Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 27, 2020
Genoa WLLWW 0
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Napoli WLWLW 6
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Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 14Dries MertensAM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

GEN · 3-5-2

  1. 22Federico MarchettiG
  2. 5Edoardo GoldanigaCD
  3. 55Andrea MasielloCD-L
  4. 14Davide BiraschiCD-R
  5. 16Miha ZajcCM-L
  6. 8Lukas LeragerCM-R
  7. 47Milan BadeljAM
  8. 88Luca PellegriniLM
  9. 77Davide ZappacostaRM
  10. 23Mattia DestroCF-L
  11. 37Marko PjacaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 22' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Lorenzo Insigne because of an injury.
  3. 45' Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) Substitution at 45'
  4. 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.
  5. 54' Substitution, Genoa. Paolo Ghiglione replaces Luca Pellegrini.
  6. 54' Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Miha Zajc.
  7. 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.
  8. 64' Substitution, Genoa. Valon Behrami replaces Milan Badelj.
  9. 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.
  10. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  11. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Dries Mertens.
  12. 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.
  13. 70' Ivan Radovanovic (Genoa) Substitution at 70'
  14. 70' Substitution, Genoa. Filippo Melegoni replaces Marko Pjaca.
  15. 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.
  16. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  17. 90' Mattia Destro (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+1' Andrea Masiello (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+1' Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.

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