Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 15, 2024
Napoli DWLWW 4
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Cagliari LWDDL 0
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Match Report

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Napoli beat Cagliari for 3rd Serie A win in a row

Napoli went top of Serie A with 4-0 victory at Cagliari on Sunday, thanks to goals from Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Romelu Lukaku and Alessandro Buongiorno.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
22
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
1
48.4
Possession
51.6
13
SHOTS
19
5
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
336
Accurate Passes
341
415
Passes
423
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
9
13
Crosses
32
0.2
Cross %
0.3
37
Long Balls
49
12
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
5
34
Effective Clearances
18
34
Clearances
18

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

CAG · 3-4-2-1

  1. 22Simone ScuffetG
  2. 26Yerry MinaCD
  3. 6Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  4. 28Gabriele ZappaCD-R
  5. 14Alessandro DeiolaCM-L
  6. 18Razvan MarinCM-R
  7. 3Tommaso AugelloLM
  8. 37Paulo AzziRM
  9. 91Roberto PiccoliF
  10. 70Gianluca GaetanoCF-L
  11. 77Zito LuvumboCF-R

NAP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 13Amir RrahmaniCD
  3. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD-L
  4. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-R
  5. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM-L
  6. 99Frank AnguissaCM-R
  7. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  8. 30Pasquale MazzocchiRM
  9. 11Romelu LukakuF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaCF-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  2. 42' Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Cagliari. Michel Adopo replaces Alessandro Deiola.
  4. 57' Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Cagliari. Nadir Zortea replaces Paulo Azzi.
  6. 59' Substitution, Cagliari. Kingstone Mutandwa replaces Gianluca Gaetano.
  7. 64' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
  8. 66' Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 2. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku with a through ball.
  9. 70' Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 3. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  10. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Scott McTominay replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  11. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  12. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  13. 75' Yerry Mina (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 77' Substitution, Cagliari. Antoine Makoumbou replaces Razvan Marin.
  15. 77' Substitution, Cagliari. Leonardo Pavoletti replaces Roberto Piccoli.
  16. 81' Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Matteo Politano.
  17. 90'+3' Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 4. Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by David Neres with a cross following a corner.

Serie A News

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