Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 31, 2021
Napoli WWWDW 1
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Salernitana LWLLW 0
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Arechi · 17,043 att.

Match Report

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Napoli edge Salernitana to stay top of Serie A as both teams finish with 10 men

Napoli maintained top spot in Serie A with a 1-0 win at Salernitana on Sunday as both sides had players sent off late in the game.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
63.1
Possession
36.9
18
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
454
Accurate Passes
234
531
Passes
299
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
38
34
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
18
14
Clearances
18

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0

Lineups

SAL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 72Vid BelecG
  2. 6Stefan StrandbergCD-L
  3. 23Norbert GyömbérCD-R
  4. 19Luca RanieriLB
  5. 21Nadir ZorteaRB
  6. 15Cedric GondoM
  7. 14Francesco Di TacchioCM
  8. 7Franck RibéryAM
  9. 20Grigoris KastanosLM
  10. 8Andrea SchiavoneRM
  11. 9Federico BonazzoliCF-R

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. 8Fabián RuizLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 11Hirving LozanoAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 41' André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 59' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Hirving Lozano.
  3. 60' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Dries Mertens.
  4. 61' Goal! Salernitana 0, Napoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 64' Substitution, Salernitana. Simy replaces Cedric Gondo because of an injury.
  6. 69' Grigoris Kastanos (Salernitana) is shown the red card.
  7. 71' Substitution, Salernitana. Joel Obi replaces Federico Bonazzoli.
  8. 74' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  10. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Matteo Politano.
  11. 88' Substitution, Salernitana. Milan Djuric replaces Andrea Schiavone.
  12. 88' Substitution, Salernitana. Riccardo Gagliolo replaces Luca Ranieri.
  13. 90'+5' Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Piotr Zielinski.

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