Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, May 5, 2019
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Match Report

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Insigne's late strike secures second place for Napoli

Lorenzo Insigne's 98th-minute penalty helped Napoli clinch the runners-up spot in Serie A with a 2-1 home win over Cagliari.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
1
37
Possession
63
6
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
324
Accurate Passes
634
424
Passes
714
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.2
74
Long Balls
35
37
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
8
21
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
5
26
Effective Clearances
15
26
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NAP leads series 5-0

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  7. 5AllanCM-R
  8. 34Amin YounesLM
  9. 9Simone VerdiRM
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Adam OunasSUB
  2. 25David OspinaSUB
  3. 8Fabián RuizSUB
  4. 2Kévin MalcuitSUB
  5. 7José CallejónSUB
  6. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  7. 6Mário RuiSUB
  8. 13Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  9. 27Orestis KarnezisSUB

CAG · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Alessio CragnoG
  2. 56Filippo RomagnaCD-L
  3. 23Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  4. 22Charalampos LykogiannisLB
  5. 12Fabrizio CacciatoreRB
  6. 9Alberto CerriM
  7. 8Luca CigariniCM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaAM
  9. 21Artur IonitaLM
  10. 27Alessandro DeiolaRM
  11. 30Leonardo PavolettiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Kiril Despodov
  2. 33Darijo Srna
  3. 17Christian Oliva
  4. 3Luca Pellegrini
  5. 77Cyril Thereau
  6. 1Rafael
  7. 14Valter Birsa
  8. 20Simone Padoin
  9. 6Filip Bradaric
  10. 10João Pedro
  11. 19Fabio Pisacane
  12. 16Simone Aresti

Timeline

  1. 61' Substitution, Napoli. José Callejón replaces Simone Verdi.
  2. 61' Substitution, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz replaces Allan.
  3. 61' Amin Younes (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 63' Goal! Napoli 0, Cagliari 1. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  5. 64' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Amin Younes.
  6. 70' Substitution, Cagliari. Simone Padoin replaces Alessandro Deiola.
  7. 72' Alberto Cerri (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 74' Substitution, Cagliari. João Pedro replaces Alberto Cerri.
  9. 85' Goal! Napoli 1, Cagliari 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross.
  10. 88' Substitution, Cagliari. Fabio Pisacane replaces Leonardo Pavoletti.
  11. 90'+6' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  12. 90'+6' Luca Cigarini (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+7' Artur Ionita (Cagliari) is shown the red card.
  14. 90'+8' Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  15. 90'+9' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  16. 90'+11' Nicolò Barella (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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