Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 24, 2019
Napoli WLWLL 4
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Fiorentina WLLWW 3
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Match Report

Claudio Giovannini/ANSA via AP

Napoli win seven-goal thriller against Fiorentina

Napoli, last season's runners-up, hit back from conceding a contentious early penalty to win 4-3 at new-look Fiorentina.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
21
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
57.1
Possession
42.9
16
SHOTS
20
7
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
444
Accurate Passes
321
520
Passes
389
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
29
25
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
8
6
Effective Tackles
9
12
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
11
12
Effective Clearances
15
12
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 20Germán PezzellaCD-L
  3. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 23Lorenzo VenutiLB
  5. 21Pol LirolaRB
  6. 5Milan BadeljCM
  7. 8Gaetano CastrovilliLM
  8. 78Erick PulgarRM
  9. 28Dusan VlahovicF
  10. 25Federico ChiesaLF
  11. 11Riccardo SottilRF

NAP · 4-4-1-1

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

Timeline

  1. 7' VAR Decision: Penalty Fiorentina.
  2. 9' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 0. Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 19' Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 19' José Callejón (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 24' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 38' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  7. 42' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 51' Goal! Fiorentina 2, Napoli 2. Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a corner.
  9. 56' Goal! Fiorentina 2, Napoli 3. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  10. 61' Substitution, Fiorentina. Kevin-Prince Boateng replaces Dusan Vlahovic.
  11. 65' Goal! Fiorentina 3, Napoli 3. Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gaetano Castrovilli.
  12. 67' Goal! Fiorentina 3, Napoli 4. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Callejón.
  13. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
  14. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Allan.
  15. 73' Substitution, Fiorentina. Marco Benassi replaces Milan Badelj.
  16. 78' Substitution, Fiorentina. Franck Ribéry replaces Riccardo Sottil.
  17. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj replaces Dries Mertens.
  18. 90'+1' Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+3' Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+5' Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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