Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 9, 2025
Fiorentina LLLWL 1
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Napoli DDDLD 2
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Diego Armando Maradona · 51,504 att.

Match Report

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Napoli beat Fiorentina to maintain pressure in title race

Napoli earned a deserved 2-1 win over Fiorentina at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday, to move back onto the shoulders of Serie A leaders Inter Milan.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
9
Saves
1
51.2
Possession
48.8
7
SHOTS
19
2
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
430
Accurate Passes
417
513
Passes
485
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
34
31
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
10
7
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
23
22
Clearances
23

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAP · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 13Amir RrahmaniCD
  3. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD-L
  4. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-R
  5. 8Scott McTominayCM-L
  6. 6Billy GilmourCM-R
  7. 68Stanislav LobotkaAM
  8. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  9. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  10. 81Giacomo RaspadoriCF-L
  11. 11Romelu LukakuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Juan JesusSUB
  2. 17Mathías OliveraSUB
  3. 29Luis HasaSUB
  4. 26Cyril NgongeSUB
  5. 18Giovanni SimeoneSUB
  6. 9Noah OkaforSUB
  7. 15Philip BillingSUB
  8. 96Simone ScuffetSUB
  9. 16Rafa MarínSUB
  10. 14Nikita ContiniSUB

FIO · 3-5-1-1

  1. 43David de GeaG
  2. 18Pablo MaríCD
  3. 6Luca RanieriCD-L
  4. 15Pietro ComuzzoCD-R
  5. 44Nicolò FagioliCM-L
  6. 27Cher NdourCM-R
  7. 32Danilo CataldiAM
  8. 65Fabiano ParisiLM
  9. 2DodôRM
  10. 20Moise KeanF
  11. 10Albert GudmundssonRCF

Substitutes

  1. 24Amir RichardsonSUB
  2. 9Lucas BeltránSUB
  3. 5Marin PongracicSUB
  4. 1Pietro TerraccianoSUB
  5. 22Matías MorenoSUB
  6. 29Yacine AdliSUB
  7. 63Maat CapriniSUB
  8. 30Tomasso MartinelliSUB
  9. 21Robin GosensSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Napoli 1, Fiorentina 0. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 47' Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 58' Substitution, Fiorentina. Robin Gosens replaces Fabiano Parisi.
  4. 59' Substitution, Fiorentina. Marin Pongracic replaces Luca Ranieri.
  5. 60' Goal! Napoli 2, Fiorentina 0. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  6. 64' Albert Gudmundsson (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Goal! Napoli 2, Fiorentina 1. Albert Gudmundsson (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moise Kean.
  8. 74' Substitution, Fiorentina. Matías Moreno replaces Pietro Comuzzo.
  9. 81' Substitution, Fiorentina. Lucas Beltrán replaces Danilo Cataldi.
  10. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Matteo Politano.
  11. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Philip Billing replaces Scott McTominay because of an injury.
  12. 87' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  13. 88' Marin Pongracic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90' Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.

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