TORINO. Napoli and Juventus draw 1-1. D. Mertens scored the first goal (23′) for Napoli. F. Chiesa made it even (54′). Napoli was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Allianz Stadium stadium in Torino on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Simone Sozza who had the assistance of Alessandro Giallatini and Fabiano Preti. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was clear. The temperature was freezing at -2 degrees Celsius or 28.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 56% while Juventus was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Napoli to win the match​.

Juventus shot 22 times, 5 on target, 17 off target. On the opposite side, Napoli shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Juventus received 2 yellow cards (Alex Sandro and P. Dybala). Talking about the opposition, Napoli received 1 yellow card (D. Demme).

Standings

After this match, Juventus will have 35 points to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Napoli will have 40 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Juventus will play away with Roma on the 9th of January with a 21-9 head to head record in favor of Juventus (7 draws).

Napoli will host Sampdoria on the 9th of January with a 20-3 head to head in favor of Napoli (4 draws).

Juventus – Formation

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

The manager Massimiliano Allegri decided to play with the following team: Wojciech Szczęsny (6.7), Juan Cuadrado (7.6), Matthijs de Ligt (7.4), Daniele Rugani (7.1), Alex Sandro (7.6), Weston McKennie (6.8), Manuel Locatelli (7.6), Adrien Rabiot (7.1), Federico Bernardeschi (7.0), Álvaro Morata (6.6) and Federico Chiesa (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Z. Senkó, Arthur, Mattia De Sciglio (6.2), Rodrigo Bentancur (6.6), M. Perin, Moise Kean (6.8), Paulo Dybala (7.5) and Dejan Kulusevski (6.3).

Substitutions

Juventus made 5 changes: A. Rabiot for R. Bentancur (65′), F. Bernardeschi for P. Dybala (65′), A. Morata for M. Kean (75′), Alex Sandro for M. De Sciglio (75′) and F. Chiesa for D. Kulusevski (81′).

Best player: Alex Sandro​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Alex Sandro.

His rating is (7.6) with 36 passes (97% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Napoli – Formation

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

Luciano Spalletti played with: David Ospina (7.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.7), Amir Rrahmani (6.9), Juan Jesus (6.7), Faouzi Ghoulam (7.4), Diego Demme (6.8), Stanislav Lobotka (7.0), Matteo Politano (6.6), Piotr Zieliński (6.8), Lorenzo Insigne (7.4) and Dries Mertens (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: J. Spedalieri, A. Zanoli, D. Marfella, A. Vergara, Andrea Petagna (6.7), H. Idasiak, D. Costanzo and Eljif Elmas (6.6).

Substitutions

Napoli made 3 changes: M. Politano for E. Elmas (76′), D. Mertens for A. Petagna (88′) and S. Lobotka for A. Zanoli (90′).

Best player: Dries Mertens​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Dries Mertens.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 22 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Juventus – Napoli – 1-1
• Lazio – Empoli – 3-3
• Milan – Roma – 3-1
• Sampdoria – Cagliari – 1-2
• Sassuolo – Genoa – 1-1
• Spezia – Hellas Verona – 1-2