Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 10, 2016
Napoli WWWDW 3
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Palermo DWWLD 0
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Renzo Barbera · 10,961 att.

Match Report

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Marek Hamsik passes Maradona's Serie A goals tally as Napoli cruise

Marek Hamsik made history as Napoli maintained their unbeaten start to the new Serie A season with a comfortable 3-0 win over Palermo in Sicily.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
4
61
Possession
39
17
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
693
Accurate Passes
417
757
Passes
486
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
55
36
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
15
12
Clearances
24

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PAL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Josip PosavecG
  2. 5Slobodan RajkovicCD-L
  3. 6Edoardo GoldanigaCD-R
  4. 19Haitam AleesamiLB
  5. 3Andrea RispoliRB
  6. 14Alessandro GazziCM
  7. 28Mato JajaloLM
  8. 10Oscar HiljemarkRM
  9. 23Alessandro DiamantiF
  10. 20Roland SallaiLF
  11. 11Carlos EmbalóRF

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiRM
  9. 99Arkadiusz MilikF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Palermo. Ilija Nestorovski replaces Carlos Embalo.
  2. 47' Goal! Palermo 0, Napoli 1. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross.
  3. 51' Goal! Palermo 0, Napoli 2. José Callejón (Napoli) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
  4. 57' Substitution, Palermo. Bruno Henrique replaces Mato Jajalo.
  5. 65' Goal! Palermo 0, Napoli 3. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  6. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Arkadiusz Milik.
  7. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces José Callejón.
  8. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  9. 84' Substitution, Palermo. Accursio Bentivegna replaces Roland Sallai.

Serie A News

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