Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Genoa, 2018-2019 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Napoli
  • 34': Dries Mertens
FT
1 - 1
Genoa
  • Red Card 28': Stefano Sturaro
  • 45'+3': Darko Lazovic

Juventus celebrations on hold after Napoli draw with 10-man Genoa

Juventus were forced to put their Serie A title celebrations on hold after second-placed Napoli drew 1-1 at home to 10-man Genoa on Sunday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 2': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
  • 3': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Goran Pandev (Genoa).
  • 6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Domenico Criscito.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Goran Pandev (Genoa) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Kouamé.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Miguel Veloso (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pedro Pereira.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Goran Pandev (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pedro Pereira.
  • 14': Foul by Daniel Bessa (Genoa).
  • 14': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 14': Foul by Pedro Pereira (Genoa).
  • 15': Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Foul by Domenico Criscito (Genoa).
  • 15': Delay in match Dries Mertens (Napoli) because of an injury.
  • 16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Miguel Veloso (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stefano Sturaro.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Goran Pandev (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darko Lazovic.
  • 20': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Orestis Karnezis.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  • 24': Foul by Allan (Napoli).
  • 24': Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Genoa).
  • 27': Delay in match Allan (Napoli) because of an injury.
  • 27': Delay in match (Napoli). Video Review.
  • 28': VAR: Red Card. Referee decision on field stands.
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Stefano Sturaro (Genoa) is shown the red card.
  • 31': Hand ball by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
  • 32': Attempt saved. Christian Kouamé (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 32': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Orestis Karnezis.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Christian Kouamé (Genoa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Miguel Veloso with a cross following a corner.
  • 34': Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 36': Christian Kouamé (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Goran Pandev (Genoa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Miguel Veloso.
  • 37': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Allan.
  • 38': Koray Günter (Genoa) hits the right post with a with an attempt from the centre of the box. Assisted by Miguel Veloso with a cross following a corner.
  • 38': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Faouzi Ghoulam.
  • 40': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
  • 40': Miguel Veloso (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Christian Kouamé (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 40': Foul by Allan (Napoli).
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Miguel Veloso (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 42': Attempt saved. Davide Biraschi (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 42': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Orestis Karnezis.
  • 42': Delay in match Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) because of an injury.
  • 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Goran Pandev (Genoa).
  • 45'+2': Attempt saved. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ionut Radu.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
  • 45'+2': Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 1. Darko Lazovic (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
  • 45'+5': Foul by Daniel Bessa (Genoa).
  • 45'+5': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Napoli 1, Genoa 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 1, Genoa 1.
  • 48': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli).
  • 48': Goran Pandev (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
  • 54': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Christian Kouamé.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
  • 59': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Foul by Miguel Veloso (Genoa).
  • 60': Attempt saved. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 62': Substitution, Genoa. Esteban Rolón replaces Goran Pandev.
  • 64': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Miguel Veloso.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 65': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Koray Günter.
  • 67': Esteban Rolón (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
  • 67': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Allan.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Darko Lazovic (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 70': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pedro Pereira.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  • 72': Christian Kouamé (Genoa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 72': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
  • 73': Foul by Daniel Bessa (Genoa).
  • 73': Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Miguel Veloso.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
  • 76': Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Faouzi Ghoulam.
  • 77': Substitution, Genoa. Ivan Radovanovic replaces Miguel Veloso.
  • 78': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Orestis Karnezis.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Esteban Rolón (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
  • 81': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Domenico Criscito.
  • 82': Substitution, Genoa. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Daniel Bessa.
  • 83': Christian Kouamé (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 83': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
  • 85': Attempt saved. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 85': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ionut Radu.
  • 86': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  • 86': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Darko Lazovic.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 87': Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Elseid Hysaj.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Adam Ounas (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 89': Christian Kouamé (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 89': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
  • 90': Hand ball by Ivan Radovanovic (Genoa).
  • 90': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Koray Günter.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Adam Ounas (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Adam Ounas (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Genoa 1.
  • 90'+4': Match ends, Napoli 1, Genoa 1.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 11
0 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 11
8 Saves 4
25.9 Possession 74.1
14 SHOTS 23
5 ON GOAL 9
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
167 Accurate Passes 627
244 Passes 694
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 9
14 Crosses 44
0.3 Cross % 0.2
58 Long Balls 31
17 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.3 Long Balls % 0.8
2 Blocked Shots 6
5 Effective Tackles 9
8 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
12 Interceptions 8
35 Effective Clearances 13
35 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 22,935

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

NAP Napoli (4-4-2)

No. Name
27 Orestis Karnezis (GK)
26 Kalidou Koulibaly
19 Nikola Maksimovic
31 Faouzi Ghoulam
23 Elseid Hysaj Yellow Card
5 Allan Yellow Card
8 Fabián Ruiz
20 Piotr Zielinski
7 José Callejón
99 Arkadiusz Milik
14 Dries Mertens
Napoli Substitutes:
Alex Meret, Amin Younes, Lorenzo Insigne, Adam Ounas, David Ospina, Sebastiano Luperto, Mário Rui, Kévin Malcuit, Vlad Chiriches.

GEN Genoa (5-3-2)

No. Name
97 Andrei Radu (GK)
3 Koray Günter
4 Domenico Criscito
14 Davide Biraschi
22 Darko Lazovic
32 Pedro Pereira
44 Miguel Veloso
24 Daniel Bessa
27 Stefano Sturaro Red Card
11 Christian Kouamé
19 Goran Pandev
Genoa Substitutes:
Esteban Rolón, Giuseppe Pezzella, Lukas Lerager, Jandrei, Antonio Sanabria, Gianluca Lapadula, Luca Mazzitelli, Ivan Radovanovic, Federico Marchetti, Andrea Favilli, Fallou Njie.

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