Italian Serie A

FT Thursday, September 23, 2021
Napoli WWWDW 4
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Sampdoria WLDDW 0
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Luigi Ferraris · 4,596 att.

Match Report

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Top dogs Napoli crush Sampdoria to continue perfect start

Napoli reclaimed top spot in Serie A as in-form striker Victor Osimhen struck twice in an impressive 4-0 win at Sampdoria on Thursday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
5
52.5
Possession
47.5
17
SHOTS
13
9
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
455
Accurate Passes
387
514
Passes
456
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
52
37
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Head to Head

NAP leads series 5-0

Lineups

SAM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emil AuderoG
  2. 15Omar ColleyCD-L
  3. 22Maya YoshidaCD-R
  4. 3Tommaso AugelloLB
  5. 24Bartosz BereszynskiRB
  6. 5Adrien SilvaCM-L
  7. 2Morten ThorsbyCM-R
  8. 38Mikkel DamsgaardLM
  9. 87Antonio CandrevaRM
  10. 27Fabio QuagliarellaCF-L
  11. 10Francesco CaputoCF-R

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. 11Hirving LozanoRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 1. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  2. 28' Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 2. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  4. 48' Substitution, Napoli. Kostas Manolas replaces Amir Rrahmani because of an injury.
  5. 50' Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 3. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
  6. 55' Substitution, Sampdoria. Ernesto Torregrossa replaces Fabio Quagliarella.
  7. 55' Substitution, Sampdoria. Albin Ekdal replaces Adrien Silva.
  8. 59' Goal! Sampdoria 0, Napoli 4. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
  9. 68' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  10. 68' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  11. 71' Substitution, Sampdoria. Fabio Depaoli replaces Bartosz Bereszynski.
  12. 71' Substitution, Sampdoria. Kristoffer Askildsen replaces Morten Thorsby.
  13. 76' Fabio Depaoli (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Hirving Lozano.
  15. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Victor Osimhen.
  16. 84' Substitution, Sampdoria. Riccardo Ciervo replaces Francesco Caputo.
  17. 87' Kostas Manolas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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