Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, August 19, 2023
Napoli LWDWD 3
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Frosinone WWWWW 1
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NAP213
FRO101
Benito Stirpe · 15,822 att.

Match Report

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Osimhen double earns Napoli 3-1 comeback win over promoted Frosinone

Champions Napoli survived an early scare and began their title defence with a 3-1 win at newly-promoted Frosinone in their Serie A season opener on Saturday after Victor Osimhen scored twice.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
5
51.8
Possession
48.2
19
SHOTS
4
8
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
420
Accurate Passes
386
473
Passes
440
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
40
24
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
6
20
Tackles
6
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
3
Interceptions
2
7
Effective Clearances
17
7
Clearances
17

Head to Head

NAP leads series 5-0

Lineups

FRO · 4-3-3

  1. 80Stefano TuratiG
  2. 6Simone RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 30Ilario MonterisiCD-R
  4. 3Riccardo MarchizzaLB
  5. 22Anthony OyonoRB
  6. 36Luca MazzitelliCM
  7. 21Abdou HarrouiLM
  8. 14Francesco GelliRM
  9. 11Marvin CuniF
  10. 10Guiseppe CasoLF
  11. 7Jaime BáezRF

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 17Mathías OliveraLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 24Jens CajusteRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 81Giacomo RaspadoriLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Frosinone 1, Napoli 0. Abdou Harroui (Frosinone) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 12' Anthony Oyono (Frosinone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 13' Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 24' Goal! Frosinone 1, Napoli 1. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
  5. 27' Jens Cajuste (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 39' Mathías Olivera (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 42' Goal! Frosinone 1, Napoli 2. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  8. 45'+5' Luca Mazzitelli (Frosinone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 45' Substitution, Napoli. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa replaces Jens Cajuste.
  10. 67' Substitution, Frosinone. Gennaro Borrelli replaces Marvin Çuni.
  11. 67' Substitution, Frosinone. Giorgi Kvernadze replaces Giuseppe Caso.
  12. 75' Substitution, Frosinone. Luigi Canotto replaces Jaime Báez.
  13. 75' Substitution, Frosinone. Marco Brescianini replaces Luca Mazzitelli.
  14. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Mathías Olivera.
  15. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Matteo Politano.
  16. 79' Goal! Frosinone 1, Napoli 3. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a through ball.
  17. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Victor Osimhen.
  18. 83' Francesco Gelli (Frosinone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 86' Substitution, Frosinone. Enzo Barrenechea replaces Abdou Harroui.
  20. 90'+2' Substitution, Napoli. Leo Østigård replaces Stanislav Lobotka.

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