Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 28, 2021
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Napoli LWLLW 2
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Match Report

Mertens marks return with a goal as Napoli beat Benevento

Dries Mertens scored on his first Napoli start since December as Gennaro Gattuso's side earned a 2-0 win over Benevento to go sixth in Serie A.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
3
39.2
Possession
60.8
4
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
5
0.8
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
468
345
Passes
534
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
6
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
58
20
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
7
12
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
4
30
Effective Clearances
5
30
Clearances
5

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 5Tiemoué BakayokoLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Diego DemmeSUB
  2. 58Antonio CioffiSUB
  3. 16Nikita ContiniSUB
  4. 3Karim ZedadkaSUB
  5. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  6. 25David OspinaSUB
  7. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  8. 6Mário RuiSUB
  9. 61Valerio LabriolaSUB
  10. 56Giuseppe D'AgostinoSUB
  11. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  12. 68Stanislav LobotkaSUB

BEN · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1Lorenzo MontipòG
  2. 93Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 13Alessandro TuiaCD-R
  4. 18Daam FoulonLB
  5. 27Fabio DepaoliRB
  6. 28Pasquale SchiattarellaCM
  7. 56Perparim HetemajCM-L
  8. 10Nicolas ViolaCM-R
  9. 9Gianluca LapadulaF
  10. 17Gianluca CaprariCF-L
  11. 29Artur IonitaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Andrés TelloSUB
  2. 19Roberto InsigneSUB
  3. 14Bryan DaboSUB
  4. 58Christian PastinaSUB
  5. 25Marco SauSUB
  6. 22Igor LucatelliSUB
  7. 12Niccolò ManfrediniSUB
  8. 20Giuseppe Di SerioSUB
  9. 5Luca CaldirolaSUB
  10. 7Adolfo GaichSUB
  11. 21Gabriele MonciniSUB
  12. 3Gaetano LetiziaSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Napoli 1, Benevento 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Benevento. Roberto Insigne replaces Pasquale Schiattarella.
  3. 58' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Substitution, Benevento. Marco Sau replaces Gianluca Caprari.
  6. 64' Substitution, Benevento. Gaetano Letizia replaces Daam Foulon.
  7. 66' Goal! Napoli 2, Benevento 0. Matteo Politano (Napoli) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  8. 70' Substitution, Benevento. Adolfo Gaich replaces Gianluca Lapadula.
  9. 80' Federico Barba (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Second yellow card to Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) for a bad foul.
  11. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Nikola Maksimovic replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  12. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Dries Mertens.
  13. 83' Substitution, Benevento. Gabriele Moncini replaces Artur Ionita.
  14. 84' Perparim Hetemaj (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj replaces Matteo Politano.

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