Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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Match Report

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Lukaku fires Inter Milan closer to Serie A summit with Napoli win

A Romelu Lukaku penalty was enough to give Inter Milan a 1-0 win against 10-man Napoli at San Siro on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
5
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
3
58.9
Possession
41.1
17
SHOTS
5
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
573
Accurate Passes
380
628
Passes
431
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.4
43
Long Balls
41
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
7
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
2
9
Tackles
6
0.7
Tackle %
0.3
7
Interceptions
8
8
Effective Clearances
13
8
Clearances
13

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 6Stefan de VrijCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 37Milan SkriniarCD-R
  5. 5Roberto GagliardiniCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicAM
  8. 15Ashley YoungLM
  9. 36Matteo DarmianRM
  10. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-L
  11. 9Romelu LukakuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Ivan PerisicSUB
  2. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioSUB
  3. 24Christian EriksenSUB
  4. 2Achraf HakimiSUB
  5. 97Andrei RaduSUB
  6. 13Andrea RanocchiaSUB
  7. 27Daniele PadelliSUB
  8. 11Aleksandar KolarovSUB
  9. 12Stefano SensiSUB

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 4Diego DemmeLM
  8. 5Tiemoué BakayokoRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Kévin MalcuitSUB
  2. 16Nikita ContiniSUB
  3. 68Stanislav LobotkaSUB
  4. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  5. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  6. 8Fabián RuizSUB
  7. 1Alex MeretSUB
  8. 21Matteo PolitanoSUB
  9. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  10. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB
  11. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  12. 33Amir RrahmaniSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Dries Mertens because of an injury.
  2. 57' Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Tiemoué Bakayoko (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefano Sensi replaces Marcelo Brozovic because of an injury.
  5. 70' David Ospina (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  7. 73' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Napoli 0. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  9. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz replaces Tiemoué Bakayoko.
  10. 74' Hirving Lozano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Achraf Hakimi replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  12. 80' Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Diego Demme.
  14. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
  15. 85' Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 86' Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Ashley Young.
  17. 88' Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+1' Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.

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