Frosinone vs Napoli, 2018-2019 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Frosinone

FT
0 - 2

Napoli

19': Dries Mertens
49': Amin Younes

Mertens matches Maradona's Serie A record in Napoli win over Frosinone

Dries Mertens Napoli 20190428 [1296x729]

Napoli pushed Frosinone towards relegation with a 2-0 away victory as Dries Mertens equalled Diego Maradona's league scoring record.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
3': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
3': Attempt missed. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
4': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
4': Raffaele Maiello (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Lorenzo Ariaudo (Frosinone).
8': Offside, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam tries a through ball, but Arkadiusz Milik is caught offside.
8': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luca Valzania.
9': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Ariaudo.
10': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Raffaele Maiello.
11': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Foul by Edoardo Goldaniga (Frosinone).
13': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
13': Raffaele Maiello (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Paolo Ghiglione.
16': Attempt saved. Amin Younes (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
18': Amin Younes (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18': Foul by Marcello Trotta (Frosinone).
19': Goal! Frosinone 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
21': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Paolo Ghiglione (Frosinone).
22': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Amin Younes.
25': Foul by José Callejón (Napoli).
25': Raffaele Maiello (Frosinone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
25': Offside, Frosinone. Raffaele Maiello tries a through ball, but Andrea Beghetto is caught offside.
26': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Raffaele Maiello (Frosinone).
28': Offside, Frosinone. Paolo Ghiglione tries a through ball, but Marcello Trotta is caught offside.
28': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Paolo Ghiglione (Frosinone).
30': Attempt saved. Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raffaele Maiello.
34': Attempt missed. Luca Valzania (Frosinone) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
35': Amin Younes (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
35': Foul by Nicolò Brighenti (Frosinone).
37': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
37': Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) wins a free kick on the right wing.
37': Foul by Amin Younes (Napoli).
38': Attempt missed. Luca Valzania (Frosinone) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrea Pinamonti.
39': Foul by Luca Valzania (Frosinone).
39': Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Andrea Beghetto (Frosinone).
40': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Amin Younes (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Paolo Ghiglione (Frosinone).
41': Attempt blocked. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
43': Foul by Luca Valzania (Frosinone).
43': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Offside, Napoli. Amin Younes tries a through ball, but Arkadiusz Milik is caught offside.
44': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone).
44': Amin Younes (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
44': Foul by Paolo Ghiglione (Frosinone).
45': Paolo Ghiglione (Frosinone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andrea Beghetto.
45'+1': First Half ends, Frosinone 0, Napoli 1.
45': Second Half begins Frosinone 0, Napoli 1.
46': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Paolo Ghiglione.
47': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
47': Edoardo Goldaniga (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
48': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone).
49': Goal! Frosinone 0, Napoli 2. Amin Younes (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
50': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
50': Lorenzo Ariaudo (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Marcello Trotta (Frosinone).
51': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Attempt missed. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
53': Offside, Frosinone. Raffaele Maiello tries a through ball, but Andrea Pinamonti is caught offside.
54': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
54': Lorenzo Ariaudo (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
56': Foul by Edoardo Goldaniga (Frosinone).
56': Substitution, Frosinone. Luca Paganini replaces Paolo Ghiglione.
57': Hand ball by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
58': Attempt saved. Mirko Gori (Frosinone) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcello Trotta.
58': Attempt blocked. Luca Valzania (Frosinone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
60': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone).
60': Hand ball by Nicolò Brighenti (Frosinone).
61': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Ariaudo.
63': Attempt blocked. Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Valzania.
63': Attempt missed. Mirko Gori (Frosinone) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrea Beghetto with a cross.
64': José Callejón (Napoli) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
64': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
64': Attempt blocked. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
64': Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
64': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
64': Attempt missed. Luca Paganini (Frosinone) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
65': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
65': Raffaele Maiello (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Attempt missed. Marcello Trotta (Frosinone) header from the centre of the box is too high.
66': Substitution, Frosinone. Federico Dionisi replaces Marcello Trotta.
67': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by Luca Paganini (Frosinone).
67': Foul by Federico Dionisi (Frosinone).
67': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Attempt missed. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
69': David Ospina (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Foul by Mirko Gori (Frosinone).
70': Hand ball by Luca Valzania (Frosinone).
72': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
72': Foul by Edoardo Goldaniga (Frosinone).
73': Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Sebastiano Luperto (Napoli).
73': Substitution, Napoli. Simone Verdi replaces Amin Younes.
74': Attempt saved. Federico Dionisi (Frosinone) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Pinamonti with a headed pass.
74': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
74': Lorenzo Ariaudo (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
75': Raffaele Maiello (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76': Edoardo Goldaniga (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
76': Substitution, Frosinone. Daniel Ciofani replaces Luca Valzania.
77': Corner, Frosinone. Conceded by Simone Verdi.
78': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Ariaudo following a corner.
78': Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Arkadiusz Milik.
79': Foul by Fabián Ruiz (Napoli).
79': Mirko Gori (Frosinone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Mirko Gori (Frosinone) is shown the yellow card.
79': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
80': Attempt missed. Luca Paganini (Frosinone) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Raffaele Maiello.
81': Foul by Federico Dionisi (Frosinone).
81': Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Federico Dionisi (Frosinone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Foul by Andrea Beghetto (Frosinone).
82': Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Delay in match Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) because of an injury.
84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
85': Attempt saved. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
87': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
87': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marco Sportiello.
88': Substitution, Napoli. Raúl Albiol replaces Kevin Malcuit.
88': Attempt saved. Adam Ounas (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón.
88': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
88': Luca Paganini (Frosinone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Daniel Ciofani (Frosinone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Dionisi.
90'+2': José Callejón (Napoli) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Adam Ounas.
90'+3': Attempt saved. Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mirko Gori with a cross.
90'+4': Corner, Frosinone. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Frosinone 0, Napoli 2.
90'+5': Match ends, Frosinone 0, Napoli 2.

Statistics

NAP		FRO
16	Fouls	25
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
7	Corner Kicks	2
5	Saves	7
66.3	Possession	33.7
20	SHOTS	15
9	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
564	Accurate Passes	227
635	Passes	310
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	6
16	Crosses	17
0.3	Cross %	0.4
71	Long Balls	67
51	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.7	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	2
6	Effective Tackles	11
11	Tackles	17
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	7
12	Effective Clearances	17
12	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Benito Stirpe
Location: Frosinone, Italy
Attendance: 13,600

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	37	+54	86
2	Napoli	37	+21	73
3	AC Milan	37	+19	70
4	AS Roma	37	+26	70

Full Table

Line-Ups

Frosinone (3-5-2)

No.	Name
57	Marco Sportiello (GK)
15	Lorenzo Ariaudo
23	Niccolò Brighenti
6	Edoardo Goldaniga
16	Luca Valzania
5	Mirko Gori
8	Raffaele Maiello
33	Andrea Beghetto
2	Paolo Ghiglione
89	Andrea Pinamonti
20	Marcello Trotta

Frosinone Substitutes:

Paolo Sammarco, Christian Molina, Stefan Simic, Raman Chibsah, Francesco Zampano, Federico Dionisi, Luka Krajnc, Francesco Cassata, Luca Paganini, Marco Capuano, Daniel Ciofani, Francesco Bardi.

Napoli (4-4-2)

No.	Name
25	David Ospina (GK)
13	Sebastiano Luperto
26	Kalidou Koulibaly
31	Faouzi Ghoulam
2	Kévin Malcuit
8	Fabián Ruiz
20	Piotr Zielinski
34	Amin Younes
7	José Callejón
14	Dries Mertens
99	Arkadiusz Milik

Napoli Substitutes:

Karim Zedadka, Gianluca Gaetano, Simone Verdi, Elseid Hysaj, Raúl Albiol, Alex Meret, Adam Ounas, Mário Rui, Orestis Karnezis.

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