Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 21, 2016
Napoli WLWWW 2
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Pescara WWWDW 2
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PES202
Stadio Adriatico · 16,758 att.

Match Report

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Napoli need fightback to draw with Serie A new boys Pescara

Dries Mertens came off the bench to score twice as Napoli fought back to secure a 2-2 draw against Serie A new-boys Pescara at Stadio Adriatico.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
57.7
Possession
42.3
22
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
555
Accurate Passes
391
619
Passes
470
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
0
32
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.0
59
Long Balls
67
41
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
14
9
Clearances
27

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0

Lineups

PES · 4-3-2-1

  1. 31Albano BizzarriG
  2. 35Andrea CodaCD-L
  3. 37Norbert GyömbérCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 11Francesco ZampanoRB
  6. 16Gastón BrugmanCM
  7. 8Ledian MemushajCM-L
  8. 6Bryan CristanteCM-R
  9. 17Gianluca CaprariF
  10. 7Valerio VerreCF-L
  11. 10Ahmad BenaliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 80Marco AcatulloSUB
  2. 26Davide VitturiniSUB
  3. 24Ransford SelasiSUB
  4. 13Dario ZuparicSUB
  5. 28Alexandru MitritaSUB
  6. 98Ferdinando Del SoleSUB
  7. 23Leonardo MalokuSUB
  8. 5Alessandro BrunoSUB
  9. 12Gabriele AldeganiSUB
  10. 1Vincenzo FiorilloSUB
  11. 9Rey ManajSUB
  12. 2Alessandro CrescenziSUB

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 6Mirko ValdifioriCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 23Manolo GabbiadiniF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  2. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB
  3. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  4. 1RafaelSUB
  5. 14Dries MertensSUB
  6. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  7. 94Roberto InsigneSUB
  8. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  9. 22Luigi SepeSUB
  10. 88Alberto GrassiSUB
  11. 95Igor LasickiSUB
  12. 96Sebastiano LupertoSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Pescara 1, Napoli 0. Ahmad Benali (Pescara) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valerio Verre with a through ball.
  2. 29' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Goal! Pescara 2, Napoli 0. Gianluca Caprari (Pescara) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Francesco Zampano.
  4. 47' Gastón Brugman (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Albano Bizzarri (Pescara) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 53' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  7. 53' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  8. 60' Goal! Pescara 2, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mirko Valdifiori.
  9. 63' Goal! Pescara 2, Napoli 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  10. 64' Substitution, Pescara. Rey Manaj replaces Ledian Memushaj.
  11. 71' Substitution, Pescara. Dario Zuparic replaces Andrea Coda because of an injury.
  12. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Marek Hamsik.
  13. 74' Norbert Gyömbér (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Substitution, Pescara. Alessandro Crescenzi replaces Gastón Brugman.
  15. 90'+2' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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