Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Genoa, 2020-21 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Napoli
  • 10': Hirving Lozano
  • 46': Piotr Zielinski
  • 57': Dries Mertens
  • 65': Hirving Lozano
  • 69': Eljif Elmas
  • 72': Matteo Politano
FT
6 - 0
Genoa

    Lozano strikes twice as Napoli put six past Genoa in sensational second half

    Hirving Lozano struck twice as Napoli thrashed Genoa 6-0 on Sunday to begin their Serie A campaign with back-to-back victories.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa).
    • 1': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 4': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Edoardo Goldaniga.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left.
    • 9': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Milan Badelj (Genoa).
    • 10': Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 0. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Davide Zappacosta (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 16': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Lukas Lerager (Genoa).
    • 17': Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Lukas Lerager (Genoa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
    • 19': Foul by Milan Badelj (Genoa).
    • 19': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 20': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
    • 20': Lukas Lerager (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Lorenzo Insigne because of an injury.
    • 25': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Eljif Elmas.
    • 28': Foul by Andrea Masiello (Genoa).
    • 28': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 34': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Davide Zappacosta (Genoa).
    • 35': Foul by Kostas Manolas (Napoli).
    • 35': Mattia Destro (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Lukas Lerager (Genoa).
    • 37': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
    • 37': Miha Zajc (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Davide Zappacosta (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marko Pjaca.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Miha Zajc (Genoa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 40': Corner, Genoa. Conceded by Kostas Manolas.
    • 42': Foul by Davide Biraschi (Genoa).
    • 42': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Edoardo Goldaniga.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Davide Zappacosta (Genoa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattia Destro.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Luca Pellegrini (Genoa).
    • 45'+2': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Napoli 1, Genoa 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 1, Genoa 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Napoli. Nikola Maksimovic replaces Kostas Manolas.
    • 46': Goal! Napoli 2, Genoa 0. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
    • 48': Foul by Luca Pellegrini (Genoa).
    • 48': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 53': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Federico Marchetti.
    • 54': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) hits the right post with a header from very close range. Assisted by Eljif Elmas with a cross following a corner.
    • 54': Substitution, Genoa. Paolo Ghiglione replaces Luca Pellegrini.
    • 54': Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Miha Zajc.
    • 57': Goal! Napoli 3, Genoa 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Milan Badelj (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
    • 63': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 63': Foul by Paolo Ghiglione (Genoa).
    • 64': Substitution, Genoa. Valon Behrami replaces Milan Badelj.
    • 65': Goal! Napoli 4, Genoa 0. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
    • 66': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
    • 66': Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Dries Mertens.
    • 66': Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
    • 66': Lukas Lerager (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Offside, Genoa. Davide Biraschi tries a through ball, but Goran Pandev is caught offside.
    • 69': Goal! Napoli 5, Genoa 0. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
    • 70': Substitution, Genoa. Ivan Radovanovic replaces Lukas Lerager.
    • 70': Substitution, Genoa. Filippo Melegoni replaces Marko Pjaca.
    • 72': Goal! Napoli 6, Genoa 0. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
    • 72': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Piotr Zielinski.
    • 77': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Foul by Valon Behrami (Genoa).
    • 81': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andrea Masiello.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 84': Edoardo Goldaniga (Genoa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
    • 88': Offside, Genoa. Filippo Melegoni tries a through ball, but Davide Zappacosta is caught offside.
    • 90': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90': Foul by Mattia Destro (Genoa).
    • 90': Mattia Destro (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+1': Andrea Masiello (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+1': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Napoli 6, Genoa 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Napoli 6, Genoa 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 6
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 4
    3 Saves 0
    42.9 Possession 57.1
    6 SHOTS 18
    0 ON GOAL 9
    0.0 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    420 Accurate Passes 590
    476 Passes 637
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 7
    15 Crosses 22
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    58 Long Balls 60
    34 Accurate Long Balls 50
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.8
    4 Blocked Shots 0
    3 Effective Tackles 15
    5 Tackles 24
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    11 Interceptions 6
    14 Effective Clearances 7
    14 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
    Location: Napoli, Italy

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Internazionale 33 +49 78
    2 AC Milan 33 +21 66
    3 Napoli 33 +15 66
    4 Juventus 33 +28 63
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Alex Meret (GK)
    26 Kalidou Koulibaly
    44 Kostas Manolas
    23 Elseid Hysaj
    22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
    14 Dries Mertens
    20 Piotr Zielinski
    8 Fabián Ruiz
    9 Victor Osimhen
    24 Lorenzo Insigne
    11 Hirving Lozano
    Napoli Substitutes:
    David Ospina, Mário Rui, Eljif Elmas, Andrea Petagna, Nikola Maksimovic, Faouzi Ghoulam, Sebastiano Luperto, Nikita Contini, Stanislav Lobotka, Diego Demme, Matteo Politano, Amir Rrahmani.

    GEN Genoa (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    22 Federico Marchetti (GK)
    5 Edoardo Goldaniga
    55 Andrea Masiello Yellow Card
    14 Davide Biraschi
    16 Miha Zajc
    8 Lukas Lerager
    47 Milan Badelj
    88 Luca Pellegrini
    77 Davide Zappacosta
    23 Mattia Destro Yellow Card
    37 Marko Pjaca
    Genoa Substitutes:
    Darian Males, Nicolò Rovella, Lennart Czyborra, Filippo Melegoni, Petar Brlek, Giuseppe Agostino, Paolo Ghiglione, Ivan Radovanovic, Goran Pandev, Lucas Zima, Cristián Zapata, Valon Behrami.

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