Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 27, 2022
Napoli WDDDL 2
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Lazio LWLDD 1
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Stadio Olimpico · 25,000 att.

Match Report

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Last-gasp Ruiz strike sends Napoli top of Serie A

A dramatic, last-gasp goal from Fabian Ruiz earned Napoli a 2-1 win at Lazio on Sunday, a victory that sent Luciano Spalletti's team top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
1
7
Saves
5
54.2
Possession
45.8
15
SHOTS
13
7
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
571
Accurate Passes
486
643
Passes
547
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.1
42
Long Balls
31
26
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
14
11
Effective Clearances
14
11
Clearances
14

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

LAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thomas StrakoshaG
  2. 4PatricCD-L
  3. 3Luiz FelipeCD-R
  4. 26Stefan RaduLB
  5. 77Adam MarusicRB
  6. 6Lucas LeivaCM
  7. 10Luis AlbertoLM
  8. 21Sergej Milinkovic-SavicRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 20Mattia ZaccagniLF
  11. 7Felipe AndersonRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Raúl MoroSUB
  2. 16Dimitrije KamenovicSUB
  3. 88Toma BasicSUB
  4. 33Francesco AcerbiSUB
  5. 11Jovane CabralSUB
  6. 25Pepe ReinaSUB
  7. 8Jean-Daniel Akpa AkproSUB
  8. 9PedroSUB
  9. 28André Anderson SUB
  10. 18Luka RomeroSUB
  11. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  12. 31Marius AdamonisSUB

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 4Diego DemmeLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Dries MertensSUB
  2. 59Alessandro ZanoliSUB
  3. 68Stanislav LobotkaSUB
  4. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  5. 33Adam OunasSUB
  6. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB
  7. 1Alex MeretSUB
  8. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  9. 5Juan JesusSUB
  10. 12Davide MarfellaSUB

Timeline

  1. 57' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  2. 62' Goal! Lazio 0, Napoli 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
  3. 65' Substitution, Lazio. Pedro replaces Felipe Anderson.
  4. 71' Stefan Radu (Lazio) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 71' Substitution, Lazio. Elseid Hysaj replaces Stefan Radu.
  6. 79' Ciro Immobile (Lazio) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Diego Demme.
  8. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Matteo Politano.
  9. 82' Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' Substitution, Lazio. Francesco Acerbi replaces Patric.
  11. 84' Substitution, Lazio. Toma Basic replaces Lucas Leiva.
  12. 88' Goal! Lazio 1, Napoli 1. Pedro (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  13. 90'+3' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Lazio 1, Napoli 2. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  15. 90'+6' Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  16. 90'+6' Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Lorenzo Insigne.

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