Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 16, 2023
Napoli WDWWL 2
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Genoa WWLWL 2
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GEN112
Luigi Ferraris · 33,275 att.

Match Report

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Napoli fight back to salvage 2-2 draw at Genoa

Second-half goals by Giacomo Raspadori and Matteo Politano helped champions Napoli come from behind to rescue a 2-2 draw at promoted Genoa in Serie A on Saturday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
66.2
Possession
33.8
12
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
524
Accurate Passes
226
608
Passes
302
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.1
36
Long Balls
50
16
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
7
13
Effective Clearances
18
13
Clearances
18

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

GEN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Josep MartínezG
  2. 5Radu DragusinCD-L
  3. 13Mattia BaniCD-R
  4. 3Aarón MartínLB
  5. 4Koni De WinterRB
  6. 47Milan BadeljCM-L
  7. 8Kevin StrootmanCM-R
  8. 32Morten FrendrupLM
  9. 20Stefano SabelliRM
  10. 11Albert GudmundssonCF-L
  11. 19Mateo ReteguiCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 55Leo ØstigardCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaLF
  11. 7Eljif ElmasRF

Timeline

  1. 1' Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Koni De Winter (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Mateo Retegui (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Goal! Genoa 1, Napoli 0. Mattia Bani (Genoa) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Koni De Winter following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Eljif Elmas.
  6. 56' Goal! Genoa 2, Napoli 0. Mateo Retegui (Genoa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin Strootman following a corner.
  7. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  8. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Mário Rui.
  9. 74' Substitution, Genoa. Ruslan Malinovskyi replaces Stefano Sabelli.
  10. 75' Substitution, Napoli. Jens Cajuste replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  11. 75' Milan Badelj (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 76' Goal! Genoa 2, Napoli 1. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jens Cajuste.
  13. 77' Substitution, Genoa. Morten Thorsby replaces Kevin Strootman.
  14. 78' Jens Cajuste (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 84' Goal! Genoa 2, Napoli 2. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a through ball.
  16. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  17. 90' Substitution, Genoa. Johan Vásquez replaces Aarón Martín.

Serie A News

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