Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 26, 2015
Juventus LDWWD 1
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Napoli DDWWD 2
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Diego Armando Maradona · 40,311 att.

Match Report

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Gonzalo Higuain and Napoli win to heap misery on Juventus

Napoli ensured Juventus' miserable start to the Serie A season continued as they held on for a 2-1 victory at San Paolo Stadium.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
18
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
46
Possession
54
12
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
382
Accurate Passes
439
448
Passes
536
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
59
26
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
27
15
Tackles
31
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
14
21
Clearances
16

Head to Head

JUV leads series 3-2

Lineups

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

JUV · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 33Patrice EvraLB
  5. 20Simone PadoinRB
  6. 7Simone ZazaM
  7. 11HernanesCM
  8. 37Roberto PereyraAM
  9. 10Paul PogbaLM
  10. 18Mario LeminaRM
  11. 21Paulo DybalaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Juan Cuadrado
  2. 15Andrea Barzagli
  3. 27Stefano Sturaro
  4. 24Daniele Rugani
  5. 12Alex Sandro
  6. 9Álvaro Morata
  7. 25Neto
  8. 22Kwadwo Asamoah
  9. 38Emil Audero

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Napoli 1, Juventus 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.
  2. 40' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne because of an injury.
  3. 50' Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 53' Patrice Evra (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' José Callejón (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Goal! Napoli 2, Juventus 0. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 63' Goal! Napoli 2, Juventus 1. Mario Lemina (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala with a cross.
  9. 64' Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Hernanes.
  10. 71' Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Paulo Dybala.
  11. 80' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Marek Hamsik.
  12. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  13. 87' Simone Padoin (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Substitution, Juventus. Alex Sandro replaces Simone Padoin.
  15. 90'+3' Álvaro Morata (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.

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