Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 26, 2021
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Match Report

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Napoli cruise past Cagliari to continue perfect start to Serie A season

Napoli eased to a 2-0 win at home to Cagliari on Sunday to notch up a sixth consecutive Serie A victory and return to the top of the table.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
1
31.6
Possession
68.4
6
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
266
Accurate Passes
688
333
Passes
740
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
14
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
35
24
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
9
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
7
16
Effective Clearances
14
16
Clearances
14

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 8Fabián RuizCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

CAG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Alessio CragnoG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 40Sebastian WalukiewiczCD-R
  4. 4Martín CáceresLB
  5. 25Gabriele ZappaRB
  6. 8Razvan MarinAM
  7. 14Alessandro DeiolaLM
  8. 16Kevin StrootmanRM
  9. 10João PedroF
  10. 22Charalampos LykogiannisAM-L
  11. 18Nahitan NándezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Napoli 1, Cagliari 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  2. 57' Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 59' Sebastian Walukiewicz (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 68' Substitution, Cagliari. Keita Baldé replaces Alessandro Deiola.
  6. 68' Substitution, Cagliari. Luca Ceppitelli replaces Sebastian Walukiewicz.
  7. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  8. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  9. 76' Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
  11. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  12. 85' Substitution, Cagliari. Gastón Pereiro replaces Charalampos Lykogiannis.
  13. 85' Substitution, Cagliari. Alberto Grassi replaces Kevin Strootman.
  14. 88' Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Fabián Ruiz.

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