Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, November 22, 2015
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 17,483 att.

Match Report

Napoli go top of Serie A thanks to goals from Insigne and Higuain

Napoli maintained their impressive form with a 2-0 win at Verona to send them top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
8
72.5
Possession
27.5
22
SHOTS
3
10
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
1.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
759
Accurate Passes
202
841
Passes
311
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
81
21
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
0
12
Effective Tackles
17
13
Tackles
21
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
19
17
Clearances
22

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

VER · 4-3-3

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 18Vangelis MorasCD-L
  3. 22Matteo BianchettiCD-R
  4. 6Michelangelo AlbertazziLB
  5. 3Eros PisanoRB
  6. 97Luca ChecchinCM
  7. 10Emil HallfredssonLM
  8. 19Leandro GrecoRM
  9. 11Giampaolo PazziniF
  10. 21Juanito GómezLF
  11. 7Bosko JankovicRF

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 21Vlad ChirichesCD-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. 6' Leandro Greco (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 47' Substitution, Verona. Filip Helander replaces Michelangelo Albertazzi because of an injury.
  3. 53' Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 53' Eros Pisano (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 56' Bosko Jankovic (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces José Callejón.
  8. 67' Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
  9. 69' Substitution, Verona. Pawel Wszolek replaces Luca Checchin because of an injury.
  10. 73' Substitution, Verona. Luca Toni replaces Bosko Jankovic.
  11. 73' Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 2. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  12. 78' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Marek Hamsik.
  13. 88' Substitution, Napoli. Christian Maggio replaces Lorenzo Insigne.

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