno FernandesCM-L
  6. 7Emmanuel BaduCM-R
  7. 22Zdravko KuzmanovicAM
  8. 17Pablo ArmeroLM
  9. 27Silvan WidmerRM
  10. 9Duván ZapataF
  11. 77Cyril ThereauRCF

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 22GabrielG
  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

Timeline

  1. 13' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Goal! Udinese 1, Napoli 0. Bruno Fernandes (Udinese) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 23' Thomas Heurtaux (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 24' Goal! Udinese 1, Napoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  5. 25' Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 26' Penalty saved! Bruno Fernandes (Udinese) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  7. 38' Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45'+1' Goal! Udinese 2, Napoli 1. Bruno Fernandes (Udinese) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Duván Zapata with a cross.
  9. 57' Goal! Udinese 3, Napoli 1. Cyril Théréau (Udinese) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Silvan Widmer with a cross.
  10. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces José Callejón.
  11. 61' Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 62' Jorginho (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 64' Substitution, Udinese. Ryder Matos replaces Duván Zapata.
  14. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  15. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces Jorginho.
  16. 75' Substitution, Udinese. Iván Piris replaces Pablo Armero.
  17. 75' Second yellow card to Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) for a bad foul.
  18. 79' Bruno Fernandes (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 80' Silvan Widmer (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 83' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 84' Substitution, Udinese. Stipe Perica replaces Cyril Théréau.

Serie A News

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