NAPOLI. Napoli beat Udinese. Napoli was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli stadium in Napoli on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi who was helped by Sergio Ranghetti and Stefano Del Giovane. The 4th official was Niccolò Baroni. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.9 degrees Celsius or 62.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli was in firm control of the ball 63% while Udinese was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Napoli shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Udinese shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Juan Jesus and M. Rui). On the other side, Udinese received 3 yellow cards (Walace, R. Pereyra and E. Ebosse).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Napoli will have 41 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Udinese will stay with 24 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
Napoli – Formation
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret
, Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Min-jae Kim , Juan Jesus , Mathías Olivera , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Hirving Lozano , Victor Osimhen and Eljif Elmas .The home team had on the bench: Leo Østigård
, Giovanni Simeone, Davide Marfella, Matteo Politano , Gianluca Gaetano, Mário Rui , Hubert Idasiak, Diego Demme, Karim Zedadka, Tanguy Ndombélé , Alessandro Zanoli, Alessio Zerbin and Giacomo Raspadori.Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: M. Olivera for M. Rui (46′), H. Lozano for M. Politano (60′), Juan Jesus for L. Ostigard (60′) and P. Zielinski for T. Ndombele (67′).
Best player: Eljif Elmas
The most impressive player for Napoli was Eljif Elmas.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 36 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.Udinese – Formation
Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Andrea Sottil played with: Marco Silvestri
, Nehuén Pérez , Jaka Bijol , Enzo Ebosse , Kingsley Ehizibue , Sandi Lovrić , Walace , Tolgay Arslan , Roberto Pereyra , Beto and Gerard Deulofeu .They had on the bench: Lazar Samardžić
, Edoardo Piana, Isaac Success , Festy Ebosele, Ilija Nestorovski , Daniele Padelli, James Abankwah, Axel Guessand, Simone Pafundi and Mato Jajalo .Substitutions
Udinese made 4 changes: G. Deulofeu for I. Success (26′), T. Arslan for L. Samardzic (57′), Walace for M. Jajalo (71′) and Beto for I. Nestorovski (71′).
Best player: Lazar Samardžić
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Udinese was Lazar Samardžić.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 13 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 57′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.