Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 3, 2021
Crotone LLWLL 3
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Napoli WDWWW 4
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Match Report

Napoli hold off Crotone fightback, Atalanta and Lazio win

Napoli survived a spirited fightback from bottom side Crotone to earn a 4-3 win and go fourth in Serie A on Saturday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
5
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
1
36.4
Possession
63.6
8
SHOTS
26
4
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
290
Accurate Passes
585
366
Passes
651
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
53
17
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
11
8
Tackles
14
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
13
12
Effective Clearances
9
12
Clearances
9

Head to Head

NAP leads series 5-0

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 14Dries MertensAM
  7. 5Tiemoué BakayokoLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25David OspinaSUB
  2. 11Hirving LozanoSUB
  3. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB
  4. 58Antonio CioffiSUB
  5. 33Amir RrahmaniSUB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaSUB
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  8. 38Davide CostanzoSUB
  9. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  10. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  11. 3Karim ZedadkaSUB
  12. 16Nikita ContiniSUB

CRO · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alex CordazG
  2. 5Vlasmir GolemicCD
  3. 13Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  4. 26Koffi DjidjiCD-R
  5. 21Niccolò ZanellatoCM-L
  6. 30Junior MessiasCM-R
  7. 10Ahmad BenaliAM
  8. 17Salvatore MolinaLM
  9. 33Andrea RispoliRM
  10. 25SimyCF-L
  11. 7Adam OunasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Giuseppe CuomoSUB
  2. 6Lisandro MagallánSUB
  3. 34Luca MarroneSUB
  4. 22Gian Marco CrespiSUB
  5. 32Pedro PereiraSUB
  6. 95Eduardo HenriqueSUB
  7. 20Luis RojasSUB
  8. 16Marco FestaSUB
  9. 8Luca CigariniSUB
  10. 54Samuel Di CarmineSUB
  11. 77Milos VulicSUB
  12. 97Emmanuel RivièreSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Andrea Rispoli (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! Napoli 1, Crotone 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  3. 22' Goal! Napoli 2, Crotone 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  4. 25' Goal! Napoli 2, Crotone 1. Simy (Crotone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ahmad Benali.
  5. 34' Goal! Napoli 3, Crotone 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Crotone. Milos Vulic replaces Adam Ounas.
  7. 45' Substitution, Crotone. Pedro Pereira replaces Andrea Rispoli.
  8. 48' Goal! Napoli 3, Crotone 2. Simy (Crotone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Junior Messias with a headed pass following a corner.
  9. 59' Goal! Napoli 3, Crotone 3. Junior Messias (Crotone) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal.
  10. 62' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  11. 62' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
  12. 67' Ahmad Benali (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 72' Goal! Napoli 4, Crotone 3. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
  14. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Dries Mertens.
  15. 78' Pedro Pereira (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 81' Substitution, Crotone. Luis Rojas replaces Niccolò Zanellato.
  17. 87' Luis Rojas (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+1' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
  19. 90'+2' Substitution, Crotone. Samuel Di Carmine replaces Salvatore Molina.
  20. 90'+2' Substitution, Crotone. Luca Marrone replaces Sebastiano Luperto.

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