Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 29, 2018
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Fiorentina WWDLL 3
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Artemio Franchi · 26,206 att.

Match Report

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Simeone hat trick puts Napoli four points behind Juventus in Serie A title race

A Giovanni Simeone hat trick put 10-man Napoli four points behind Juventus in the race for the Serie A title after a 3-0 defeat at Fiorentina.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
17
5
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
2
7
Saves
1
48.8
Possession
51.2
4
SHOTS
29
1
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
385
Accurate Passes
431
500
Passes
527
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.7
85
Long Balls
65
34
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
17
10
Clearances
17

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

FIO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 57Marco SportielloG
  2. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-L
  3. 20Germán PezzellaCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 8Riccardo SaponaraAM
  7. 17Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 5Milan BadeljRM
  9. 9Giovanni SimeoneF
  10. 25Federico ChiesaAM-L
  11. 24Marco BenassiAM-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 6' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  2. 10' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Tonelli replaces Jorginho.
  3. 24' Vincent Laurini (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 33' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 0. Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Biraghi.
  6. 37' José Callejón (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 45'+1' Milan Badelj (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
  9. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Marek Hamsik.
  10. 60' Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 62' Substitution, Fiorentina. Bruno Gaspar replaces Vincent Laurini.
  12. 62' Goal! Fiorentina 2, Napoli 0. Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  13. 74' Substitution, Fiorentina. Valentin Eysseric replaces Riccardo Saponara.
  14. 76' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 78' Valentin Eysseric (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 79' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 84' Substitution, Fiorentina. Sebastián Cristóforo replaces Milan Badelj.
  18. 90'+3' Goal! Fiorentina 3, Napoli 0. Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Federico Chiesa with a through ball.

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