Spartak Moscow vs Napoli, 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage
· UEFA Europa LeagueAleksandr Sobolev double earns Spartak shock victory over Napoli
Spartak Moscow boosted their hopes of reaching the Europa League knockout stages with a 2-1 win over Napoli on Wednesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Penalty Spartak Moscow. Quincy Promes draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 1': Penalty conceded by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 3': Goal! Spartak Moscow 1, Napoli 0. Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
- 5': Attempt saved. Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ruslan Litvinov.
- 6': Foul by Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow).
- 6': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Andrea Petagna (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 8': Foul by Nail Umyarov (Spartak Moscow).
- 8': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow).
- 8': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Attempt missed. Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mikhail Ignatov with a cross.
- 11': Attempt saved. Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayrton with a cross.
- 14': Foul by Ruslan Litvinov (Spartak Moscow).
- 14': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Ruslan Litvinov (Spartak Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 15': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 16': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 16': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 16': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Aleksandr Selikhov.
- 16': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a corner.
- 17': Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 17': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 18': Corner, Spartak Moscow. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 19': Attempt missed. Ruslan Litvinov (Spartak Moscow) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 21': Corner, Spartak Moscow. Conceded by Juan Jesus.
- 22': Attempt missed. Georgi Dzhikiya (Spartak Moscow) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Quincy Promes with a cross following a corner.
- 25': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 28': Goal! Spartak Moscow 2, Napoli 0. Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Moses with a cross.
- 33': Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
- 34': Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 34': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 35': Foul by Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow).
- 35': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Mikhail Ignatov (Spartak Moscow) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Quincy Promes.
- 39': Foul by Mikhail Ignatov (Spartak Moscow).
- 39': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
- 40': Victor Moses (Spartak Moscow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Offside, Spartak Moscow. Alexander Sobolev tries a through ball, but Mikhail Ignatov is caught offside.
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Spartak Moscow 2, Napoli 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Spartak Moscow 2, Napoli 0.
- 46': Attempt missed. Nail Umyarov (Spartak Moscow) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alexander Sobolev with a headed pass.
- 47': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 47': Mikhail Ignatov (Spartak Moscow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Mikhail Ignatov (Spartak Moscow).
- 49': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ayrton.
- 50': Attempt missed. Andrea Petagna (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a corner.
- 51': Offside, Napoli. Andrea Petagna tries a through ball, but Giovanni Di Lorenzo is caught offside.
- 53': Foul by Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow).
- 53': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Maximiliano Caufriez.
- 55': Foul by Ruslan Litvinov (Spartak Moscow).
- 55': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Attempt saved. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top right corner.
- 56': Attempt missed. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
- 58': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Georgi Dzhikiya.
- 59': Attempt saved. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 62': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 62': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Aleksandr Selikhov.
- 63': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Eljif Elmas following a corner.
- 64': Goal! Spartak Moscow 2, Napoli 1. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andrea Petagna.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Quincy Promes with a cross.
- 65': Corner, Spartak Moscow. Conceded by Mário Rui.
- 66': Attempt missed. Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Georgi Dzhikiya with a cross following a corner.
- 67': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 67': Foul by Ayrton (Spartak Moscow).
- 67': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 69': Attempt missed. Nail Umyarov (Spartak Moscow) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 69': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 72': Substitution, Spartak Moscow. Alexander Lomovitskiy replaces Mikhail Ignatov.
- 72': Foul by Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow).
- 72': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Petagna.
- 75': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Maximiliano Caufriez.
- 76': Offside, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka tries a through ball, but Dries Mertens is caught offside.
- 77': Hand ball by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 77': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 79': Substitution, Napoli. Amir Rrahmani replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
- 79': Offside, Spartak Moscow. Ruslan Litvinov tries a through ball, but Quincy Promes is caught offside.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 81': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Samuel Gigot.
- 83': Substitution, Spartak Moscow. Nikolai Rasskazov replaces Victor Moses because of an injury.
- 85': Andrea Petagna (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 85': Foul by Alexander Lomovitskiy (Spartak Moscow).
- 86': Ayrton (Spartak Moscow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 87': Foul by Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow).
- 87': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
- 90'+2': Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Spartak Moscow. Jordan Larsson replaces Quincy Promes.
- 90'+3': Foul by Andrea Petagna (Napoli).
- 90'+3': Nail Umyarov (Spartak Moscow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Spartak Moscow 2, Napoli 1.
- 0': Match ends, Spartak Moscow 2, Napoli 1.
Statistics
 NAP |
SPM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 2 | Saves | 7 |
| 69.9 | Possession | 30.1 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 8 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 560 | Accurate Passes | 201 |
| 639 | Passes | 267 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 28 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 29 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 14 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 20 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 28 |
| 9 | Clearances | 28 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Venue: Lukoil Arena
Location: Moscow, Russia
Attendance: 10,852
Venue: Lukoil Arena
Location: Moscow, Russia
Attendance: 10,852
Line-Ups
Spartak Moscow (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 57 | Aleksandr Selikhov (GK) |
| 2 | Samuel Gigot |
| 14 | Georgi Dzhikiya |
| 3 | Max Caufriez |
| 68 | Ruslan Litvinov  |
| 18 | Nail Umiarov |
| 22 | Mikhail Ignatov |
| 6 | Ayrton Lucas |
| 8 | Victor Moses |
| 24 | Quincy Promes |
| 7 | Aleksandr Sobolev |
Napoli (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 5 | Juan Jesus |
| 26 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 14 | Dries Mertens |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 37 | Andrea Petagna |
| 7 | Eljif Elmas |
| 11 | Hirving Lozano |
UEFA Europa League News
Martin O'Neill positive on Celtic Europa League hopes despite 4-1 thrashing to Benfica
Martin O'Neill hailed Celtic's second-half display in the 4-1 Europa League defeat by Benfica which left them with no points from six in the league phase.
Marco Rose: "Privilege" to lead Bournemouth after winning first-ever home European match
Marco Rose said it was a "privilege" to lead Bournemouth to victory in their first-ever home match in Europe after Sturm Graz were beaten 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium.
Bournemouth beat Sturm Graz for dream European home debut
Bournemouth won their first European match at the Vitality Stadium as Sturm Graz were beaten 3-0 to maintain Marco Rose's perfect start in the Europa League.
'Frustrated' Pierre Sage: Crystal Palace 'really far off' expectations in Lyon defeat
Pierre Sage said Crystal Palace were "really far off" his expectations after suffering a 3-2 Europa League defeat away to his former side Lyon.
Milan's Cissè becomes Italy's youngest European hat-trick scorer
Alphadjo Cissè made European history for Italy with his hat trick in AC Milan 's 4-0 thrashing of RB Salzburg in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.