Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 28, 2025
Napoli WLLWW 2
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Cremonese LWWLD 0
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Stadio Giovanni Zini · 14,236 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Rasmus Højlund scores twice against Jamie Vardy's Cremonese

Rasmus Højlund's first-half brace saw Napoli build on their Italian Super Cup success with a 2-0 win at Jamie Vardy's Cremonese on Sunday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
10
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
6
52.6
Possession
47.4
22
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
390
Accurate Passes
326
463
Passes
409
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
65
22
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
10
10
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
11
22
Effective Clearances
14
22
Clearances
14

Highlights

00:42 Marcotti: Højlund has a better coach at Napoli compared to Man United Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1

Lineups

CRE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Emil AuderoG
  2. 6Federico BaschirottoCD
  3. 15Matteo BianchettiCD-L
  4. 24Filippo TerraccianoCD-R
  5. 32Martín PayeroCM-L
  6. 7Alessio ZerbinCM-R
  7. 33Alberto GrassiAM
  8. 3Giuseppe PezzellaLM
  9. 4Tommaso BarbieriRM
  10. 10Jamie VardyCF-L
  11. 99Antonio SanabriaCF-R

NAP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 13Amir RrahmaniCD
  3. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  4. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-R
  5. 8Scott McTominayCM-L
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM-R
  7. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  8. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  9. 19Rasmus HøjlundF
  10. 20Eljif ElmasCF-L
  11. 7David NeresCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Cremonese 0, Napoli 1. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  2. 34' Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Goal! Cremonese 0, Napoli 2. Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
  4. 45'+3' Scott McTominay (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Miguel Gutiérrez replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
  6. 51' Substitution, Napoli. Noa Lang replaces Eljif Elmas.
  7. 58' Tommaso Barbieri (Cremonese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 60' Substitution, Cremonese. Faris Moumbagna replaces Antonio Sanabria.
  9. 60' Substitution, Cremonese. Dennis Johnsen replaces Tommaso Barbieri.
  10. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Buongiorno replaces David Neres.
  11. 77' Substitution, Cremonese. Federico Bonazzoli replaces Alessio Zerbin.
  12. 77' Substitution, Cremonese. Warren Bondo replaces Alberto Grassi.
  13. 82' Substitution, Cremonese. Romano Floriani Mussolini replaces Matteo Bianchetti.
  14. 84' Federico Bonazzoli (Cremonese) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Matteo Politano because of an injury.
  16. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Rasmus Højlund.

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