VINOVO. Napoli snatched a late win Juventus 1-0 after G. Raspadori scored just 1 goal (90′). Napoli was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Juventus Training Center stadium in Vinovo on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Michael Fabbri with the support of Niccolò Pagliardini and Mattia Scarpa. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli was in firm control of the ball 65% while Juventus was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the encounter.
Juventus shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Napoli shot 17 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Juventus received 4 yellow cards (M. Locatelli, A. Rabiot, N. Fagioli and Á. Di María). On the opposite side, Napoli received 1 yellow card (Frank Anguissa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Juventus will stay with 59 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Napoli will have 78 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Juventus will play away against Atalanta on the 7th of May with a 23-3 head to head in favor of Juventus (9 draws).
Napoli will host Fiorentina on the 7th of May with a 17-8 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (9 draws).
Juventus – Formation
Juventus
61'
40'
Juventus started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Wojciech Szczęsny , Juan Cuadrado , Federico Gatti , Daniele Rugani , Danilo , Matías Soulé , Manuel Locatelli , Adrien Rabiot , Filip Kostić , Fabio Miretti and Arkadiusz Milik .
The home team had on the bench: Ángel Di María , Leandro Paredes, Alex Sandro, Mattia Perin, Leonardo Bonucci, Paul Pogba, Mattia De Sciglio, Federico Chiesa , Samuel Iling Junior, Bremer, Dušan Vlahović, Carlo Pinsoglio and Nicolò Fagioli .
Substitutions
Juventus made 4 changes: F. Kostić for Federico Chiesa (61′), F. Miretti for Ángel Di María (61′), M. Soulé for Nicolò Fagioli (66′) and A. Milik for Dušan Vlahović (90′).
Best player: Federico Gatti
The player that probably impressed the most for Juventus was Federico Gatti.
His rating is with 32 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
90'
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Min-jae Kim , Juan Jesus , Mathías Olivera , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Tanguy Ndombélé , Hirving Lozano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
They had on the bench: Karim Zedadka, Bartosz Bereszyński, Amir Rrahmani, Eljif Elmas , Gianluca Gaetano, Piotr Zieliński , Leo Østigård, Giacomo Raspadori, Alessio Zerbin, Diego Demme, Davide Marfella and Pierluigi Gollini.
Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: Hirving Lozano for Eljif Elmas (68′), Tanguy Ndombélé for Piotr Zieliński (68′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Giacomo Raspadori (86′) and Stanislav Lobotka for Amir Rrahmani (90′).
Best player: Giovanni Di Lorenzo
The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was Giovanni Di Lorenzo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 73 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Milan – Lecce – 2-0
- Empoli – Inter – 0-3
- Monza – Fiorentina – 3-2
- Udinese – Cremonese – 3-0
- Juventus – Napoli – 0-1
