Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 14, 2019
Napoli WWLDL 3
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Chievo Verona LDLLL 1
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 10,000 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Napoli win to delay Juventus title celebrations and send Chievo down

Napoli postponed Juventus's march to the Serie A title and consigned Chievo to relegation with a 3-1 win at the Stadio Bentegodi on Sunday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
69.2
Possession
30.8
14
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
704
Accurate Passes
267
783
Passes
343
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.4
59
Long Balls
63
44
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
16
14
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

CVO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 70Stefano SorrentinoG
  2. 12Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 33Marco AndreolliCD-R
  4. 5Federico BarbaLB
  5. 27Fabio DepaoliRB
  6. 69Riccardo MeggioriniM
  7. 8Assane DiousséCM
  8. 55Emanuel VignatoAM
  9. 17Emanuele GiaccheriniLM
  10. 56Perparim HetemajRM
  11. 9Mariusz StepinskiCF-R

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 21Vlad ChirichesCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8Fabián RuizCM-L
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-R
  8. 24Lorenzo InsigneLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 99Arkadiusz MilikCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Chievo 0, Napoli 1. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross following a corner.
  2. 64' Goal! Chievo 0, Napoli 2. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  3. 67' Substitution, Chievo. Mehdi Leris replaces Emanuel Vignato.
  4. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  5. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Amin Younes replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  6. 74' Substitution, Chievo. Sergej Grubac replaces Riccardo Meggiorini because of an injury.
  7. 80' Substitution, Chievo. Sofian Kiyine replaces Mariusz Stepinski.
  8. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Simone Verdi replaces José Callejón.
  9. 81' Goal! Chievo 0, Napoli 3. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  10. 90' Goal! Chievo 1, Napoli 3. Bostjan Cesar (Chievo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sofian Kiyine with a cross following a corner.

Serie A News

All news
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