ROMA. Roma and Napoli didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Napoli was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa with the assistance of Mauro Vivenzi and Davide Imperiale. The 4th official was Massimiliano Irrati. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.1 degrees Celsius or 55.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a strong ball possession 62% while Roma was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Napoli to win the contest.
Roma shot 13 times, 1 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Roma received 6 yellow cards (T. Abraham, J. Mourinho, J. Veretout, R. Karsdorp, J. Mourinho and G. Mancini). Regarding the opposition, Napoli received 1 yellow card (D. Mertens).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Roma will have 16 points to stay in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Napoli will have 25 points like Milan to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away against Cagliari on the 27th of October with a 16-6 head to head record in favor of Roma (9 draws).
Napoli will host Bologna on the 28th of October with a 17-7 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (4 draws).
Roma – Formation
Roma
90'
66'
Roma adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício , Rick Karsdorp , Gianluca Mancini , Roger Ibañez , Matías Viña , Bryan Cristante , Jordan Veretout , Nicolò Zaniolo , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Tammy Abraham .
The home team had on the bench: F. Missori, F. Tripi, R. Calafiori, N. Zalewski, Carles Pérez, P. Boer, Eldor Shomurodov , F. Afena-Gyan, Daniel Fuzato, E. Darboe, Stephan El Shaarawy and E. Bove.
Substitutions
Roma made 2 changes: H. Mkhitaryan for S. El Shaarawy (66′) and T. Abraham for E. Shomurodov (87′).
Best player: Rick Karsdorp
The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was Rick Karsdorp.
His rating is with 32 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
Also Napoli adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Talking about the opposition, Luciano Spalletti played with: David Ospina , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Kalidou Koulibaly , Mário Rui , André Zambo Anguissa , Fabián Ruiz , Matteo Politano , Piotr Zieliński , Lorenzo Insigne and Victor Osimhen .
These were the players on the bench: Juan Jesus, S. Lobotka, Hirving Lozano , Eljif Elmas , F. Ghoulam, A. Petagna, D. Demme, A. Zanoli, Dries Mertens , Davide Marfella and Alex Meret.
Napoli could not rely on the presence of D. Mertens (injured).
Substitutions
Napoli made 3 changes: P. Zielinski for E. Elmas (71′), M. Politano for H. Lozano (71′) and L. Insigne for D. Mertens (81′).
Best player: André Zambo Anguissa
The most impressive player for Napoli was André Zambo Anguissa.
His rating is with 47 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 16.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Atalanta – Udinese – 1-1
- Fiorentina – Cagliari – 3-0
- Hellas Verona – Lazio – 4-1
- Inter – Juventus – 1-1
- Roma – Napoli – 0-0
