Italian Serie A

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Match Report

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Napoli beat AC Milan to keep pace with Inter in title race

First-half goals from Matteo Politano and Romelu Lukaku earned Napoli a 2-1 victory over visitors AC Milan on Sunday to move within three points of Serie A leaders Inter Milan.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
3
48.5
Possession
51.5
17
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
393
Accurate Passes
428
452
Passes
491
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.1
30
Long Balls
35
14
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
6
11
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
5
Interceptions
6
13
Effective Clearances
21
13
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MIL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

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

MIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 31Strahinja PavlovicCD-L
  3. 46Matteo GabbiaCD-R
  4. 19Theo HernándezLB
  5. 32Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 14Tijjani ReijndersAM
  7. 29Youssouf FofanaLM
  8. 38Warren BondoRM
  9. 90Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 79João FélixAM-L
  11. 11Christian PulisicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Napoli 1, AC Milan 0. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a through ball.
  2. 19' Goal! Napoli 2, AC Milan 0. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
  3. 40' Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Warren Bondo.
  5. 55' Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces João Félix.
  6. 55' Substitution, AC Milan. Santiago Giménez replaces Tammy Abraham.
  7. 65' Substitution, Napoli. Philip Billing replaces Frank Anguissa.
  8. 69' Penalty saved. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  9. 79' Substitution, AC Milan. Álex Jiménez replaces Kyle Walker.
  10. 79' Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Jovic replaces Christian Pulisic.
  11. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Stanislav Lobotka because of an injury.
  12. 84' Goal! Napoli 2, AC Milan 1. Luka Jovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
  13. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  14. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Cyril Ngonge replaces David Neres.
  15. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Matteo Politano.
  16. 90' Álex Jiménez (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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