Lecce vs Napoli, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, Regular Season
· Italian Serie ANapoli's Serie A title march back on track with win at Leece
Napoli took another step closer to ending their 33-year wait to win the Serie A title after they came away from Lecce with a 2-1 win on Friday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Joan Gonzàlez.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 4': Assan Ceesay (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 4': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 5': Attempt missed. Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high following a set piece situation.
- 7': Foul by Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
- 7': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt saved. Youssef Maleh (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco with a headed pass.
- 8': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 9': Attempt missed. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Remi Oudin with a cross following a corner.
- 9': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 9': Foul by Joan Gonzàlez (Lecce).
- 11': Attempt blocked. Remi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco.
- 13': Delay in match because of an injury Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
- 13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 14': Assan Ceesay (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 15': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 15': Youssef Maleh (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Lecce).
- 17': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 18': Goal! Lecce 0, Napoli 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kim Min-Jae with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 23': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lecce).
- 23': Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
- 28': Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 34': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
- 34': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 35': Delay in match because of an injury Youssef Maleh (Lecce).
- 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 42': Offside, Lecce. Samuel Umtiti tries a through ball, but Assan Ceesay is caught offside.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a through ball.
- 45'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Federico Baschirotto.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Lecce 0, Napoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Lecce 0, Napoli 1.
- 46': Attempt saved. Remi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco with a through ball.
- 48': Attempt blocked. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 49': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 49': Attempt missed. Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Remi Oudin with a cross following a corner.
- 51': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
- 51': Morten Hjulmand (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Assan Ceesay (Lecce) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Federico Baschirotto with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 52': Goal! Lecce 1, Napoli 1. Federico Di Francesco (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
- 54': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Federico Di Francesco (Lecce).
- 56': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lecce).
- 56': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
- 59': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Foul by Assan Ceesay (Lecce).
- 61': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Hirving Lozano.
- 62': Foul by Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
- 62': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Own Goal by Antonino Gallo, Lecce. Lecce 1, Napoli 2.
- 65': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
- 66': Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces Hirving Lozano.
- 66': Delay in match because of an injury Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Hand ball by Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli).
- 69': Attempt blocked. Youssef Maleh (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 70': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lecce).
- 70': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Substitution, Lecce. Thórir Helgason replaces Joan Gonzàlez.
- 71': Federico Di Francesco (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Foul by Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli).
- 72': Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Remi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 73': Attempt missed. Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 78': Delay in match because of an injury Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
- 79': Substitution, Lecce. Gabriel Strefezza replaces Remi Oudin.
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Substitution, Lecce. Kristoffer Askildsen replaces Youssef Maleh.
- 80': Substitution, Lecce. Joel Voelkerling Persson replaces Assan Ceesay.
- 81': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce).
- 81': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Giovanni Simeone because of an injury.
- 84': Foul by Kristoffer Askildsen (Lecce).
- 84': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
- 86': Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) is shown the yellow card.
- 87': Foul by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
- 87': Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Substitution, Lecce. Lameck Banda replaces Federico Di Francesco.
- 89': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
- 89': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli).
- 90'+4': Kristoffer Askildsen (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 90'+4': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Mário Rui.
- 90'+5': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 90'+5': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Lecce 1, Napoli 2.
- 0': Match ends, Lecce 1, Napoli 2.
Statistics
 NAP |
LEC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 68.6 | Possession | 31.4 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 634 | Accurate Passes | 233 |
| 729 | Passes | 319 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 10 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 15 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 13 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 13 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare
Location: Lecce, Italy
Attendance: 25,799
Venue: Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare
Location: Lecce, Italy
Attendance: 25,799
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 8 | +7 | 18 |
| 2 | AS Roma | 8 | +5 | 18 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 8 | +7 | 17 |
| 4 | Internazionale | 8 | +8 | 15 |
Line-Ups
Lecce (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Wladimiro Falcone (GK) |
| 93 | Samuel Umtiti  |
| 6 | Federico Baschirotto |
| 25 | Antonino Gallo |
| 17 | Valentin Gendrey |
| 42 | Morten Hjulmand |
| 32 | Youssef Maleh |
| 16 | Joan Gonzàlez |
| 77 | Assan Ceesay |
| 11 | Federico Di Francesco |
| 28 | Rémi Oudin |
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 3 | Kim Min-Jae |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 7 | Eljif Elmas |
| 99 | Frank Anguissa |
| 81 | Giacomo Raspadori |
| 77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 11 | Hirving Lozano |
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