Italian Serie A

FT Monday, February 29, 2016
Napoli WLLDD 1
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Fiorentina DWDWL 1
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FIO101
Artemio Franchi · 35,000 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi

Fiorentina and Napoli settle for draw, fail to gain ground on Juventus

Fiorentina and Napoli thwarted each other's Serie A missions and gave up valuable points in an exciting 1-1 draw at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
4
50.8
Possession
49.2
6
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
1
0.8
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
495
Accurate Passes
492
614
Passes
598
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
77
23
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
11
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
15
20
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

FIO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 13Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD-R
  4. 28Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 32Facundo RoncagliaRB
  6. 14Matías FernándezAM
  7. 8Matías VecinoLM
  8. 5Milan BadeljRM
  9. 9Nikola KalinicF
  10. 20Borja ValeroAM-L
  11. 27Cristian TelloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Giacomo SatalinoSUB
  2. 16Jakub BlaszczykowskiSUB
  3. 26Panagiotis KoneSUB
  4. 23Manuel PasqualSUB
  5. 4Nenad TomovicSUB
  6. 10Federico BernardeschiSUB
  7. 24Luca LezzeriniSUB
  8. 72Josip IlicicSUB
  9. 30Khouma BabacarSUB
  10. 6Tino CostaSUB

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

Substitutes

  1. 88Alberto GrassiSUB
  2. 96Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  3. 19David LópezSUB
  4. 6Mirko ValdifioriSUB
  5. 23Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  6. 22GabrielSUB
  7. 94Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  8. 1RafaelSUB
  9. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  10. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB
  11. 14Dries MertensSUB
  12. 18Vasco ReginiSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 0. Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Borja Valero with a cross following a corner.
  2. 7' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 53' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Allan.
  5. 69' Substitution, Fiorentina. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Matías Fernández.
  6. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces José Callejón.
  7. 90' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  8. 90' Substitution, Fiorentina. Josip Ilicic replaces Milan Badelj.

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