Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 16, 2020
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Cagliari LDDDL 0
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Match Report

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Mertens curler earns Napoli narrow win at Cagliari

A stunning finish from Dries Mertens earned Napoli a 1-0 win at Cagliari that moved them above the Sardinian side and into eighth place in Serie A.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
55.8
Possession
44.2
14
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
553
Accurate Passes
419
623
Passes
486
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.1
35
Long Balls
50
25
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
5
11
Tackles
7
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
16
14
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

CAG · 4-3-2-1

  1. 28Alessio CragnoG
  2. 15Ragnar KlavanCD-L
  3. 40Sebastian WalukiewiczCD-R
  4. 33Luca PellegriniLB
  5. 19Fabio PisacaneRB
  6. 8Luca CigariniCM
  7. 21Artur IonitaCM-L
  8. 18Nahitan NándezCM-R
  9. 99Giovanni SimeoneF
  10. 10João PedroCF-L
  11. 20Gastón PereiroCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 4Diego DemmeCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 12Eljif ElmasLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 12' João Pedro (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 30' Sebastian Walukiewicz (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Diego Demme.
  4. 65' Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
  5. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces José Callejón.
  6. 67' Substitution, Cagliari. Alberto Paloschi replaces Gastón Pereiro.
  7. 70' Substitution, Cagliari. Federico Mattiello replaces Sebastian Walukiewicz.
  8. 74' Nahitan Nández (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Elseid Hysaj because of an injury.
  10. 81' Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 83' Substitution, Cagliari. Valter Birsa replaces Luca Cigarini.

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