Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 25, 2018
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Napoli WLWLW 3
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Match Report

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Napoli fight back against AC Milan to maintain perfect Serie A start

Dries Mertens came off the bench to grab the winner as Napoli rallied from 2-0 down to beat AC Milan 3-2 and seize a second victory in two matches.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
0
49.5
Possession
50.5
8
SHOTS
24
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
514
Accurate Passes
534
585
Passes
596
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
45
32
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
15
22
Effective Clearances
12
22
Clearances
12

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 99Arkadiusz MilikF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Orestis KarnezisSUB
  2. 42Amadou DiawaraSUB
  3. 2Kévin MalcuitSUB
  4. 13Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  5. 9Simone VerdiSUB
  6. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB
  7. 30Marko RogSUB
  8. 14Dries MertensSUB
  9. 22Davide MarfellaSUB
  10. 11Adam OunasSUB
  11. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 22Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 68Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 21Lucas BigliaCM
  7. 5Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  8. 79Franck KessiéRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 11Fabio BoriniLF
  11. 8SusoRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Ignazio AbateSUB
  2. 4José MauriSUB
  3. 33Mattia CaldaraSUB
  4. 14Tiemoué BakayokoSUB
  5. 90Antonio DonnarummaSUB
  6. 63Patrick CutroneSUB
  7. 16Andrea BertolacciSUB
  8. 7Samu CastillejoSUB
  9. 56Stefan SimicSUB
  10. 25Pepe ReinaSUB
  11. 93Diego LaxaltSUB
  12. 77Alen HalilovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Napoli 0, Milan 1. Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabio Borini with a headed pass.
  2. 30' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 30' Suso (Milan) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 49' Goal! Napoli 0, Milan 2. Davide Calabria (Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Suso.
  5. 53' Goal! Napoli 1, Milan 2. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
  6. 58' Substitution, Milan. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Lucas Biglia.
  7. 63' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Marek Hamsik.
  8. 66' Ricardo Rodríguez (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 67' Goal! Napoli 2, Milan 2. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  10. 71' Substitution, Milan. Diego Laxalt replaces Fabio Borini.
  11. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Amadou Diawara replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  12. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces Mário Rui.
  13. 80' Goal! Napoli 3, Milan 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Allan.
  14. 81' Substitution, Milan. Patrick Cutrone replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  15. 90'+1' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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