UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, November 28, 2018
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Napoli DWDWD 3
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Diego Armando Maradona · 44,470 att.

Match Report

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Napoli beat Red Star with Dries Mertens brace to stay atop Group C

Napoli swept aside Red Star Belgrade with a typically entertaining performance as two goals from Dries Mertens helped them to a 3-1 win.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
2
33.9
Possession
66.1
10
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
347
Accurate Passes
733
418
Passes
828
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
11
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
80
28
Accurate Long Balls
57
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
15
13
Tackles
21
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
20
Interceptions
9
27
Effective Clearances
9
27
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 19Nikola MaksimovicRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikCM-L
  7. 5AllanCM-R
  8. 8Fabián RuizLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 14Dries MertensCF-L
  11. 24Lorenzo InsigneCF-R

RSB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 82Milan BorjanG
  2. 15Srjdan BabicCD-L
  3. 5Milos DegenekCD-R
  4. 23Milan RodicLB
  5. 77Marko GobeljicRB
  6. 17Marko MarinAM
  7. 7Nenad KrsticicLM
  8. 14Slavoljub SrnicRM
  9. 19Nikola StojiljkovicF
  10. 21Veljko SimicAM-L
  11. 31El Fardou Ben NabouhaneAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Napoli 1, Crvena Zvezda 0. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikola Maksimovic with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 33' Goal! Napoli 2, Crvena Zvezda 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 45'+4' Nenad Krsticic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Dejan Joveljic replaces Nikola Stojiljkovic.
  5. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj replaces Raúl Albiol.
  6. 52' Goal! Napoli 3, Crvena Zvezda 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marek Hamsik with a through ball.
  7. 57' Goal! Napoli 3, Crvena Zvezda 1. El Fardou Ben (Crvena Zvezda) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marko Marin with a through ball.
  8. 64' Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Dusan Jovancic replaces Slavoljub Srnic.
  9. 75' Dusan Jovancic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 77' Substitution, Crvena Zvezda. Lorenzo Ebecilio replaces Veljko Simic.
  11. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  12. 81' Marko Gobeljic (Crvena Zvezda) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Marko Rog replaces José Callejón.
  14. 89' Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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