Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 29, 2018
Bologna WLDDL 2
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Napoli WLWWL 3
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BOL112
NAP123
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Match Report

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Napoli beat Bologna as Dries Mertens settles five-goal thriller at death

Dries Mertens scored two minutes from time to give second-placed Napoli a 3-2 win over Bologna.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
35.4
Possession
64.6
10
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
250
Accurate Passes
548
316
Passes
598
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
8
25
Crosses
38
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
65
37
Accurate Long Balls
53
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
6
21
Effective Clearances
16
21
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NAP leads series 5-0

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 5AllanCM-L
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-R
  8. 9Simone VerdiLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 99Arkadiusz MilikCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

BOL · 3-5-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 23DaniloCD
  3. 18Filip HelanderCD-L
  4. 4Sebastian De MaioCD-R
  5. 32Mattias SvanbergCM-L
  6. 16Andrea PoliCM-R
  7. 5Erick PulgarAM
  8. 35Mitchell DijksLM
  9. 14Federico MattielloRM
  10. 9Federico SantanderCF-L
  11. 24Rodrigo PalacioCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Napoli 1, Bologna 0. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  2. 18' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field stands.
  3. 24' Erick Pulgar (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Goal! Napoli 1, Bologna 1. Federico Santander (Bologna) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Palacio with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  5. 42' Substitution, Bologna. Diego Falcinelli replaces Federico Santander because of an injury.
  6. 46' Sebastien De Maio (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 51' Goal! Napoli 2, Bologna 1. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Malcuit with a cross.
  8. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz replaces Simone Verdi.
  9. 68' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Faouzi Ghoulam.
  10. 71' Substitution, Bologna. Ádám Nagy replaces Mattias Svanberg.
  11. 79' Substitution, Bologna. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Andrea Poli.
  12. 80' Kevin Malcuit (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 80' Goal! Napoli 2, Bologna 2. Danilo (Bologna) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a set piece situation.
  14. 83' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces José Callejón.
  15. 88' Goal! Napoli 3, Bologna 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  16. 90'+4' Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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