Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 16, 2023
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Match Report

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Napoli strike late to beat Cagliari 2-1, go 4th in Serie A

Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored in the second half as Napoli eventually broke down Cagliari 2-1 at home in Serie A on Saturday and moved provisionally up to fourth in the standings.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
33.1
Possession
66.9
9
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
165
Accurate Passes
472
272
Passes
557
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
10
14
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.5
76
Long Balls
66
31
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
6
22
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
3
Interceptions
6
30
Effective Clearances
19
30
Clearances
19

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 3NatanLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 24Jens CajusteLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

CAG · 4-4-2

  1. 22Simone ScuffetG
  2. 4Alberto DossenaCD-L
  3. 3Edoardo GoldanigaCD-R
  4. 27Tommaso AugelloLB
  5. 8Nahitan NándezRB
  6. 29Antoine MakoumbouCM-L
  7. 16Matteo PratiCM-R
  8. 21Jakub JanktoLM
  9. 19Gaetano OristanioRM
  10. 32Andrea PetagnaCF-L
  11. 30Leonardo PavolettiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+2' Edoardo Goldaniga (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+4' Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Cagliari. Adam Obert replaces Andrea Petagna.
  6. 45' Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Deiola replaces Jakub Jankto.
  7. 59' Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Jens Cajuste.
  8. 59' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Natan.
  9. 63' Tommaso Augello (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Substitution, Cagliari. Gabriele Zappa replaces Nahitan Nández.
  11. 68' Substitution, Cagliari. Zito Luvumbo replaces Gaetano Oristanio.
  12. 69' Goal! Napoli 1, Cagliari 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
  13. 72' Goal! Napoli 1, Cagliari 1. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Zito Luvumbo.
  14. 75' Goal! Napoli 2, Cagliari 1. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
  15. 79' Substitution, Cagliari. Gianluca Lapadula replaces Edoardo Goldaniga.
  16. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Victor Osimhen.
  17. 85' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 88' Matteo Politano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90' Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  20. 90' Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Matteo Politano.
  21. 90'+1' André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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