Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 23, 2023
Napoli LLWWL 0
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AS Roma DWDWL 2
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Stadio Olimpico · 62,141 att.

Match Report

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Pellegrini, Lukaku fire Roma to 2-0 win over nine-man Napoli

Lorenzo Pellegrini and Romelu Lukaku scored to give Roma a 2-0 home win over Napoli in Serie A on Saturday as Matteo Politano and Victor Osimhen were sent off for the visitors.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
7
2
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
59.2
Possession
40.8
7
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
429
Accurate Passes
265
494
Passes
334
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
34
37
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
7
10
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
4
25
Effective Clearances
14
25
Clearances
14

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 14Diego LlorenteCD
  3. 5Evan NdickaCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 52Edoardo BoveCM-L
  6. 4Bryan CristanteCM-R
  7. 16Leandro ParedesAM
  8. 59Nicola ZalewskiLM
  9. 43Rasmus KristensenRM
  10. 11Andrea BelottiCF-L
  11. 90Romelu LukakuCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 28' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Leandro Paredes (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Rasmus Kristensen (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Substitution, Napoli. Jens Cajuste replaces Stanislav Lobotka because of an injury.
  6. 60' Andrea Belotti (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 66' Nicola Zalewski (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 66' Matteo Politano (Napoli) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  10. 71' Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Nicola Zalewski.
  11. 71' Substitution, Roma. Sardar Azmoun replaces Leandro Paredes.
  12. 71' Substitution, Roma. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Andrea Belotti.
  13. 73' Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 75' Substitution, Roma. Zeki Çelik replaces Rasmus Kristensen.
  15. 76' Goal! Roma 1, Napoli 0. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy.
  16. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Mário Rui.
  17. 81' Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 86' Second yellow card to Victor Osimhen (Napoli) for a bad foul.
  19. 87' Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  20. 88' Substitution, Napoli. Natan replaces Juan Jesus.
  21. 88' Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  22. 90'+5' Sardar Azmoun (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  23. 90'+6' Goal! Roma 2, Napoli 0. Romelu Lukaku (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Evan Ndicka with a cross following a fast break.

Serie A News

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