ROMA. Roma tops Napoli with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Pellegrini (76′) and a goal from R. Lukaku (90′). Napoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo with the collaboration of Damiano Di Iorio and Alessio Tolfo. The 4th official was Federico La Penna. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.84 degrees Celsius or 87.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a superior ball possession 59% while Roma was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Roma was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match.
Roma shot 17 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Napoli shot 7 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Roma received 8 yellow cards (Rasmus Kristensen, Stephan El Shaarawy, Sardar Azmoun, Bryan Cristante, Andrea Belotti, Leandro Paredes, José Mourinho and Nicola Zalewski). Regarding the opposition, Napoli received 4 yellow cards (Victor Osimhen , Juan Jesus , Walter Mazzarri and Mário Rui).
Also, Napoli didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Matteo Politano (Napoli) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (66′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Roma has 28 points to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Napoli will stays with 27 points to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away with Juventus on the 30th of December with a 22-10 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (8 draws).
Napoli will host Monza on the 30th of December with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Roma – Formation
Roma started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício
, Gianluca Mancini , Diego Llorente , Evan Ndicka , Rasmus Kristensen , Bryan Cristante , Leandro Paredes , Edoardo Bove , Nicola Zalewski , Romelu Lukaku and Andrea Belotti .The home team had on the bench: Leonardo Spinazzola, Rick Karsdorp, Sardar Azmoun
, Zeki Çelik , Riccardo Pagano, Pietro Boer, Lovro Golic, Mile Svilar, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Stephan El Shaarawy .Substitutions
Roma made 4 changes: Rasmus Kristensen for Zeki Çelik (75′), Nicola Zalewski for Stephan El Shaarawy (71′), Leandro Paredes for Sardar Azmoun (71′) and Andrea Belotti for Lorenzo Pellegrini (71′).
Player of the match: Bryan Cristante
The most impressive player for Roma was Bryan Cristante even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 53 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.Napoli – Formation
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Walter Mazzarri played with: Alex Meret
, Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Juan Jesus , Mário Rui , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zielinski , Matteo Politano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .The following players were sitting on the bench: Gianluca Gaetano
, Diego Demme, Hubert Idasiak, Giovanni Simeone, Alessio Zerbin , Jens Cajuste , Leo Østigård, Alessandro Zanoli, Giacomo Raspadori , Pierluigi Gollini and Natan .Napoli could not rely on the presence of Jens Cajuste (injured).
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: Stanislav Lobotka for Jens Cajuste (56′), Mário Rui for Alessio Zerbin (81′), Piotr Zielinski for Gianluca Gaetano (88′), Juan Jesus for Natan (88′) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Giacomo Raspadori (87′).
Player of the match: Frank Anguissa
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Frank Anguissa.
His rating is
with 47 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Inter – Lecce – 2-0
- Hellas Verona – Cagliari – 2-0
- Torino – Udinese – 1-1
- Roma – Napoli – 2-0
- Frosinone – Juventus – 1-2
- Bologna – Atalanta – 1-0