Italian Serie A

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Match Report

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Napoli edge closer to Serie A title with win at Lecce

League leaders Napoli moved one step closer to winning the Serie A title with a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Lecce on Saturday, taking the visitors provisionally six points clear of Scudetto rivals Inter Milan.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
1
55
Possession
45
8
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
440
Accurate Passes
332
495
Passes
387
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
54
33
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
3
22
Effective Clearances
24
22
Clearances
24

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LEC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Wladimiro FalconeG
  2. 6Federico BaschirottoCD-L
  3. 4Kialonda GasparCD-R
  4. 25Antonino GalloLB
  5. 12Frédéric GuilbertRB
  6. 29Lassana CoulibalyAM
  7. 75Balthazar PierretLM
  8. 77Mohamed KabaRM
  9. 9Nikola KrstovicF
  10. 37Jesper KarlssonAM-L
  11. 50Santiago PierottiAM-R

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 17Mathías OliveraCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 8Scott McTominayLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 11Romelu LukakuF
  10. 81Giacomo RaspadoriLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Lecce 0, Napoli 1. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Lecce. Thórir Helgason replaces Jesper Karlsson.
  3. 45' Substitution, Lecce. Tete Morente replaces Mohamed Kaba.
  4. 54' Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka because of an injury.
  5. 62' Substitution, Lecce. Danilo Veiga replaces Frédéric Guilbert.
  6. 65' Substitution, Lecce. Medon Berisha replaces Balthazar Pierret.
  7. 66' Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Philip Billing replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  9. 82' Tete Morente (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' Substitution, Lecce. Konan N’Dri replaces Santiago Pierotti.
  11. 87' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  12. 87' Substitution, Napoli. Cyril Ngonge replaces Matteo Politano.

Serie A News

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