Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 29, 2019
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Match Report

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Mario Balotelli opens Brescia account in Napoli loss

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

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 8Fabián RuizCM-L
  7. 5AllanCM-R
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 9Fernando LlorenteCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

BRE · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Jesse JoronenG
  2. 14Jhon ChancellorCD-L
  3. 15Andrea CistanaCD-R
  4. 26Bruno MartellaLB
  5. 2Stefano SabelliRB
  6. 45Mario BalotelliM
  7. 4Sandro TonaliCM
  8. 7Nikolas SpalekAM
  9. 27Daniele DessenaLM
  10. 25Dimitri BisoliRM
  11. 9Alfredo DonnarummaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 19' VAR Decision: No Goal Napoli 1-0 Brescia.
  3. 19' Kostas Manolas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 33' Stefano Sabelli (Brescia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 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.
  6. 51' VAR Decision: No Goal Napoli 2-0 Brescia.
  7. 65' Substitution, Napoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces Kostas Manolas.
  8. 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.
  9. 68' Substitution, Brescia. Ales Mateju replaces Bruno Martella.
  10. 72' Substitution, Brescia. Rômulo replaces Daniele Dessena.
  11. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Fernando Llorente.
  12. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj replaces Nikola Maksimovic because of an injury.
  13. 78' Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 85' Substitution, Brescia. Alessandro Matri replaces Nikolas Spalek.

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