Italian Serie A

FT Thursday, April 22, 2021
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Napoli WWLWD 5
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Match Report

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Napoli put five past Lazio to strengthen top-four credentials

Napoli won a 5-2 thriller against top-four rivals Lazio on Thursday to stay within touching distance of the Champions League places in Serie A.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
7
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
1
51.2
Possession
48.8
16
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
428
Accurate Passes
417
488
Passes
474
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
1
16
Crosses
7
0.5
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
58
34
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.8
Long Balls %
0.8
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
8
5
Effective Clearances
20
5
Clearances
20

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 5Tiemoué BakayokoLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

LAZ · 3-5-2

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 33Francesco AcerbiCD
  3. 26Stefan RaduCD-L
  4. 77Adam MarusicCD-R
  5. 10Luis AlbertoCM-L
  6. 21Sergej Milinkovic-SavicCM-R
  7. 6Lucas LeivaAM
  8. 96Mohamed FaresLM
  9. 29Manuel LazzariRM
  10. 17Ciro ImmobileCF-L
  11. 11Joaquín CorreaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 7' Goal! Napoli 1, Lazio 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 12' Goal! Napoli 2, Lazio 0. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  4. 15' Kostas Manolas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 29' Lucas Leiva (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 42' Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+1' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 48' Ciro Immobile (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 53' Goal! Napoli 3, Lazio 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
  10. 58' Substitution, Lazio. Danilo Cataldi replaces Lucas Leiva.
  11. 64' Substitution, Lazio. Andreas Pereira replaces Luis Alberto.
  12. 64' Substitution, Lazio. Senad Lulic replaces Mohamed Fares.
  13. 65' Goal! Napoli 4, Lazio 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  14. 70' Goal! Napoli 4, Lazio 1. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Andreas Pereira.
  15. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  16. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Amir Rrahmani replaces Kostas Manolas.
  17. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Victor Osimhen replaces Dries Mertens.
  18. 73' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 74' Goal! Napoli 4, Lazio 2. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  20. 75' Andreas Pereira (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 80' Goal! Napoli 5, Lazio 2. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
  22. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  23. 83' Substitution, Lazio. Vedat Muriqi replaces Ciro Immobile.
  24. 83' Substitution, Lazio. Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  25. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.

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