Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 18, 2016
Torino WWWLL 3
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Napoli DDWWW 5
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Diego Armando Maradona · 29,221 att.

Match Report

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Dries Mertens scores four as Napoli see off Torino to go third

Dries Mertens scored four goals as Napoli reached third place in the Serie A table with a 5-3 victory over Torino at the Stadio San Paolo.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
2
34.1
Possession
65.9
11
SHOTS
21
5
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
320
Accurate Passes
714
411
Passes
799
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
64
34
Accurate Long Balls
49
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
17
10
Clearances
17

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

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

TOR · 4-3-3

  1. 21Joe HartG
  2. 24Emiliano MorettiCD-L
  3. 13Luca RossettiniCD-R
  4. 23Antonio BarrecaLB
  5. 29Lorenzo De SilvestriRB
  6. 18Mirko ValdifioriCM
  7. 8Daniele BaselliLM
  8. 15Marco BenassiRM
  9. 9Andrea BelottiF
  10. 10Adem LjajicLF
  11. 7Davide ZappacostaRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Napoli 1, Torino 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross following a corner.
  2. 18' Goal! Napoli 2, Torino 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 22' Goal! Napoli 3, Torino 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  4. 34' Luca Rossettini (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Torino. Sasa Lukic replaces Mirko Valdifiori.
  6. 56' Substitution, Torino. Iago Falque replaces Lorenzo De Silvestri.
  7. 58' Goal! Napoli 3, Torino 1. Andrea Belotti (Torino) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Benassi.
  8. 60' Emiliano Moretti (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 67' Substitution, Torino. Maxi López replaces Daniele Baselli.
  10. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Amadou Diawara replaces Jorginho.
  11. 70' Goal! Napoli 4, Torino 1. Vlad Chiriches (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón.
  12. 72' Sasa Lukic (Torino) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  14. 76' Goal! Napoli 4, Torino 2. Luca Rossettini (Torino) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  15. 80' Goal! Napoli 5, Torino 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
  16. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  17. 84' Goal! Napoli 5, Torino 3. Iago Falque (Torino) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.

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