Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 24, 2016
Napoli WWWWL 4
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Sampdoria LWWLL 2
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NAP224
SAM112
Luigi Ferraris · 22,635 att.

Match Report

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Napoli beat 10-man Sampdoria to boost title hopes

Napoli emerged triumphant from a festival of goals at Sampdoria to pull five points clear at the top of the Serie A table after a 4-2 victory.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
5
56.3
Possession
43.7
23
SHOTS
8
9
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
510
Accurate Passes
367
584
Passes
446
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
6
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
81
32
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
14
13
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
9
17
Clearances
11

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SAM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 87Ervin ZukanovicCD-L
  2. 4Niklas MoisanderCD-R
  3. 19Vasco ReginiLB
  4. 2Emiliano VivianoRB
  5. 5Mattia CassaniRB
  6. 10Joaquín CorreaAM
  7. 7FernandoLM
  8. 8Édgar BarretoRM
  9. 99Antonio CassanoF
  10. 23ÉderAM-L
  11. 77Carlos CarboneroAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Ricardo AlvarezSUB
  2. 11DodôSUB
  3. 95David IvanSUB
  4. 9Alejandro RodriguezSUB
  5. 1Christian PuggioniSUB
  6. 13Pedro PereiraSUB
  7. 20Nenad KrsticicSUB
  8. 26Matías SilvestreSUB
  9. 57Alberto BrignoliSUB
  10. 24Luis MurielSUB
  11. 17Angelo PalomboSUB

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. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  2. 14Dries MertensSUB
  3. 94Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  4. 6Mirko ValdifioriSUB
  5. 1RafaelSUB
  6. 22GabrielSUB
  7. 23Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  8. 96Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  9. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB
  10. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  11. 19David LópezSUB
  12. 77Omar El KaddouriSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 13' Jorginho (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 18' Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 27' Mattia Cassani (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 45' Goal! Sampdoria 1, Napoli 2. Joaquin Correa (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Carbonero.
  6. 45'+2' Fernando (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Substitution, Sampdoria. Ricardo Álvarez replaces Edgar Barreto.
  8. 59' Second yellow card to Mattia Cassani (Sampdoria) for a bad foul.
  9. 60' Goal! Sampdoria 1, Napoli 3. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  10. 65' Substitution, Sampdoria. Dodô replaces Antonio Cassano.
  11. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Ivan Strinic replaces Faouzi Ghoulam.
  12. 73' Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 3. Éder (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Álvarez with a cross following a corner.
  13. 75' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  14. 79' Goal! Sampdoria 2, Napoli 4. Dries Mertens (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
  15. 80' Substitution, Sampdoria. David Ivan replaces Joaquin Correa.
  16. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces José Callejón.

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