Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 20, 2015
Napoli WLWDW 3
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Atalanta LWLWL 1
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Match Report

Gonzalo Higuain double inspires Napoli to Serie A win at Atalanta

Gonzalo Higuain double inspires Napoli to Serie A win at Atalanta

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
2
53.6
Possession
46.4
15
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
457
Accurate Passes
333
538
Passes
438
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.1
55
Long Balls
78
25
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
20
18
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
40
Effective Clearances
8
44
Clearances
8

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ATA · 4-3-3

  1. 30Davide BassiG
  2. 29Gabriel PalettaCD-L
  3. 2Guglielmo StendardoCD-R
  4. 28Davide BrivioLB
  5. 6Gianpaolo BelliniRB
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM
  7. 21Luca CigariniLM
  8. 88Alberto GrassiRM
  9. 19Germán DenisF
  10. 10Alejandro GómezLF
  11. 11Maxi MorálezRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Rafael TolóiSUB
  2. 7Marco D'AlessandroSUB
  3. 8Giulio MigliaccioSUB
  4. 5Andrea MasielloSUB
  5. 1Boris RadunovicSUB
  6. 23Emanuele SuagherSUB
  7. 45Gaetano MonachelloSUB
  8. 20Marcelo EstigarribiaSUB
  9. 77Cristian RaimondiSUB

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

Timeline

  1. 41' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Goal! Atalanta 0, Napoli 1. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 54' Goal! Atalanta 1, Napoli 1. Alejandro Gomez (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Germán Denis.
  4. 62' Goal! Atalanta 1, Napoli 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jorginho with a cross following a corner.
  5. 64' Substitution, Atalanta. Cristian Raimondi replaces Gianpaolo Bellini.
  6. 66' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Allan.
  7. 71' Jorginho (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  9. 73' Second yellow card to Jorginho (Napoli) for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Atalanta. Marco D'Alessandro replaces Marten de Roon because of an injury.
  11. 79' Substitution, Atalanta. Andrea Masiello replaces Cristian Raimondi because of an injury.
  12. 80' Luca Cigarini (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Goal! Atalanta 1, Napoli 3. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marek Hamsik following a fast break.
  14. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Christian Maggio replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  15. 90' Gabriel Paletta (Atalanta) is shown the red card.
  16. 90'+1' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Marek Hamsik (Napoli) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Marek Hamsik should be disappointed.

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