Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 13, 2016
Napoli LDDDW 1
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Palermo DLLDL 0
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Renzo Barbera · 14,628 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain keeps Napoli on title track after defeat of Palermo

Gonzalo Higuain's penalty saw Napoli squeeze past Palermo 1-0 and maintain their pursuit of the Serie A title.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
6
75.5
Possession
24.5
18
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
785
Accurate Passes
197
881
Passes
278
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
29
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
73
39
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
17
18
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
17
14
Clearances
29

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PAL · 4-4-2

  1. 70Stefano SorrentinoG
  2. 4Sinisa AndelkovicCD-L
  3. 12Giancarlo GonzálezCD-R
  4. 97Giuseppe PezzellaLB
  5. 23Aljaz StrunaRB
  6. 28Mato JajaloCM-L
  7. 10Oscar HiljemarkCM-R
  8. 18Ivaylo ChochevLM
  9. 21Robin QuaisonRM
  10. 20Franco VázquezCF-L
  11. 11Alberto GilardinoCF-R

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

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Palermo 0, Napoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  2. 52' Ivaylo Chochev (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 53' Substitution, Palermo. Uros Djurdjevic replaces Alberto Gilardino.
  4. 65' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces José Callejón.
  5. 73' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Marek Hamsik.
  6. 75' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 81' Substitution, Palermo. Norbert Balogh replaces Oscar Hiljemark.
  8. 84' Robin Quaison (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Palermo. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Robin Quaison.
  11. 90'+4' David López (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.

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