Napoli vs Brescia, 2019-20 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Napoli

13': Dries Mertens
45'+4': Kostas Manolas

FT
2 - 1

Brescia

67': Mario Balotelli

Mario Balotelli opens Brescia account in Napoli loss

Mario Balotelli celeb Napoli vs. Brescia [1296x729]

Napoli survived a second-half fightback from Brescia to move into fourth place in Serie A with a 2-1 home win on Sunday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt blocked. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Stefano Sabelli.
7': Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nikolas Spalek.
10': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
13': Goal! Napoli 1, Brescia 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andrea Cistana.
17': Attempt saved. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Allan.
17': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Jesse Joronen.
17': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andrea Cistana.
18': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross following a corner.
18': Hand ball by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).
18': GOAL CANCELLED BY VAR: Kostas Manolas (Napoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
19': VAR Decision: No Goal Napoli 1-0 Brescia.
19': Kostas Manolas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
21': Attempt missed. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
24': Attempt saved. Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
24': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
24': Mario Balotelli (Brescia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Hand ball by Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli).
31': Attempt missed. Daniele Dessena (Brescia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andrea Cistana with a headed pass.
32': Foul by Stefano Sabelli (Brescia).
32': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Stefano Sabelli (Brescia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
34': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
34': Mario Balotelli (Brescia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Corner, Brescia. Conceded by Faouzi Ghoulam.
35': Attempt blocked. Andrea Cistana (Brescia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross.
35': Attempt blocked. Daniele Dessena (Brescia) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
36': Corner, Brescia. Conceded by Kostas Manolas.
38': Attempt missed. Fernando Llorente (Napoli) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz with a cross.
38': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fernando Llorente.
40': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
41': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Foul by Nikolas Spalek (Brescia).
42': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
42': Foul by Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia).
43': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
44': Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
44': Foul by Allan (Napoli).
45': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Nikolas Spalek (Brescia).
45'+3': Offside, Brescia. Alfredo Donnarumma tries a through ball, but Mario Balotelli is caught offside.
45'+4': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Jhon Chancellor.
45'+4': Goal! Napoli 2, Brescia 0. Kostas Manolas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikola Maksimovic with a headed pass following a corner.
45'+5': First Half ends, Napoli 2, Brescia 0.
45': Second Half begins Napoli 2, Brescia 0.
48': Foul by Allan (Napoli).
48': Nikolas Spalek (Brescia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
49': Offside, Brescia. Mario Balotelli tries a through ball, but Jhon Chancellor is caught offside.
50': Foul by Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia).
50': Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': GOAL CANCELLED BY VAR: Sandro Tonali (Brescia) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
51': VAR Decision: No Goal Napoli 2-0 Brescia.
54': Fernando Llorente (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54': Foul by Andrea Cistana (Brescia).
56': Attempt missed. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
57': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
57': Stefano Sabelli (Brescia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
58': Attempt missed. Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a set piece situation.
59': Attempt missed. Daniele Dessena (Brescia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Bisoli with a cross.
60': Attempt missed. Allan (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by José Callejón.
62': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Allan with a through ball.
62': Alfredo Donnarumma (Brescia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli).
63': Corner, Brescia. Conceded by Faouzi Ghoulam.
64': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Jhon Chancellor.
65': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nikola Maksimovic with a cross following a corner.
65': Substitution, Napoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces Kostas Manolas.
67': Corner, Brescia. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
67': Goal! Napoli 2, Brescia 1. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a corner.
68': Substitution, Brescia. Ales Mateju replaces Bruno Martella.
70': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross.
72': Substitution, Brescia. Rômulo replaces Daniele Dessena.
73': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Fernando Llorente.
74': Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stefano Sabelli with a cross.
76': Substitution, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj replaces Nikola Maksimovic because of an injury.
78': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
78': Rômulo (Brescia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80': David Ospina (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Alfredo Donnarumma (Brescia).
81': Hand ball by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
81': Attempt missed. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sandro Tonali with a cross following a set piece situation.
81': Attempt blocked. Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Balotelli.
82': Corner, Brescia. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
82': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Ales Mateju (Brescia).
85': Substitution, Brescia. Alessandro Matri replaces Nikolas Spalek.
86': Attempt missed. Alessandro Matri (Brescia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefano Sabelli with a cross.
87': Andrea Cistana (Brescia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
87': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
87': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
87': Sandro Tonali (Brescia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Attempt blocked. Alfredo Donnarumma (Brescia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Balotelli with a headed pass.
88': Corner, Brescia. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
89': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Matri (Brescia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón.
90'+1': Corner, Brescia. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
90'+4': Attempt saved. José Callejón (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
90'+6': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
90'+6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ales Mateju.
90'+7': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Dries Mertens following a corner.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Napoli 2, Brescia 1.
0': Match ends, Napoli 2, Brescia 1.

Statistics

BRE		NAP
8	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	2
43.9	Possession	56.1
16	SHOTS	20
3	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
326	Accurate Passes	460
406	Passes	520
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
7	Accurate Crosses	8
22	Crosses	29
0.3	Cross %	0.3
42	Long Balls	44
21	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
6	Blocked Shots	1
7	Effective Tackles	11
11	Tackles	16
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	15
23	Effective Clearances	21
23	Clearances	21

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 45,770

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	37	+54	86
2	Napoli	37	+21	73
3	AC Milan	37	+19	70
4	AS Roma	37	+26	70

Full Table

Line-Ups

Napoli (4-4-2)

No.	Name
25	David Ospina (GK)
19	Nikola Maksimovic
44	Kostas Manolas
31	Faouzi Ghoulam
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
8	Fabián Ruiz
5	Allan
20	Piotr Zielinski
7	José Callejón
9	Fernando Llorente
14	Dries Mertens

Napoli Substitutes:

Eljif Elmas, Sebastiano Luperto, Arkadiusz Milik, Elseid Hysaj, Gianluca Gaetano, Hirving Lozano, Mário Rui, Orestis Karnezis, Amin Younes, Kévin Malcuit, Lorenzo Insigne, Alex Meret.

Brescia (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Jesse Joronen (GK)
14	Jhon Chancellor
15	Andrea Cistana
26	Bruno Martella
2	Stefano Sabelli
45	Mario Balotelli
4	Sandro Tonali
7	Nikolas Spalek
27	Daniele Dessena
25	Dimitri Bisoli
9	Alfredo Donnarumma

Brescia Substitutes:

Jaromír Zmrhal, Rômulo, Florian Ayé, Daniele Gastaldello, Alessandro Matri, Ales Mateju, Leonardo Morosini, Enrico Alfonso.

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