Italian Serie A

FT Friday, February 21, 2020
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Brescia DLLDL 1
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Match Report

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Napoli hit back to beat Brescia with stunning Fabian Ruiz goal

Napoli continued their revival when they came from behind to win 2-1 at lowly Brescia with a stunning Fabian Ruiz effort in Serie A on Friday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
2
72.3
Possession
27.7
10
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
737
Accurate Passes
217
812
Passes
298
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
23
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
39
29
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
2
Effective Tackles
4
6
Tackles
5
0.3
Tackle %
0.8
5
Interceptions
9
11
Effective Clearances
19
11
Clearances
19

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BRE · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1Jesse JoronenG
  2. 14Jhon ChancellorCD-L
  3. 3Ales MatejuCD-R
  4. 26Bruno MartellaLB
  5. 2Stefano SabelliRB
  6. 27Daniele DessenaCM
  7. 4Sandro TonaliCM-L
  8. 25Dimitri BisoliCM-R
  9. 45Mario BalotelliF
  10. 31Birkir BjarnasonCF-L
  11. 8Jaromír ZmrhalCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 4Diego DemmeCM
  7. 12Eljif ElmasLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Brescia 1, Napoli 0. Jhon Chancellor (Brescia) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner.
  2. 48' VAR Decision: Penalty Napoli.
  3. 49' Ales Mateju (Brescia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 49' Goal! Brescia 1, Napoli 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 54' Goal! Brescia 1, Napoli 2. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  6. 65' Substitution, Brescia. Simon Skrabb replaces Birkir Bjarnason.
  7. 67' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
  9. 74' Bruno Martella (Brescia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 74' Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Eljif Elmas.
  12. 77' Daniele Dessena (Brescia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Substitution, Brescia. Emanuele Ndoj replaces Daniele Dessena.
  14. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Diego Demme.
  15. 90' Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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