MILANO. Inter prevails over Napoli 1-0 after E. Dzeko scored just 1 goal (56′). Napoli was definitely better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Wednesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Simone Sozza with the collaboration of Filippo Meli and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Marco Piccinini. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 7.5 degrees Celsius or 45.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 63% while Inter was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Inter succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Inter shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Napoli shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Inter received 3 yellow cards (Edin Dzeko, Nicolò Barella and Denzel Dumfries). Talking about the opposition, Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Min-jae Kim).

Standings

After this match, Inter will have 33 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Napoli will stay with 41 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Inter will play away with Cremonese on the 28th of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Inter (0 draws).

Napoli will host Roma on the 29th of January with a 14-13 head to head record in favor of Roma (8 draws).

Inter – Formation

Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Simone Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: André Onana (6.9), Milan Škriniar (7.3), Francesco Acerbi (7.2), Alessandro Bastoni (6.8), Matteo Darmian (6.4), Nicolò Barella (7.8), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (6.8), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (7.0), Federico Dimarco (7.3), Edin Džeko (7.4) and Romelu Lukaku (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Joaquín Correa (6.4), Danilo D’Ambrosio, Raoul Bellanova, Robin Gosens (6.6), Denzel Dumfries (6.4), Valentín Carboni, Roberto Gagliardini, Mattia Zanotti, Alex Cordaz, Kristjan Asllani, Samir Handanović, Lautaro Martínez (6.6) and Stefan de Vrij.

Substitutions

Inter made 5 changes: Romelu Lukaku  for Lautaro Martínez (64′), Federico Dimarco for Robin Gosens (65′), Matteo Darmian for Denzel Dumfries (76′), Edin Dzeko for Joaquín Correa (76′) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Roberto Gagliardini (83′).

Best player: Nicolò Barella​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Inter was Nicolò Barella even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 31 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Napoli – Formation

Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret (6.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.2), Amir Rrahmani (7.2), Min-jae Kim (7.3), Mathías Olivera (6.9), Frank Anguissa (6.6), Stanislav Lobotka (7.4), Piotr Zieliński (7.2), Matteo Politano (6.9), Victor Osimhen (6.1) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (6.4).

They had on the bench: Eljif Elmas (7.5), Juan Jesus, Leo Østigård, Salvatore Sirigu, Mário Rui, Giacomo Raspadori (6.3), Giovanni Simeone, Alessandro Zanoli, Hirving Lozano (6.8), Alessio Zerbin, Diego Demme, Karim Zedadka, Tanguy Ndombélé (6.8) and Davide Marfella.

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: Piotr Zielinski for Giacomo Raspadori (65′), Matteo Politano for Hirving Lozano (65′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Eljif Elmas (76′), Frank Anguissa for Tanguy Ndombélé (76′) and Stanislav Lobotka for Giovanni Simeone (85′).

Best player: Eljif Elmas​

The most impressive player for Napoli was Eljif Elmas.

His rating is (7.5) with 8 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 76′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Salernitana – Milan – 1-2
• Torino – Hellas Verona – 1-1
• Inter – Napoli – 1-0
• Sassuolo – Sampdoria – 1-2
• Lecce – Lazio – 2-1
• Udinese – Empoli – 1-1
• Roma – Bologna – 1-0
• Spezia – Atalanta – 2-2
• Fiorentina – Monza – 1-1
• Cremonese – Juventus – 0-1