NAPOLI. Lazio defeated Napoli to win 2-1. It was Lazio to strike first with a goal of Luis Alberto at the 30′. Then it was a goal in the 32′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Daichi Kamada gave the win to Lazio in the 52′ minute with a goal. Napoli was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo who was helped by Gamal Mokhtar and Domenico Palermo. The 4th official was Maurizio Mariani. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.59 degrees Celsius or 79.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a strong ball possession 66% while Lazio was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Lazio was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Napoli shot 22 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Lazio shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Napoli received 1 yellow card (Rudi Garcia). On the other side, Lazio received 3 yellow cards (Luis Alberto, Mattia Zaccagni and Igor Lasicki).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Napoli stays with 6 points to occupy the 4th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Lazio has 3 points (11th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away against Genoa on the 16th of September with a 17-7 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (8 draws).
Lazio will play away agasint Juventus on the 16th of September with a 26-6 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (10 draws).
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
66'
32'
Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Rudi Garcia decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Juan Jesus , Mathías Olivera , André Zambo Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Matteo Politano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The home team had on the bench: Natan, Mário Rui , Eljif Elmas, Nikita Contini, Hubert Idasiak, Giovanni Simeone, Alessio Zerbin, Jens Cajuste, Jesper Lindström , Lorenzo Russo, Leo Østigård, Alessandro Zanoli, Gianluca Gaetano and Giacomo Raspadori .
Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Giacomo Raspadori (66′), Mathías Olivera for Mário Rui (66′), Matteo Politano for Jesper Lindström (75′) and Piotr Zieliński for Giovanni Simeone (84′).
Best player: Piotr Zieliński
The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was Piotr Zieliński.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.
Lazio – Formation
Lazio
60'
Also Lazio adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Maurizio Sarri played with: Sashko Pandev, Manuel Lazzari, Ivan Provedel , Adam Marušić , Nicolò Casale , Alessio Romagnoli , Elseid Hysaj , Daichi Kamada , Danilo Cataldi , Luis Alberto and Felipe Anderson , Ciro Immobile , Mattia Zaccagni .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Luca Pellegrini , Patric, Matías Vecino, Mattéo Guendouzi , Pedro , Gustav Isaksen, Valentin Castellanos, Toma Bašić, Luigi Sepe, Mario Gila Fuentes, Christos Mandas and Nicolò Rovella.
Substitutions
Lazio made 5 changes: Elseid Hysaj for Luca Pellegrini (81′), Daichi Kamada for Mattéo Guendouzi (65′), Felipe Anderson for Pedro (80′), Ciro Immobile for Valentin Castellanos (90′) and Mattia Zaccagni for Gustav Isaksen (90′).
Best player: Felipe Anderson
The most impressive player for Lazio was Felipe Anderson even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 33 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
