Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 18, 2018
Genoa WWWLL 0
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Napoli WWWLD 1
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Diego Armando Maradona · 30,059 att.

Match Report

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Raul Albiol helps Napoli beat Genoa, close gap on Juventus

Raul Albiol marked his 200th appearance for Napoli with a 72nd-minute winner against Genoa which breathed new life into the Serie A title race.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
3
33.6
Possession
66.4
12
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
659
387
Passes
764
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
16
0.6
Cross %
0.2
87
Long Balls
68
35
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
14
24
Clearances
14

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

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

GEN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Mattia PerinG
  2. 2Nicolás SpolliCD
  3. 87Ervin ZukanovicCD-L
  4. 14Davide BiraschiCD-R
  5. 88Oscar HiljemarkCM-L
  6. 8Andrea BertolacciCM-R
  7. 93Diego LaxaltLM
  8. 20Aleandro RosiRM
  9. 16Andrej GalabinovF
  10. 19Goran PandevCF-L
  11. 22Darko LazovicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Marek Hamsik because of an injury.
  2. 47' Diego Laxalt (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Genoa. Adel Taarabt replaces Darko Lazovic.
  4. 67' Substitution, Genoa. Luca Rigoni replaces Goran Pandev.
  5. 72' Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 0. Raúl Albiol (Napoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross following a corner.
  6. 75' Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 76' Aleandro Rosi (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 78' Substitution, Genoa. Giuseppe Rossi replaces Aleandro Rosi.
  9. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
  10. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Marko Rog replaces José Callejón.

Serie A News

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