Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 7, 2025
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Napoli LWWWW 2
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Match Report

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Rasmus Højlund at the double as Napoli go top of Serie A

Two goals from Rasmus Hojlund helped Napoli go top of Serie A on Sunday night.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
1
50.3
Possession
49.7
5
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
444
Accurate Passes
414
511
Passes
497
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
22
0.0
Cross %
0.2
38
Long Balls
45
14
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
6
15
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
10
21
Effective Clearances
13
21
Clearances
13

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAP · 3-4-3

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 13Amir RrahmaniCD
  3. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD-L
  4. 31Sam BeukemaCD-R
  5. 8Scott McTominayCM-L
  6. 20Eljif ElmasCM-R
  7. 17Mathías OliveraLM
  8. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRM
  9. 19Rasmus HøjlundF
  10. 70Noa LangCF-L
  11. 7David NeresCF-R

JUV · 3-5-2

  1. 16Michele Di GregorioG
  2. 6Lloyd KellyCD
  3. 8Teun KoopmeinersCD-L
  4. 15Pierre KaluluCD-R
  5. 19Khéphren ThuramCM-L
  6. 22Weston McKennieCM-R
  7. 5Manuel LocatelliAM
  8. 32Juan CabalLM
  9. 27Andrea CambiasoRM
  10. 10Kenan YildizCF-L
  11. 7Francisco ConceiçãoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Napoli 1, Juventus 0. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Neres.
  2. 33' Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Juventus. Jonathan David replaces Juan Cabal.
  4. 52' Pierre Kalulu (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Goal! Napoli 1, Juventus 1. Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Weston McKennie following a fast break.
  6. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Mathías Olivera.
  7. 70' Sam Beukema (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 71' Substitution, Juventus. Filip Kostic replaces Andrea Cambiaso.
  9. 76' Substitution, Juventus. Fabio Miretti replaces Francisco Conceição.
  10. 76' Substitution, Juventus. Loïs Openda replaces Kenan Yildiz.
  11. 78' Goal! Napoli 2, Juventus 1. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  12. 80' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces David Neres.
  13. 82' Substitution, Juventus. Edon Zhegrova replaces Khéphren Thuram.
  14. 86' Substitution, Napoli. Antonio Vergara replaces Noa Lang.

Serie A News

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