Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, October 21, 2023
Napoli DWWLL 3
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Hellas Verona DLLDL 1
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 20,549 att.

Match Report

Napoli beat Verona 3-1 to ease pressure on coach Rudi Garcia

Kvaratskhelia appears back to his stunning best as he scored two goals to help Napoli beat Hellas Verona 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
7
60.4
Possession
39.6
22
SHOTS
15
10
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
454
Accurate Passes
258
520
Passes
323
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
56
36
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
3
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

VER · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lorenzo MontipòG
  2. 27Pawel DawidowiczCD
  3. 2Bruno AmioneCD-L
  4. 23Giangiacomo MagnaniCD-R
  5. 25Suat SerdarCM-L
  6. 18Martin HonglaCM-R
  7. 3Josh DoigLM
  8. 5Davide FaraoniRM
  9. 11Milan DjuricF
  10. 90Michael FolorunshoCF-L
  11. 26Cyril NgongeCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 3NatanCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 24Jens CajusteLM
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiRM
  9. 81Giacomo RaspadoriF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 1. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross.
  2. 37' Giangiacomo Magnani (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 2. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
  4. 44' Marco Faraoni (Verona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Verona. Filippo Terracciano replaces Bruno Amione.
  7. 45' Substitution, Verona. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Cyril Ngonge.
  8. 45' Substitution, Verona. Darko Lazovic replaces Suat Serdar.
  9. 55' Goal! Verona 0, Napoli 3. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano following a fast break.
  10. 60' Goal! Verona 1, Napoli 3. Darko Lazovic (Verona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  11. 62' Substitution, Verona. Jackson Tchatchoua replaces Josh Doig.
  12. 65' Federico Bonazzoli (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  14. 67' Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Mário Rui.
  15. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  16. 78' Substitution, Verona. Thomas Henry replaces Milan Djuric.
  17. 80' Jesper Lindstrøm (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
  19. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Piotr Zielinski.

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