Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 5, 2025
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Napoli WLWLW 2
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Match Report

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Rasmus Højlund scores again to send Napoli to top of Serie A

Napoli returned to winning ways in Serie A by coming from behind to beat struggling Genoa 2-1.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
0
31
Possession
69
6
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
168
Accurate Passes
462
245
Passes
554
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
56
14
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
5
15
Tackles
13
1.0
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
4
34
Effective Clearances
22
34
Clearances
22

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

NAP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 31Sam BeukemaCD-R
  4. 68Stanislav LobotkaDM
  5. 17Mathías OliveraLB
  6. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  7. 8Scott McTominayCM-L
  8. 99Frank AnguissaCM-R
  9. 7David NeresLM
  10. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  11. 19Rasmus HøjlundF

Substitutes

  1. 25Mathias FerranteSUB
  2. 1Alex MeretSUB
  3. 11Kevin De BruyneSUB
  4. 35Luca MarianucciSUB
  5. 6Billy GilmourSUB
  6. 70Noa LangSUB
  7. 26Antonio VergaraSUB
  8. 20Eljif ElmasSUB
  9. 27Lorenzo LuccaSUB
  10. 30Pasquale MazzocchiSUB
  11. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  12. 69Giuseppe AmbrosinoSUB
  13. 3Miguel GutiérrezSUB

GEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Nicola LealiG
  2. 22Johan VásquezCD-L
  3. 27Alessandro MarcandalliCD-R
  4. 77Mikael EllertssonLB
  5. 20Stefano SabelliRB
  6. 17Ruslan MalinovskyiAM
  7. 32Morten FrendrupLM
  8. 73Patrizio MasiniRM
  9. 21Jeff EkhatorF
  10. 9VitinhaAM-L
  11. 15Brooke Norton-CuffyAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Seydou FiniSUB
  2. 23Valentin CarboniSUB
  3. 39Daniele SommarivaSUB
  4. 2Morten ThorsbySUB
  5. 30Hugo CuencaSUB
  6. 31Benjamin SiegristSUB
  7. 34Sebastian OtoaSUB
  8. 29Lorenzo ColomboSUB
  9. 76Lorenzo VenturinoSUB
  10. 3Aarón MartínSUB
  11. 11Albert GrønbaekSUB
  12. 18Caleb EkubanSUB
  13. 14Jean OnanaSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Alessandro Marcandalli (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Goal! Napoli 0, Genoa 1. Jeff Ekhator (Genoa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Brooke Norton-Cuffy with a cross.
  3. 38' Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 44' Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka because of an injury.
  5. 45' Substitution, Genoa. Sebastian Otoa replaces Alessandro Marcandalli.
  6. 50' Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Mathías Olivera.
  7. 50' Substitution, Napoli. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
  8. 55' David Neres (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 57' Goal! Napoli 1, Genoa 1. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  10. 61' Substitution, Genoa. Morten Thorsby replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
  11. 61' Substitution, Genoa. Caleb Ekuban replaces Jeff Ekhator.
  12. 63' Sebastian Otoa (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 75' Goal! Napoli 2, Genoa 1. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  14. 76' Substitution, Genoa. Lorenzo Colombo replaces Vítinha.
  15. 76' Substitution, Genoa. Valentín Carboni replaces Stefano Sabelli.
  16. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Miguel Gutiérrez replaces David Neres.
  17. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Rasmus Højlund.

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