Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 21, 2021
Napoli WWDWW 2
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AS Roma WWWLW 0
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Match Report

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Mertens reaches Serie A century in Napoli win at AS Roma

Dries Mertens scored his 99th and 100th Serie A goals for Napoli to secure a 2-0 win away to top-four rivals AS Roma on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
47.2
Possession
52.8
11
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
429
Accurate Passes
479
496
Passes
542
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
54
31
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
0
11
Effective Tackles
6
21
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
10
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ROMA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 4Bryan CristanteCD
  3. 3Roger IbañezCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 42Amadou DiawaraCM-L
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniCM-R
  7. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  8. 2Rick KarsdorpRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyCF-L
  11. 11PedroCF-R

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 4Diego DemmeLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Ibañez (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Goal! Roma 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 34' Goal! Roma 0, Napoli 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a headed pass.
  4. 45'+1' Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 47' Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Amadou Diawara (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Victor Osimhen replaces Dries Mertens.
  9. 67' Substitution, Roma. Borja Mayoral replaces Edin Dzeko.
  10. 67' Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Pedro.
  11. 67' Substitution, Roma. Gonzalo Villar replaces Amadou Diawara.
  12. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  13. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  14. 78' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 83' Substitution, Roma. Marash Kumbulla replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  16. 85' Gonzalo Villar (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Kostas Manolas replaces Nikola Maksimovic because of an injury.
  18. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  19. 90'+1' Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.

Serie A News

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