Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, May 6, 2017
Cagliari WLWLW 1
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Napoli WWWDW 3
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NAP123
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Match Report

Birthday boy Dries Mertens nets brace as Napoli go second

Dries Mertens marked his 30th birthday with two goals and an assist to help Napoli beat Cagliari 3-1 and move into second in Serie A on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
2
26.8
Possession
73.2
8
SHOTS
28
3
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
254
Accurate Passes
866
350
Passes
950
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
5
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.4
73
Long Balls
34
29
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
6
18
Clearances
6

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

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. 20Piotr ZielinskiRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  2. 1RafaelSUB
  3. 62Lorenzo TonelliSUB
  4. 5AllanSUB
  5. 30Marko RogSUB
  6. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  7. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  8. 42Amadou DiawaraSUB
  9. 32Leonardo PavolettiSUB
  10. 4Emanuele GiaccheriniSUB
  11. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  12. 22Luigi SepeSUB

CAG · 4-5-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 2Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 35Bartosz SalamonCD-R
  4. 29Nicola MurruLB
  5. 19Fabio PisacaneRB
  6. 20Simone PadoinCM-L
  7. 21Artur IonitaCM-R
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaAM
  9. 25Marco SauLM
  10. 3Mauricio IslaRM
  11. 22Marco BorrielloF

Substitutes

  1. 28GabrielSUB
  2. 24Marco CapuanoSUB
  3. 8Davide Di GennaroSUB
  4. 16Paolo FaragòSUB
  5. 32Han Kwang-SongSUB
  6. 77Panagiotis TachtsidisSUB
  7. 17Diego FariasSUB
  8. 26Luca CrostaSUB
  9. 10João PedroSUB
  10. 30Alessandro DeiolaSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Napoli 1, Cagliari 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross.
  2. 49' Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam.
  3. 55' Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Goal! Napoli 3, Cagliari 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
  5. 68' Substitution, Cagliari. João Pedro replaces Artur Ionita.
  6. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Marko Rog replaces Marek Hamsik.
  7. 71' Substitution, Cagliari. Paolo Faragò replaces Nicola Murru.
  8. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
  9. 77' Substitution, Cagliari. Diego Farias replaces Marco Sau.
  10. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  11. 90'+2' Goal! Napoli 3, Cagliari 1. Diego Farias (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Pedro with a through ball.

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