NAPOLI. Napoli manages to recover against Milan with 2 goals from O. Giroud from a goal on the 31′ and a goal on the 22′.

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Orsato assisted by Alessandro Costanzo and Matteo Passeri. The 4th official was Livio Marinelli. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.33 degrees Celsius or 70.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Napoli

2 - 2

Milan

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 17 Total 20
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 8 Off Target 7
  • 5 Shots blocked 7
  • 86 Attack 82
  • 44 Dangerous attack 45
  • 71 Ball safe 70
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 9 Total 8
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Napoli was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Milan that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Milan was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Milan to win the contest​.

Napoli shot 17 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Milan shot 20 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 3 yellow cards (Alessandro Zanoli, Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Natan). Talking about the opposition, Milan received 3 yellow cards (Yunus Musah, Luka Romero and Tijjani Reijnders).

Match Timeline

19'
22'
Olivier Giroud(goal)Christian Pulišić
31'
Olivier Giroud(goal)Davide Calabria
Giovanni Simeone- sub ->Eljif Elmas
46'
Leo Østigård- sub ->Amir Rrahmani
46'
Mathías Olivera- sub ->Mário Rui
46'
46'
Matteo Politano(goal)Giovanni Di Lorenzo
50'
Natan- Yellow
53'
55'
Tijjani Reijnders- Yellow
62'
Giacomo Raspadori(goal)
63'
Giovanni Di Lorenzo- Yellow
65'
Frank Anguissa- sub ->Piotr Zielinski
77'
78'
Yunus Musah- Yellow
81'
Luka Jović- sub ->Rafael Leão
81'
Noah Okafor- sub ->Olivier Giroud
83'
86'
87'
Alessandro Florenzi- sub ->Marco Pellegrino
Natan(yellowredcard)
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter
93
37
Milan
74
37
Bologna
67
36
Juventus
67
36
Atalanta
66
36
Roma
63
37
Lazio
60
37
Fiorentina
54
36
Torino
53
37
Napoli
52
37
Genoa
46
37
Monza
45
37
Lecce
37
37
Cagliari
36
37
Frosinone
35
37
Hellas Verona
34
36
Udinese
34
37
Empoli
33
37
Sassuolo
29
37
Salernitana
16
36

After playing this match, Napoli will have 18 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Milan will have 22 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will host Genoa on the 18th of February with a 17-7 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (9 draws).

Milan will play away agasint Monza on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (0 draws).

Napoli – Formation

Napoli
G
Alex Meret 1.Italy
7.0
D
Natan 3.Brazil
6.7
53'
D
Amir Rrahmani 13.Kosovo
7.1
46'
D
Giovanni Di Lorenzo 22.Italy
7.3
65'
D
Mário Rui 6.Portugal
7.0
46'
M
P. Zieliński 20.Poland
7.3
77'
M
Stanislav Lobotka 68.Slovakia
6.4
M
Eljif Elmas 7.Macedonia
6.4
46'
F
Matteo Politano 21.Italy
7.5
83' 50'
F
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 77.Georgia
7.3
F
Giacomo Raspadori 81.Italy
8.1
63'
Substitutes
G
Nikita Contini 14.Ukraine
G
Pierluigi Gollini 95.Italy
D
Mathías Olivera 17.Uruguay
7.0
46'
D
Leo Østigård 55.Norway
6.7
46'
D
Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy
6.6
83' 86'
M
Jens Cajuste 24.Sweden
M
Diego Demme 4.Germany
M
Jesper Lindstrøm 29.Denmark
M
Gianluca Gaetano 70.Italy
M
Frank Anguissa 99.Cameroon
6.8
77'
F
Giovanni Simeone 18.Argentina
6.6
46'
F
Alessio Zerbin 23.Italy

Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Rudi Garcia decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret (7.0), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.3), Amir Rrahmani  (7.1), Natan (6.7), Mário Rui (7.0), Eljif Elmas (6.4), Stanislav Lobotka (6.4), Piotr Zielinski (7.3), Matteo Politano (7.5), Giacomo Raspadori (8.1) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mathías Olivera (7.0), Jens Cajuste, Diego Demme, Nikita Contini, Giovanni Simeone (6.6), Alessio Zerbin, Jesper Lindstrøm, Luigi D’Avino, Leo Østigård (6.7), Alessandro Zanoli (6.6), Gianluca Gaetano, Pierluigi Gollini  and Frank Anguissa (6.8).

Napoli could not rely on the presence of Frank Anguissa (injured).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: Matteo Politano for Alessandro Zanoli (83′), Mário Rui for Mathías Olivera (46′), Eljif Elmas for Giovanni Simeone (46′), Amir Rrahmani  for Leo Østigård (46′) and Piotr Zielinski for Frank Anguissa (77′).

Best player: Giacomo Raspadori​

The player that probably impressed the most for Napoli was Giacomo Raspadori.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 27 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Milan – Formation

Milan
G
Mike Maignan 16.France
6.3
D
Davide Calabria 2.Italy
7.3
D
Theo Hernández 19.France
7.0
D
Fikayo Tomori 23.England
7.0
D
Simon Kjaer 24.Denmark
D
Pierre Kalulu 20.France
6.7
19'
M
Tijjani Reijnders 14.Netherlands
7.0
55'
M
Yunus Musah 80.England
7.0
78'
M
Rade Krunic 33.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.5
F
Olivier Giroud 9.France
9.1
81' 22', 31'
F
Rafael Leão 10.Portugal
7.1
81'
F
Christian Pulisic 11.United States
7.3
46'
Substitutes
G
Lapo Nava 69.Italy
G
Antonio Mirante 83.Italy
D
Marco Pellegrino 31.Argentina
6.4
19'
D
Alessandro Florenzi 42.Italy
7.0
87'
M
Yacine Adli 7.France
M
Luka Romero 18.Argentina
6.3
46' 62'
M
Tommaso Pobega 32.Italy
F
Luka Jović 15.Serbia
6.7
81'
F
Noah Okafor 17.Switzerland
6.6
81'

Also Milan adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Stefano Pioli played with: Simon Kjær, Mike Maignan (6.3), Davide Calabria (7.3), Pierre Kalulu (6.7), Fikayo Tomori (7.0), Theo Hernández (7.0), Yunus Musah (7.0), Rade Krunić (7.5), Tijjani Reijnders (7.0), Christian Pulišić (7.3) and Olivier Giroud (9.1), Rafael Leão (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yacine Adli, Luka Jović (6.7), Noah Okafor (6.6), Luka Romero (6.3), Marco Pellegrino (6.4), Tommaso Pobega, Alessandro Florenzi (7.0), Lapo Nava, Antonio Mirante and Davide Bartesaghi.

Milan could not rely on the presence of Marco Pellegrino (injured) and Alessandro Florenzi (injured).

Substitutions

Milan made 5 changes: Pierre Kalulu for Marco Pellegrino (19′), Rafael Leão for Luka Jović (81′), Olivier Giroud for Noah Okafor (81′), Christian Pulišić for Luka Romero (46′) and Marco Pellegrino for Alessandro Florenzi (87′).

Best player: Olivier Giroud​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Olivier Giroud.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 21 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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