Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 13, 2025
Napoli DDWWW 3
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Fiorentina LWDWD 1
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Stadio Artemio Franchi · 21,579 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Højlund scores 14 minutes into Napoli debut in win over Fiorentina

Rasmus Højlund marked his Napoli debut with a goal as they eased to a 3-1 win away to Fiorentina to extend their perfect start to the Serie A campaign.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
5
47.4
Possession
52.6
14
SHOTS
19
9
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
346
Accurate Passes
373
419
Passes
456
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
7
12
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
47
16
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
6
32
Effective Clearances
15
32
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

FIO · 3-5-2

  1. 43David de GeaG
  2. 5Marin PongracicCD
  3. 6Luca RanieriCD-L
  4. 15Pietro ComuzzoCD-R
  5. 7Simon SohmCM-L
  6. 8Rolando MandragoraCM-R
  7. 44Nicolò FagioliAM
  8. 21Robin GosensLM
  9. 2DodôRM
  10. 9Edin DzekoCF-L
  11. 20Moise KeanCF-R

NAP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD-L
  3. 31Sam BeukemaCD-R
  4. 68Stanislav LobotkaDM
  5. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLB
  6. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  7. 11Kevin De BruyneCM-L
  8. 99Frank AnguissaCM-R
  9. 8Scott McTominayLM
  10. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  11. 19Rasmus HøjlundF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Napoli 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 14' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Napoli 2. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola with a through ball.
  3. 45' Substitution, Fiorentina. Roberto Piccoli replaces Edin Dzeko.
  4. 51' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Napoli 3. Sam Beukema (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frank Anguissa following a corner.
  5. 65' Substitution, Fiorentina. Hans Nicolussi Caviglia replaces Nicolò Fagioli.
  6. 65' Substitution, Fiorentina. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Simon Sohm.
  7. 69' Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Matteo Politano.
  8. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  9. 69' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
  10. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Rasmus Højlund.
  11. 79' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 3. Luca Ranieri (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  12. 87' Substitution, Fiorentina. Tariq Lamptey replaces Pietro Comuzzo.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Fiorentina. Mattia Viti replaces Marin Pongracic.
  14. 90'+4' Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka.

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