NAPOLI. Napoli was in the end too much to handle for Cremonese with the goal of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (22′), Victor Osimhen (65′) and Eljif Elmas (79′). Napoli was vastly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi with the support of Alessio Berti and Matteo Bottegoni. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 50 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a strong ball possession 66% while Cremonese was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Napoli shot 15 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Napoli didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Cremonese received 2 yellow cards (J. Vásquez and E. Aiwu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Napoli will have 59 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Cremonese will stay with 8 points to hold in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will host Atalanta on the 11th of March with a 14-13 head to head in favor of Napoli (6 draws).
Cremonese will host Fiorentina on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Fiorentina (0 draws).
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
70'
65'
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 , Amir Rrahmani , Min-jae Kim , Mário Rui , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Hirving Lozano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The home team had on the bench: Bartosz Bereszyński, Tanguy Ndombélé, Juan Jesus, Karim Zedadka, Gianluca Gaetano, Eljif Elmas , Leo Østigård, Giovanni Simeone, Diego Demme, Matteo Politano, Giacomo Raspadori, Pierluigi Gollini, Mathías Olivera , Davide Marfella and Alessio Zerbin.
Napoli could not rely on the presence of Mathías Olivera (injured).
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: Piotr Zielinski for Mathias Olivera (70′), Mário Rui for Eljif Elmas (70′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Giacomo Raspadori (83′), Hirving Lozano for Tanguy Ndombélé (83′) and Stanislav Lobotka for Diego Demme (86′).
Best player: Giovanni Di Lorenzo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Giovanni Di Lorenzo even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
74'
Cremonese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Davide Ballardini played with: Marco Carnesecchi , Alex Ferrari , Vlad Chiricheş , Emanuel Aiwu , Leonardo Sernicola , Charles Pickel , Soualiho Meïté , Marco Benassi , Johan Vásquez , Felix Afena-Gyan and Frank Tsadjout .
They had on the bench: Daniel Ciofani , Pablo Galdames, Emanuele Valeri , Christian Acella , Mouhamadou Sarr, Paolo Ghiglione , Michele Castagnetti and Gianluca Saro.
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: Alex Ferrari for Emanuele Valeri (46′), Charles Pickel for Michele Castagnetti (61′), Frank Tsadjout for Daniel Ciofani (60′), J. Vásquez for Paolo Ghiglione (68′) and Soualiho Meïté for Christian Acella (76′).
Best player: Marco Carnesecchi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cremonese was the goalkeeper: Marco Carnesecchi. His rating is 7.12. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
