MILANO. Inter overcome Napoli.
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Paolo Valeri who had the assistance of Alessandro Giallatini and Fabiano Preti. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a strong ball possession 55% while Inter was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Inter was was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match.
Inter shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Inter received 5 yellow cards (S. Handanovic, E. Dzeko, A. Vidal, H. Calhanoglu and S. Inzaghi). On the opposite side, Napoli received 3 yellow cards (A. Rrahmani, K. Koulibaly and V. Osimhen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Inter will have 28 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Napoli will stay with 32 points like Milan to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Inter will play away with Venezia on the 27th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Napoli will host Lazio on the 28th of November with a 17-9 head to head in favor of Napoli (8 draws).
Inter – Formation
Inter
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Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Simone Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Samir Handanovič , Milan Škriniar , Andrea Ranocchia , Alessandro Bastoni , Matteo Darmian , Nicolò Barella , Marcelo Brozović , Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Ivan Perišić , Joaquín Correa and Lautaro Martínez .
The home team had on the bench: Denzel Dumfries, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Matías Vecino, Alex Cordaz, Roberto Gagliardini , Arturo Vidal , Martín Satriano , Edin Džeko , Federico Dimarco , Stefano Sensi, Aleksandar Kolarov and Andrei Radu.
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: H. Calhanoglu for A. Vidal (62′), J. Correa for E. Dzeko (62′), L. Martinez for R. Gagliardini (75′), N. Barella for F. Dimarco (75′) and I. Perisic for M. Satriano (88′).
Best player: Ivan Perišić
The player that probably impressed the most for Inter was Ivan Perišić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
Napoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luciano Spalletti played with: David Ospina , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Kalidou Koulibaly , Mário Rui , André Zambo Anguissa , Fabián Ruiz , Hirving Lozano , Piotr Zieliński , Lorenzo Insigne and Victor Osimhen .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Juan Jesus, Dries Mertens , Kévin Malcuit, Alex Meret, Andrea Petagna , Faouzi Ghoulam, Davide Marfella, Eljif Elmas and Stanislav Lobotka.
Napoli could not rely on the presence of A. Petagna (injured).
Substitutions
Napoli made 3 changes: V. Osimhen for A. Petagna (55′), L. Insigne for D. Mertens (75′) and H. Lozano for E. Elmas (75′).
Best player: Dries Mertens
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Dries Mertens.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 75′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Bologna – Venezia – 0-1
- Genoa – Roma – 0-2
- Inter – Napoli – 3-2
- Salernitana – Sampdoria – 0-2
- Sassuolo – Cagliari – 2-2
