UDINE. Udinese and Napoli draw 1-1. S. Lovric scored the first goal (13′) for Udinese. V. Osimhen settled the score (53′). Napoli was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Dacia Arena stadium in Udine on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Rosario Abisso with the collaboration of Filippo Valeriani and Dario Garzelli. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 64% while Udinese was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Napoli to win the contest​.

Udinese shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Udinese received 1 yellow card (Kingsley Ehizibue). On the other side, Napoli didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Udinese will have 43 points like Sassuolo to remain in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Napoli will have 80 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Udinese will host Sampdoria on the 8th of May with a 12-11 head to head in favor of Sampdoria (14 draws).

Napoli will host Fiorentina on the 7th of May with a 17-8 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (9 draws).

Udinese – Formation

Udinese started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

The manager Andrea Sottil decided to play with the following team: Marco Silvestri (7.1), Rodrigo Becão (6.6), Jaka Bijol (7.2), Nehuén Pérez (6.3), Kingsley Ehizibue (6.4), Lazar Samardžić (6.5), Walace (7.0), Sandi Lovrić (8.0), Destiny Udogie (7.2), Roberto Pereyra (6.5) and Ilija Nestorovski (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Tolgay Arslan (6.4), Vivaldo, Daniele Padelli, Axel Guessand, James Abankwah, Marvin Zeegelaar (6.4), Festy Ebosele (6.8), Leonardo Buta, Adam Masina, Florian Thauvin and Edoardo Piana.

Udinese could not rely on the presence of F. Ebosele (injured).

Substitutions

Udinese made 4 changes: Destiny Udogie for Marvin Zeegelaar (74′), Sandi Lovric for Tolgay Arslan (78′), Kingsley Ehizibue for Festy Ebosele (82′) and L. Samardžić for Florian Thauvin (82′).

Best player: Sandi Lovrić​

The player that probably impressed the most for Udinese was Sandi Lovrić.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 21 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Napoli – Formation

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

Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret (6.7), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.0), Amir Rrahmani (7.1), Min-jae Kim (6.8), Mathías Olivera (6.8), Frank Anguissa (6.8), Stanislav Lobotka (6.7), Tanguy Ndombélé (6.4), Eljif Elmas (6.9), Victor Osimhen (7.4) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Bartosz Bereszyński, Giovanni Simeone, Giacomo Raspadori, Diego Demme, Karim Zedadka, Davide Marfella, Leo Østigård, Juan Jesus, Pierluigi Gollini, Piotr Zieliński (6.7), Gianluca Gaetano, Hirving Lozano and Alessio Zerbin.

Substitutions

Napoli made 2 changes: Tanguy Ndombélé for Piotr Zieliński (64′) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Hirving Lozano (85′).

Best player: Victor Osimhen​

The most impressive player for Napoli was Victor Osimhen.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 7 passes (42% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Udinese – Napoli – 1-1
• Empoli – Bologna – 3-1