SALERNO. Napoli overcomes Salernitana 1-0 after P. Zielinski scored just 1 goal (61′). Napoli was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Napoli remained with 10 players after K. Koulibaly received a red card in the 77′. Nonetheless, Napoli still was capable to win this match playing only in 10. On the other side, also G. Kastanos received a red card (70′). This red card was one of the reason why Salernitana lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Fabbri with the collaboration of Alberto Tegoni and Valerio Vecchi. The 4th official was Ivano Pezzuto. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 9 Total 16
- 3 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 12
- 2 Shots blocked 5
- 78 Attack 101
- 31 Dangerous attack 62
- 80 Ball safe 98
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Napoli had a superior ball possession 63% while Salernitana was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the contest.
Salernitana shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Napoli shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Salernitana didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Napoli received 2 yellow cards (M. Rui and A. Z. Anguissa).
(Salernitana) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (70′).
Also, Napoli didn’t end the match with 11 players after K. Koulibaly (Napoli) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (77′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Salernitana will stay with 8 points to hold in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Napoli will have 39 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will host Venezia on the 6th of January with a 6-3 head to head stats in favor of Salernitana (2 draws).
Napoli will play away agasint Sassuolo on the 1st of December with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (7 draws).
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana
88'
70'
Salernitana started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Stefano Colantuono decided to play with the following team: Vid Belec , Nadir Zortea , Norbert Gyömbér , Stefan Strandberg , Luca Ranieri , Andrea Schiavone , Francesco Di Tacchio , Grigoris Kastanos , Franck Ribéry , Federico Bonazzoli and Cedric Gondo .
The home team had on the bench: Simy , Filippo Delli Carri, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Ramzi Aya, Edoardo Vergani, Antonio Russo, Milan Đurić , Paweł Jaroszyński, Joel Obi , Frédéric Veseli, Wajdi Kechrida and Riccardo Gagliolo .
Salernitana could not rely on the presence of Simy (injured).
Substitutions
Salernitana made 4 changes: C. Gondo for Simy (64′), F. Bonazzoli for J. Obi (72′), A. Schiavone for M. Djuric (88′) and L. Ranieri for R. Gagliolo (88′).
Best player: Stefan Strandberg
The most impressive player for Salernitana was Stefan Strandberg.
His rating is with 45 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
74'
61'
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 , Matteo Politano , Piotr Zieliński , Hirving Lozano and Dries Mertens .
These were the players on the bench: Juan Jesus , Lorenzo Insigne, Davide Marfella, Alessandro Zanoli, Alex Meret, Faouzi Ghoulam, Eljif Elmas , Diego Demme, Andrea Petagna and Stanislav Lobotka.
Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: H. Lozano for E. Elmas (60′), D. Mertens for A. Petagna (60′), M. Politano for J. Jesus (80′) and P. Zielinski for A. Zanoli (90′).
Best player: André Zambo Anguissa
The most impressive player for Napoli was André Zambo Anguissa even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 21.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Fiorentina – Spezia – 3-0
- Genoa – Venezia – 0-0
- Inter – Udinese – 2-0
- Roma – Milan – 1-2
- Salernitana – Napoli – 0-1
- Sassuolo – Empoli – 1-2
