UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, December 6, 2016
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Match Report

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Napoli secure top spot in group after victory at Benfica

Napoli secured top spot in Group B with a 2-1 victory at Benfica as both sides progressed into the knockout stages of the Champions League.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
4
54
Possession
46
14
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
471
Accurate Passes
401
573
Passes
483
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
76
Long Balls
65
47
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
14
1.0
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
26
22
Clearances
26

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-4-2

  1. 1EdersonG
  2. 14Victor LindelöfCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 34André AlmeidaLB
  5. 50Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 21PizziCM-L
  7. 5Ljubomir FejsaCM-R
  8. 22Franco CerviLM
  9. 18Eduardo SalvioRM
  10. 20Gonçalo GuedesCF-L
  11. 9Raúl JiménezCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 42Amadou DiawaraCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 23Manolo GabbiadiniF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 15' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 57' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  3. 57' Substitution, Benfica. Rafa replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  4. 60' Goal! Benfica 0, Napoli 1. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
  5. 68' Substitution, Benfica. André Carrillo replaces Franco Cervi.
  6. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Marek Hamsik.
  7. 79' Goal! Benfica 0, Napoli 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam.
  8. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Marko Rog replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  9. 80' Substitution, Benfica. Kostas Mitroglou replaces Eduardo Salvio.
  10. 87' Goal! Benfica 1, Napoli 2. Raúl Jiménez (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  11. 89' Pizzi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.

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