Real Madrid overcomes Napoli 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

NAPOLI. Real Madrid beat Napoli.

October 4, 2023

NAPOLI. Real Madrid topped Napoli.

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Tuesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 51,649 spectators. The referee was Clément Turpin with the support of Nicolas Danos and Alexis Auger. The 4th official was Stéphanie Frappart.

Match Statistics

Napoli

2 - 3

Real Madrid

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

15 Total 18
6 On Target 5
4 Off Target 4
5 Shots blocked 9

96 Attack 92
62 Dangerous attack 46
64 Ball safe 71

1 Penalties 0
7 Corners 9

Fouls

7 Total 8
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Napoli was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Real Madrid that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Real Madrid was able to find the solution to win this match.

Napoli shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Madrid shot 18 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 1 yellow card (Natan). Talking about the opposition, Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards (Jude Bellingham, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Eduardo Camavinga).

Match Timeline

Leo Østigård(goal)

19'

27'

Vinicius Junior (goal)Jude Bellingham

29'

Eduardo Camavinga- Yellow

34'

Jude Bellingham(goal)Eduardo Camavinga

Natan- Yellow

45'

Victor Osimhen(VAR)

52'

Piotr Zieliński(penalty)

54'

64'

Ferland Mendy- sub ->Eduardo Camavinga

65'

Luka Modric - sub ->Toni Kroos

70'

Jude Bellingham- Yellow

75'

Joselu - sub ->Rodrygo

Giacomo Raspadori- sub ->Piotr Zieliński

75'

Alex Meret(own-goal)

78'

84'

Dani Ceballos- sub ->Vinicius Junior

89'

Kepa Arrizabalaga- Yellow

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Napoli stays with 3 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Real Madrid has 6 points (1st).

Next matches

In the next match in the Champions League, Napoli will play away with FC Union Berlin on the 24th of October with a 0-0 head to head.

Real Madrid will play away agasint Sporting Braga on the 24th of October with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Napoli – Formation

Napoli

Alex Meret 1.Italy

6.4

Natan 3.Brazil

7.7

45'

Mathías Olivera 17.Uruguay

7.0

88'

Giovanni Di Lorenzo 22.Italy

6.8

Leo Østigård 55.Norway

7.5

19'

Piotr Zieliński 20.Poland

7.3

75'

54'

Stanislav Lobotka 68.Slovakia

6.8

88'

Frank Anguissa 99.Cameroon

6.8

88'

Victor Osimhen 9.Nigeria

6.4

Matteo Politano 21.Italy

7.3

70'

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 77.Georgia

7.1

Substitutes

Nikita Contini 14.Ukraine

Hubert Idasiak 16.Poland

Mário Rui 6.Portugal

88'

Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy

Eljif Elmas 7.Macedonia

6.6

70'

Jens Cajuste 24.Sweden

88'

Jesper Lindstrøm 29.Denmark

Gianluca Gaetano 70.Italy

Giovanni Simeone 18.Argentina

88'

Alessio Zerbin 23.Italy

Giacomo Raspadori 81.Italy

75'

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

The manager Stéphane Jobard decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret (6.4), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.8), Leo Østigård (7.5), Natan (7.7), Mathías Olivera (7.0), André Zambo Anguissa (6.8), Stanislav Lobotka (6.8), Piotr Zieliński (7.3), Matteo Politano (7.3), Victor Osimhen (6.4) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mário Rui, Eljif Elmas (6.6), Nikita Contini, Hubert Idasiak, Giovanni Simeone, Alessio Zerbin, Jens Cajuste, Jesper Lindström, Luigi D’Avino, Alessandro Zanoli, Gianluca Gaetano and Giacomo Raspadori.

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: Mathías Olivera for Mário Rui (88′), Stanislav Lobotka for Jens Cajuste (88′), Matteo Politano for Eljif Elmas (70′), Piotr Zieliński for Giacomo Raspadori (75′) and André Zambo Anguissa for Giovanni Simeone (88′).

Best player: Natan

The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was Natan.

His rating is (7.7) with 57 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.

Real Madrid – Formation

Real Madrid

Kepa Arrizabalaga 25.Spain

7.1

89'

Nacho Fernández 6.Spain

6.3

Daniel Carvajal 2.Spain

6.8

David Alaba 4.Austria

Eduardo Camavinga 12.France

7.0

64'

29'

Antonio Rüdiger 22.Germany

7.5

Toni Kroos 8.Germany

7.3

65'

Jude Bellingham 5.England

9.1

70'

34'

Federico Valverde 15.Uruguay

7.9

Aurélien Tchouaméni 18.France

7.3

Vinicius Junior 7.Brazil

7.7

84'

27'

Rodrygo 11.Brazil

6.4

75'

Substitutes

Andriy Lunin 13.Ukraine

Lucas Cañizares 31.Spain

Ferland Mendy 23.France

7.0

64'

Álvaro Carrillo 34.Spain

Fran García 20.Spain

Luka Modric 10.Croatia

6.4

65'

Lucas Vázquez 17.Spain

Dani Ceballos 19.Spain

84'

Brahim Díaz 21.Spain

Joselu 14.Spain

75'

Real Madrid started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Carlo Ancelotti played with: David Alaba, Kepa Arrizabalaga (7.1), Daniel Carvajal (6.8), Nacho Fernández (6.3), Antonio Rüdiger (7.5), Eduardo Camavinga (7.0), Federico Valverde (7.9), Aurélien Tchouaméni (7.3), Toni Kroos (7.3), Jude Bellingham (9.1) and Rodrygo (6.4), Vinicius Junior (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Fran García, Luka Modric (6.4), Andriy Lunin, Joselu, Lucas Vázquez, Dani Ceballos, Brahim Díaz, Ferland Mendy (7.0), Lucas Cañizares and Álvaro Carrillo.

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 4 changes: Rodrygo for Joselu (75′), Eduardo Camavinga for Ferland Mendy (64′), Toni Kroos for Luka Modric (65′) and Vinicius Junior for Dani Ceballos (84′).