Napoli vs Salernitana, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Napoli

17': Juan Jesus
45'+4': Dries Mertens (P)
47': Amir Rrahmani
53': Lorenzo Insigne (P)

FT
4 - 1

Salernitana

33': Federico Bonazzoli
51': Frederic Veseli

Napoli thrash Salernitana to keep pace with Serie A leaders

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Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
3': Hand ball by Edoardo Vergani (Salernitana).
5': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Foul by Wajdi Kechrida (Salernitana).
6': Attempt saved. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Vid Belec.
7': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Edoardo Vergani.
7': Offside, Napoli. Hirving Lozano tries a through ball, but Eljif Elmas is caught offside.
8': Andrea Schiavone (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
10': Filippo Delli Carri (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
11': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
11': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Vid Belec.
12': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
12': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
13': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Salernitana).
14': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
15': Foul by Joel Obi (Salernitana).
15': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Edoardo Vergani.
17': Goal! Napoli 1, Salernitana 0. Juan Jesus (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas following a corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
21': VAR Decision: Goal Napoli 1-0 Salernitana (Eljif Elmas).
21': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Frederic Veseli.
22': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Mário Rui.
23': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Foul by Filippo Delli Carri (Salernitana).
23': Filippo Delli Carri (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27': Federico Bonazzoli (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
29': Offside, Napoli. Amir Rrahmani tries a through ball, but Hirving Lozano is caught offside.
30': Foul by Joel Obi (Salernitana).
30': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Joel Obi (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
33': Goal! Napoli 1, Salernitana 1. Federico Bonazzoli (Salernitana) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wajdi Kechrida with a cross.
36': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Foul by Edoardo Vergani (Salernitana).
36': Substitution, Salernitana. Pawel Jaroszynski replaces Andrea Schiavone because of an injury.
38': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
38': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Vid Belec.
42': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
42': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
42': Pawel Jaroszynski (Salernitana) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mário Rui.
45'+2': Penalty Napoli. Eljif Elmas draws a foul in the penalty area.
45'+2': Penalty conceded by Frederic Veseli (Salernitana) after a foul in the penalty area.
45'+3': Frederic Veseli (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+4': Goal! Napoli 2, Salernitana 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
45'+4': First Half ends, Napoli 2, Salernitana 1.
45': Second Half begins Napoli 2, Salernitana 1.
45': Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Hirving Lozano.
47': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pawel Jaroszynski.
47': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a headed pass following a corner.
47': Goal! Napoli 3, Salernitana 1. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens following a corner.
50': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
50': Penalty conceded by Frederic Veseli (Salernitana) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
51': Second yellow card to Frederic Veseli (Salernitana) for hand ball.
53': Goal! Napoli 4, Salernitana 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
54': Offside, Salernitana. Riccardo Gagliolo tries a through ball, but Edoardo Vergani is caught offside.
56': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
57': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
57': Pawel Jaroszynski (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
62': Offside, Napoli. Eljif Elmas tries a through ball, but Fabián Ruiz is caught offside.
62': Substitution, Salernitana. Alessandro Russo replaces Edoardo Vergani.
64': Hand ball by Federico Bonazzoli (Salernitana).
64': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Fabián Ruiz.
64': Substitution, Napoli. Victor Osimhen replaces Dries Mertens.
67': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
69': Foul by Pawel Jaroszynski (Salernitana).
69': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
70': Attempt saved. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
71': Foul by Francesco Di Tacchio (Salernitana).
71': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
72': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Joel Obi.
74': Foul by Federico Bonazzoli (Salernitana).
74': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Alessandro Russo (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
76': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
76': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
78': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
78': Francesco Di Tacchio (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Substitution, Salernitana. Simy replaces Federico Bonazzoli.
79': Foul by Luka Bogdan (Salernitana).
79': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
81': Foul by Alessandro Zanoli (Napoli).
81': Pawel Jaroszynski (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
84': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a through ball.
84': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pawel Jaroszynski.
88': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Luka Bogdan.
88': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross following a corner.
89': Filippo Delli Carri (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
90'+1': Second Half ends, Napoli 4, Salernitana 1.
0': Match ends, Napoli 4, Salernitana 1.

Statistics

SAL		NAP
14	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	0
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
0	Corner Kicks	10
10	Saves	0
18.2	Possession	81.8
1	SHOTS	26
1	ON GOAL	14
1.0	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	2
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
136	Accurate Passes	870
209	Passes	934
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	4
4	Crosses	23
0.5	Cross %	0.2
50	Long Balls	32
17	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.3	Long Balls %	0.8
0	Blocked Shots	8
6	Effective Tackles	7
13	Tackles	11
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
9	Interceptions	1
27	Effective Clearances	3
27	Clearances	3

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 3,000

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	7	+12	19
2	AS Roma	7	+13	17
3	Lazio	6	+7	16
4	AC Milan	7	+7	15

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Line-Ups

Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alex Meret (GK)
5	Juan Jesus
13	Amir Rrahmani
6	Mário Rui
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
20	Piotr Zielinski
68	Stanislav Lobotka
8	Fabián Ruiz
14	Dries Mertens
7	Eljif Elmas
11	Hirving Lozano

Napoli Substitutes:

Kévin Malcuit, Alessandro Zanoli, Faouzi Ghoulam, Axel Tuanzebe, Victor Osimhen, David Ospina, Andrea Petagna, Diego Demme, Lorenzo Insigne, Davide Marfella, Matteo Politano.

Salernitana (4-5-1)

No.	Name
72	Vid Belec (GK)
31	Riccardo Gagliolo
26	Luka Bogdan
33	Filippo Delli Carri
5	Frederic Veseli
8	Andrea Schiavone
22	Joel Obi
14	Francesco Di Tacchio
24	Wajdi Kechrida
63	Edoardo Vergani
9	Federico Bonazzoli

Salernitana Substitutes:

Guido Guerrieri, Lorenzo Cannavale, Antonio Russo, Angelo Guida, Alessandro Russo, Mario Perrone, Andrei Motoc, Pawel Jaroszynski, Antonio Iervolino, Simy.

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