Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 3, 2021
Napoli DWWWL 2
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Fiorentina WWWLW 1
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NAP112
FIO101
Artemio Franchi · 15,264 att.

Match Report

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Napoli recover to maintain perfect start atop Serie A

Napoli came from behind to earn a 2-1 victory at Fiorentina in Serie A on Sunday and maintain a perfect start to the season.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
4
45.9
Possession
54.1
12
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
327
Accurate Passes
385
404
Passes
455
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
6
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
55
29
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
4
20
Effective Clearances
5
20
Clearances
5

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

FIO · 4-4-2

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 2Lucas Martínez QuartaCD-L
  3. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 29Álvaro OdriozolaRB
  6. 32Alfred DuncanCM-L
  7. 15Erick PulgarCM-R
  8. 22Nico GonzálezLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 9Dusan VlahovicCF-L
  11. 5Giacomo BonaventuraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Riccardo SottilSUB
  2. 67Louis MunteanuSUB
  3. 91Aleksandr KokorinSUB
  4. 14Youssef MalehSUB
  5. 23Lorenzo VenutiSUB
  6. 55Matija NastasicSUB
  7. 34Sofyan AmrabatSUB
  8. 1Pietro TerraccianoSUB
  9. 98Igor JulioSUB
  10. 18Lucas TorreiraSUB
  11. 17Aleksa TerzicSUB
  12. 24Marco BenassiSUB

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. 99Frank AnguissaLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 44Kostas ManolasSUB
  2. 4Diego DemmeSUB
  3. 14Dries MertensSUB
  4. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  5. 1Alex MeretSUB
  6. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB
  7. 5Juan JesusSUB
  8. 59Alessandro ZanoliSUB
  9. 21Matteo PolitanoSUB
  10. 12Davide MarfellaSUB
  11. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  12. 2Kévin MalcuitSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 0. Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dusan Vlahovic following a corner.
  2. 31' Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Penalty saved! Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the top left corner.
  5. 38' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 1. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
  6. 50' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 2. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 52' Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 54' André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 57' Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Sottil replaces José Callejón.
  10. 57' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  11. 57' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  12. 65' Substitution, Fiorentina. Lucas Torreira replaces Erick Pulgar.
  13. 67' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  15. 77' Substitution, Fiorentina. Marco Benassi replaces Álvaro Odriozola.
  16. 77' Substitution, Fiorentina. Aleksandr Kokorin replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  17. 77' Substitution, Fiorentina. Youssef Maleh replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
  18. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  19. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
  20. 90'+1' Diego Demme (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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