Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 6, 2022
Napoli DWLWW 2
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Venezia LLLDL 0
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Pier Luigi Penzo · 5,554 att.

Match Report

Napoli beat Venezia to go one point off top ahead of clash with leaders Inter

Napoli moved into second place in Serie A with a 2-0 win at Venezia on Sunday, as the gap between the top three teams was cut to a single point.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
66.4
Possession
33.6
16
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
640
Accurate Passes
282
738
Passes
363
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
54
27
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
17
7
Effective Clearances
19
7
Clearances
19

Head to Head

NAP leads series 1-0

Lineups

VEN · 4-3-3

  1. 12Luca LezzeriniG
  2. 32Pietro CeccaroniCD-L
  3. 31Mattia CaldaraCD-R
  4. 55Ridgeciano HapsLB
  5. 22Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 44Ethan AmpaduCM
  7. 21Michaël CuisanceLM
  8. 33Domen CrnigojRM
  9. 77David OkerekeF
  10. 20NaniLF
  11. 17Dennis JohnsenRF

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 68Stanislav LobotkaLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 59' Goal! Venezia 0, Napoli 1. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross.
  2. 62' Substitution, Venezia. Thomas Henry replaces Nani.
  3. 70' Substitution, Venezia. Gianluca Busio replaces Domen Crnigoj.
  4. 70' Substitution, Venezia. Mattia Aramu replaces Dennis Johnsen.
  5. 74' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 76' Gianluca Busio (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Substitution, Venezia. Luca Fiordilino replaces Ethan Ampadu.
  8. 78' Substitution, Venezia. Jean-Pierre Nsame replaces Michaël Cuisance.
  9. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  10. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Matteo Politano.
  11. 83' Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Pietro Ceccaroni (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 88' Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Piotr Zielinski because of an injury.
  14. 88' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
  15. 90'+5' Tyronne Ebuehi (Venezia) is shown the red card.
  16. 90'+10' Goal! Venezia 0, Napoli 2. Andrea Petagna (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.

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