Napoli vs SPAL, 2019-20 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ANapoli claim fifth win in a row by beating SPAL
Sixth-placed Napoli claimed their fifth consecutive Serie A victory when they easily beat relegation-threatened visitors SPAL 3-1 on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Arkadiusz Reca.
- 2': Alberto Cerri (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 4': Goal! Napoli 1, SPAL 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
- 5': VAR Decision: Goal Napoli 1-0 SPAL (Dries Mertens).
- 6': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 6': Foul by Alberto Cerri (SPAL).
- 6': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Fares (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arkadiusz Reca.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 14': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Foul by Felipe (SPAL).
- 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Francesco Vicari.
- 16': Attempt missed. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
- 20': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 23': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 24': Hand ball by Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli).
- 27': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 27': Mohamed Fares (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 29': Goal! Napoli 1, SPAL 1. Andrea Petagna (SPAL) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Reca.
- 31': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 32': Attempt saved. Mohamed Fares (SPAL) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thiago Cionek.
- 33': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL).
- 33': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
- 34': Thiago Cionek (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Goal! Napoli 2, SPAL 1. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 37': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 37': Francesco Vicari (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 38': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Francesco Vicari.
- 40': Attempt missed. Alberto Cerri (SPAL) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Alessandro Murgia.
- 43': Felipe (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 45': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Arkadiusz Reca (SPAL).
- 45'+2': Offside, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz tries a through ball, but Dries Mertens is caught offside.
- 45'+2': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 45'+5': VAR Decision: No Goal Napoli 2-1 SPAL.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Napoli 2, SPAL 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 2, SPAL 1.
- 45': Substitution, SPAL. Mattia Valoti replaces Arkadiusz Reca.
- 47': Foul by Mohamed Fares (SPAL).
- 47': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 48': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL).
- 48': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Offside, Napoli. Eljif Elmas tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 50': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Thiago Cionek.
- 51': Foul by José Callejón (Napoli).
- 51': Mattia Valoti (SPAL) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 55': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
- 55': Mohamed Fares (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Attempt saved. Mattia Valoti (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 57': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 57': Foul by Francesco Vicari (SPAL).
- 57': Alberto Cerri (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli).
- 58': Attempt saved. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 60': Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
- 60': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Andrea Petagna (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Dangerous play by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
- 64': Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
- 65': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
- 68': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 69': Alessandro Murgia (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 69': Foul by Thiago Cionek (SPAL).
- 69': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Mattia Valoti (SPAL).
- 73': Mattia Valoti (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Attempt missed. José Callejón (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 75': Substitution, SPAL. Bryan Dabo replaces Alessandro Murgia.
- 76': Substitution, SPAL. Marco D'Alessandro replaces Gabriel Strefezza.
- 77': Substitution, Napoli. Amin Younes replaces José Callejón.
- 77': Foul by Bryan Dabo (SPAL).
- 77': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Goal! Napoli 3, SPAL 1. Amin Younes (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 79': Foul by Mohamed Fares (SPAL).
- 79': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Mohamed Fares (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Foul by Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli).
- 80': Thiago Cionek (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
- 80': Substitution, Napoli. Kostas Manolas replaces Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 80': Substitution, SPAL. Sergio Floccari replaces Andrea Petagna.
- 81': Foul by Bryan Dabo (SPAL).
- 81': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Bryan Dabo (SPAL).
- 83': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Attempt saved. Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 86': Attempt missed. Amin Younes (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
- 87': Attempt missed. Sergio Floccari (SPAL) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
- 88': Felipe (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli).
- 89': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
- 89': Sergio Floccari (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Foul by Felipe (SPAL).
- 89': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Felipe (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Corner, SPAL. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amin Younes.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Napoli 3, SPAL 1.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 3, SPAL 1.
Statistics
 SPA |
NAP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 15 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 5 | Saves | 2 |
| 33.2 | Possession | 66.8 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 305 | Accurate Passes | 692 |
| 362 | Passes | 756 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 12 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 38 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 35 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 4 |
| 12 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
| 18 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 34 | +49 | 79 |
| 2 | Napoli | 34 | +19 | 69 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 34 | +21 | 67 |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | +28 | 64 |
Line-Ups
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 26 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimovic |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 12 | Eljif Elmas |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 14 | Dries Mertens |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 7 | José Callejón |
SPAL (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Karlo Letica (GK) |
| 27 | Felipe  |
| 23 | Francesco Vicari |
| 13 | Arkadiusz Reca |
| 4 | Thiago Cionek |
| 11 | Alessandro Murgia |
| 7 | Simone Missiroli |
| 93 | Mohamed Fares |
| 21 | Gabriel Strefezza |
| 37 | Andrea Petagna |
| 32 | Alberto Cerri |
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