Fiorentina vs Napoli, 2020-21 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie A
56': Bartlomiej DragowskiNapoli tighten grip on top-four spot with Fiorentina win
Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne scored to help his side beat 10-man Fiorentina 2-0 and strengthen their chase for a top four finish.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
- 2': Hand ball by Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina).
- 3': Foul by Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina).
- 3': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Attempt missed. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 5': Foul by Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina).
- 5': Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
- 6': Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 7': Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 7': Attempt saved. Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross.
- 8': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 9': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Cristiano Biraghi.
- 9': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
- 9': Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
- 12': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 13': Offside, Fiorentina. Cristiano Biraghi tries a through ball, but Dusan Vlahovic is caught offside.
- 15': Offside, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj tries a through ball, but Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
- 19': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Erick Pulgar.
- 20': Attempt missed. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a corner.
- 21': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 21': Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 23': Attempt missed. Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 25': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross.
- 26': Attempt saved. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross.
- 26': Attempt missed. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 27': Offside, Napoli. Tiemoué Bakayoko tries a through ball, but Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
- 28': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 28': Attempt missed. Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a corner.
- 30': Attempt saved. Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erick Pulgar.
- 31': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina).
- 31': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
- 36': Foul by Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina).
- 36': Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 43': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina).
- 43': Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Fiorentina 0, Napoli 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Fiorentina 0, Napoli 0.
- 47': Foul by Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina).
- 47': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Hand ball by Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina).
- 49': Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card.
- 51': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 51': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Erick Pulgar.
- 52': Penalty Napoli. Amir Rrahmani draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 52': Penalty conceded by Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 54': VAR Decision: Penalty Napoli.
- 56': Bartlomiej Dragowski (Fiorentina) is shown the red card.
- 56': Penalty saved! Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
- 56': Goal! Fiorentina 0, Napoli 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 58': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina).
- 60': Attempt saved. Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
- 61': Foul by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina).
- 61': Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 61': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 64': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 65': Foul by Fabián Ruiz (Napoli).
- 65': Franck Ribéry (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Substitution, Fiorentina. Valentin Eysseric replaces Gaetano Castrovilli.
- 66': Substitution, Fiorentina. Igor Julio replaces Cristiano Biraghi.
- 67': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 67': Own Goal by Lorenzo Venuti, Fiorentina. Fiorentina 0, Napoli 2.
- 67': Nikita Contini (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 70': Foul by Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina).
- 70': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina).
- 73': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 75': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 76': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
- 77': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Piotr Zielinski.
- 77': Substitution, Fiorentina. José Callejón replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
- 78': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 78': Attempt missed. Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a corner.
- 79': Foul by Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina).
- 79': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 81': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nikola Milenkovic.
- 83': Substitution, Fiorentina. Christian Kouamé replaces Franck Ribéry because of an injury.
- 84': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tiemoué Bakayoko.
- 90': Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90': Foul by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).
- 90'+1': Foul by Andrea Petagna (Napoli).
- 90'+1': Valentin Eysseric (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina).
- 90'+3': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
- 90'+3': Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Andrea Petagna (Napoli).
- 90'+4': Igor Julio (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Fiorentina 0, Napoli 2.
- 0': Match ends, Fiorentina 0, Napoli 2.
Statistics
 NAP |
FIO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Saves | 5 |
| 59.5 | Possession | 40.5 |
| 21 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 416 | Accurate Passes | 266 |
| 476 | Passes | 324 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 20 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 43 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 17 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 5 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 5 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Artemio Franchi
Location: Firenze, Italy
Venue: Artemio Franchi
Location: Firenze, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AC Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bologna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Fiorentina (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Terracciano (GK) |
| 20 | Germán Pezzella  |
| 22 | Martín Cáceres |
| 4 | Nikola Milenkovic |
| 10 | Gaetano Castrovilli |
| 5 | Giacomo Bonaventura |
| 78 | Erick Pulgar |
| 3 | Cristiano Biraghi |
| 23 | Lorenzo Venuti |
| 7 | Franck Ribéry |
| 9 | Dusan Vlahovic |
Napoli (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 33 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 44 | Kostas Manolas |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 5 | Tiemoué Bakayoko |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 9 | Victor Osimhen |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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