LECCE. Napoli defeats Lecce 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Leo Østigård (16′), Victor Osimhen (51′), Gianluca Gaetano (88′) and Matteo Politano (90′ pen). Napoli capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Pairetto who was helped by Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Giuseppe Collu. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 25.17 degrees Celsius or 77.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli was in firm control of the ball 56% while Lecce was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Lecce had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Napoli found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Lecce shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Lecce received 4 yellow cards (Roberto D’Aversa, Joan González, Ylber Ramadani and Antonino Gallo). On the opposite side, Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Giovanni Simeone).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Lecce will stay with 11 points like Napoli and Fiorentina to gain in the 7th place. On the other side, Napoli will have 14 points to go down in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Lecce will play away with Torino on the 18th of February with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Torino (3 draws).
Napoli will host Genoa on the 18th of February with a 17-7 head to head in favor of Napoli (9 draws).
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
61'
36'
Lecce adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Roberto D’Aversa decided to play with the following team: Patrick Dorgu, Wladimiro Falcone , Valentin Gendrey , Marin Pongracic , Federico Baschirotto , Antonino Gallo , Hamza Rafia , Ylber Ramadani , Alexis Blin , Pontus Almqvist , Nikola Krstovic and Gabriel Strefezza .
The home team had on the bench: Rémi Oudin , Lorenzo Venuti, Nicola Sansone, Patrick Dorgu , Joan González , Medon Berisha, Marcin Listkowski, Federico Brancolini, Jeppe Corfitzen , Jasper Samooja, Rares Burnete, Ahmed Touba and Roberto Piccoli .
Lecce could not rely on the presence of Joan González (injured).
Substitutions
Lecce made 5 changes: Pontus Almqvist for Jeppe Corfitzen (82′), Gabriel Strefezza for Roberto Piccoli (71′), Alexis Blin for Joan González (61′), Antonino Gallo for Patrick Dorgu (61′) and Hamza Rafia for Rémi Oudin (61′).
Best player: Hamza Rafia
The player that probably impressed the most for Lecce was Hamza Rafia.
His rating is with 18 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
16'
Also Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Rudi Garcia played with: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Leo Østigård , Natan , Mathías Olivera , André Zambo Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Jesper Lindström , Giovanni Simeone , Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
They had on the bench: Mário Rui, Victor Osimhen , Matteo Politano , Diego Demme, Eljif Elmas, Nikita Contini, Hubert Idasiak, Alessio Zerbin, Jens Cajuste , Luigi D’Avino, Alessandro Zanoli, Gianluca Gaetano and Giacomo Raspadori .
Napoli could not rely on the presence of Giacomo Raspadori (injured).
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: Piotr Zieliński for Gianluca Gaetano (83′), Stanislav Lobotka for Jens Cajuste (76′), Giovanni Simeone for Victor Osimhen (46′), Jesper Lindström for Matteo Politano (58′) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Giacomo Raspadori (58′).
Best player: Piotr Zieliński
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Piotr Zieliński even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 42 passes (90% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
