SALERNO. Napoli had a surprising win over Salernitana with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Di (45′) and a goal from V. Osimhen (48′). Napoli was vastly better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Chiffi assisted by Gamal Mokhtar and Domenico Palermo. The 4th official was Manuel Volpi. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 1.5 degrees Celsius or 34.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 99%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli had a superior ball possession 75% while Salernitana was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the contest.​

Salernitana shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Salernitana received 2 yellow cards (Domagoj Bradaric and L. Pirola). On the other side, Napoli received 3 yellow cards (Min-jae Kim, Tanguy Ndombélé and Tanguy Ndombélé).

Standings

After playing this match, Salernitana will stay with 18 points like Spezia to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Napoli will have 50 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away with Hellas Verona on the 13th of February with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Salernitana (2 draws).

Napoli will play away agasint Sassuolo on the 17th of February with a 11-2 head to head in favor of Napoli (7 draws).

Salernitana – Formation

Salernitana started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Davide Nicola decided to play with the following team: Guillermo Ochoa (6.3), Flavius Daniliuc (6.3), Norbert Gyömbér (6.7), Lorenzo Pirola (6.8), Domagoj Bradarić (6.0), Antonio Candreva (6.7), Lassana Coulibaly (6.3), Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (6.6), Tonny Vilhena (6.3), Boulaye Dia (6.1) and Krzysztof Piątek (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Antonio Iervolino, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Junior Sambia, Grīgorīs Kastanos, Erik Botheim, Federico Bonazzoli, Leonardo Capezzi, Diego Valencia (6.2), Luigi Sepe, Emil Bohinen and Matteo Lovato (6.4).

Substitutions

Salernitana made 4 changes: Norbert Gyomber for Matteo Lovato (16′), Tonny Vilhena for D. Valencia (73′), Boulaye Dia for Federico Bonazzoli (85′) and F. Daniliuc for Junior Sambia (85′).

Best player: Krzysztof Piątek​

The most impressive player for Salernitana was Krzysztof Piątek.

His rating is (7.3) with 21 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He hit the woodwork once times.

Napoli – Formation

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

Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret (7.2), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (8.0), Amir Rrahmani (7.1), Min-jae Kim (7.1), Mário Rui (7.4), Frank Anguissa (7.8), Stanislav Lobotka (7.0), Piotr Zieliński (7.3), Hirving Lozano (6.9), Victor Osimhen (7.4) and Eljif Elmas (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Mathías Olivera, Karim Zedadka, Leo Østigård, Gianluca Gaetano, Giacomo Raspadori, Diego Demme, Giovanni Simeone, Davide Marfella, Alessio Zerbin, Tanguy Ndombélé (6.6), Matteo Politano (6.4), Salvatore Sirigu and Bartosz Bereszyński.

Substitutions

Napoli made 3 changes: Piotr Zielinski for Tanguy Ndombélé (86′), Hirving Lozano for Matteo Politano (86′) and Victor Osimhen for Giovanni Simeone (89′).

Best player: Giovanni Di Lorenzo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 53 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Hellas Verona – Lecce – 2-0
• Salernitana – Napoli – 0-2
• Fiorentina – Torino – 0-1