Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, November 2, 2019
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Stadio Olimpico · 34,502 att. · ESPNEWS

Match Report

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Jordan Veretout penalty gives Roma 2-1 win over Napoli

Napoli's hopes of mounting a Serie A title challenge this season took another blow on Saturday when they lost 2-1 at AS Roma, who missed one penalty

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
23
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
2
56.7
Possession
43.3
16
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
418
Accurate Passes
293
500
Passes
376
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
71
18
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
14
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
11
16
Effective Clearances
16
16
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD-L
  3. 15Mert ÇetinCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaRB
  6. 27Javier PastoreAM
  7. 21Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 23Gianluca ManciniRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 99Justin KluivertAM-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloAM-R

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  7. 8Fabián RuizCM-R
  8. 24Lorenzo InsigneLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 14Dries MertensCF-L
  11. 99Arkadiusz MilikCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Roma 1, Napoli 0. Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola.
  2. 25' VAR Decision: Penalty Roma.
  3. 26' Penalty saved! Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  4. 55' Goal! Roma 2, Napoli 0. Jordan Veretout (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces José Callejón.
  6. 65' Substitution, Napoli. Fernando Llorente replaces Dries Mertens.
  7. 72' Goal! Roma 2, Napoli 1. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
  8. 76' Justin Kluivert (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 76' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 77' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Justin Kluivert.
  11. 78' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 81' Substitution, Roma. Cengiz Ünder replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  13. 83' Substitution, Napoli. Amin Younes replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  14. 86' Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 87' Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 89' Substitution, Roma. Davide Santon replaces Javier Pastore.
  17. 90'+3' Yildirim Mert Cetin (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+3' Cengiz Ünder (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+5' Second yellow card to Yildirim Mert Cetin (Roma) for a bad foul.

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