Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, January 18, 2025
Napoli WWWWW 3
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Atalanta WDLDD 2
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NAP213
ATA112
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Match Report

Late Romelu Lukaku header secures Napoli win over Atalanta

Romelu Lukaku scored a late goal to earn Napoli a 3-2 win at Atalanta on Saturday and strengthen their position at the top of the Serie A standings.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
0
43.4
Possession
56.6
6
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
351
Accurate Passes
474
428
Passes
545
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.4
33
Long Balls
44
19
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
7
20
Effective Clearances
12
20
Clearances
12

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-2

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 29Marco CarnesecchiG
  2. 4Isak HienCD
  3. 42Giorgio ScalviniCD-L
  4. 19Berat DjimsitiCD-R
  5. 15Marten de RoonCM-L
  6. 13ÉdersonCM-R
  7. 24Lazar SamardzicAM
  8. 22Matteo RuggeriLM
  9. 16Raoul BellanovaRM
  10. 11Ademola LookmanCF-L
  11. 32Mateo ReteguiCF-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 17Mathías OliveraLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 8Scott McTominayLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 11Romelu LukakuF
  10. 7David NeresLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Atalanta 1, Napoli 0. Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
  2. 27' Goal! Atalanta 1, Napoli 1. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal.
  3. 40' Goal! Atalanta 1, Napoli 2. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
  4. 42' David Neres (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Goal! Atalanta 2, Napoli 2. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 64' Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, Atalanta. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Mateo Retegui.
  9. 68' Substitution, Atalanta. Davide Zappacosta replaces Matteo Ruggeri.
  10. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces David Neres.
  11. 76' Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 77' Substitution, Atalanta. Mario Pasalic replaces Lazar Samardzic.
  13. 77' Substitution, Atalanta. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Ademola Lookman.
  14. 78' Goal! Atalanta 2, Napoli 3. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Frank Anguissa with a cross.
  15. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Matteo Politano.
  16. 83' Substitution, Atalanta. Marco Brescianini replaces Giorgio Scalvini.
  17. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  18. 86' Isak Hien (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 88' Scott McTominay (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.

Serie A News

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