NAPOLI. Napoli managed to turn the table against Juventus to win 2-1. It was Juventus to strike first with an own goal of A. Morata at the 10′. Then it was an own goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, K. Koulibaly gave the win to Napoli in the 85′ minute with an own goal. Napoli took advantage of its superior ball possession (67%). Its vastly superior ball possession (67%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Massimiliano Irrati that was helped by Matteo Passeri and Alessandro Costanzo. The 4th official was Giovanni Ayroldi. The weather was clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.9 degrees Celsius or 78.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Both teams adopted the same aggressive line-up.
Napoli – Formation
Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: David Ospina
, Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Konstantinos Manolas , Kalidou Koulibaly , Mário Rui , Fabián Ruiz , André Zambo Anguissa , Eljif Elmas , Matteo Politano , Victor Osimhen and Lorenzo Insigne .The home team had on the bench: Juan Jesus, Hirving Lozano
, A. Zanoli, A. Rrahmani, Adam Ounas , H. Idasiak, A. Petagna, Piotr Zieliński , D. Marfella and K. Malcuit.Best player: Matteo Politano
The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was Matteo Politano.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 8 crosses.Juventus – Formation
On the other side, Massimiliano Spalletti played with: Wojciech Szczęsny
, Mattia De Sciglio , Leonardo Bonucci , Giorgio Chiellini , Luca Pellegrini , Weston McKennie , Manuel Locatelli , Adrien Rabiot , Federico Bernardeschi , Álvaro Morata and Dejan Kulusevski .They had on the bench: K. De Winter, Aaron Ramsey
, Moise Kean , F. Miretti, Matthijs De Ligt , M. Perin, D. Rugani, C. Pinsoglio and M. Malvano.Juventus could not rely on the presence of M. de Ligt (injured).
Best player: Álvaro Morata
The player that probably impressed the most for Juventus was Álvaro Morata.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.Match report
Napoli was in firm control of the ball 67% while Juventus was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Napoli was extremely more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. This is the reason why Napoli won the match.
Napoli shoot 20 times, 5 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Juventus shoot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Napoli received 2 yellow cards (E. Elmas and H. Lozano). On the other side, Juventus received 1 yellow card (M. Locatelli).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Napoli will have 9 points to occupy the 1st place in the standing. while Juventus will stay with 1 points (13th).
In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away Sampdoria on the 23rd of September with a 19-3 head to head in favor of Napoli (4 draw). Juventus will play away Spezia on the 22nd of September with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Juventus (0 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.