Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, May 8, 2021
Napoli WDWWD 4
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Spezia WLDLD 1
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Alberto Picco · ESPN+

Match Report

Napoli climb to second in Serie A with win at Spezia

Two goals from Victor Osimhen helped Napoli climb to second in the Serie A standings after a comprehensive 4-1 win at Spezia on Saturday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
2
51
Possession
49
12
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
411
Accurate Passes
386
488
Passes
464
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
58
24
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
6
0.5
Tackle %
1.0
5
Interceptions
6
6
Effective Clearances
11
6
Clearances
11

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

SPE · 4-3-3

  1. 94Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 22Jeff ChabotCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 5Riccardo MarchizzaLB
  5. 69Luca VignaliRB
  6. 8Matteo RicciCM
  7. 25Giulio MaggioreLM
  8. 24Nahuel EstévezRM
  9. 80Kevin AgudeloF
  10. 11Emmanuel GyasiLF
  11. 31Daniele VerdeRF

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 33Amir RrahmaniCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 4Diego DemmeCM-L
  7. 8Fabián RuizCM-R
  8. 24Lorenzo InsigneLM
  9. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  10. 20Piotr ZielinskiCF-L
  11. 9Victor OsimhenCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Goal! Spezia 0, Napoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  3. 23' Goal! Spezia 0, Napoli 2. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 34' Matteo Ricci (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Goal! Spezia 0, Napoli 3. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a through ball following a set piece situation.
  6. 45' Substitution, Spezia. Roberto Piccoli replaces Daniele Verde.
  7. 58' Nahuel Estévez (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Luca Vignali (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Goal! Spezia 1, Napoli 3. Roberto Piccoli (Spezia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  10. 65' Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Spezia. Diego Farias replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
  12. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Elseid Hysaj.
  13. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  14. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  15. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Dries Mertens because of an injury.
  16. 78' Substitution, Spezia. Riccardo Saponara replaces Kevin Agudelo.
  17. 78' Substitution, Spezia. Gennaro Acampora replaces Nahuel Estévez.
  18. 79' Goal! Spezia 1, Napoli 4. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  19. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.

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