NAPOLI. Napoli was in the end too strong for Bologna with the goal of F. Ruiz (18′), L. Insigne (41′ pen) and L. Insigne (62′ pen). Napoli was vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Serra who was helped by Pasquale De Meo and Christian Rossi. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli had a strong ball possession 66% while Bologna was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match​.

Napoli shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Bologna shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 1 yellow card (A. Z. Anguissa). On the other side, Bologna received 1 yellow card (G. Medel).

Standings

After playing this match, Napoli will have 28 points like Milan to stay in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Bologna will stay with 12 points like Hellas Verona and Empoli to stay in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away with Salernitana on the 31st of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (0 draws).

Bologna will host Cagliari on the 1st of November with a 8-8 head to head.

Napoli – Formation

Napoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: David Ospina (7.0), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.2), Amir Rrahmani (7.4), Kalidou Koulibaly (6.8), Mário Rui (7.7), André Zambo Anguissa (6.8), Fabián Ruiz (7.8), Hirving Lozano (6.5), Eljif Elmas (7.0), Lorenzo Insigne (8.1) and Victor Osimhen (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Davide Marfella, Stanislav Lobotka, Diego Demme (6.6), Faouzi Ghoulam, Alessandro Zanoli, Matteo Politano (6.8), Piotr Zieliński (6.8), Dries Mertens (6.6), Andrea Petagna, Alex Meret and Juan Jesus.

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: L. Insigne for P. Zielinski (66′), H. Lozano for M. Politano (66′), A. Z. Anguissa for D. Demme (75′), E. Elmas for D. Mertens (75′) and M. Rui for F. Ghoulam (87′).

Best player: Lorenzo Insigne​

The most impressive player for Napoli was Lorenzo Insigne.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 55 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Bologna – Formation

Bologna started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the other side, Siniša Mihajlović played with: Łukasz Skorupski (6.3), Lorenzo De Silvestri (6.4), Gary Medel (6.3), Arthur Theate (6.4), Ibrahima Mbaye (5.9), Mattias Svanberg (6.4), Nicolás Domínguez (7.0), Aaron Hickey (6.5), Riccardo Orsolini (7.3), Emanuel Vignato (6.4) and Musa Barrow (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Federico Santander, Nicola Sansone (6.8), Francesco Bardi, Nicola Bagnolini, Andreas Skov Olsen (6.7), Niklas Pyyhtiä, Luis Binks (6.8), Sydney van Hooijdonk (6.9), Gianmarco Cangiano, Jerdy Schouten and Mitchell Dijks (6.4).

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: I. Mbaye for A. Skov Olsen (63′), E. Vignato for N. Sansone (75′), N. Dominguez for L. Binks (76′), M. Barrow for S. van Hooijdonk (81′) and A. Hickey for M. Dijks (81′).

Best player: Riccardo Orsolini​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Riccardo Orsolini.

His rating is (7.3) with 30 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Napoli – Bologna – 3-0