SALERNO. Napoli had a surprising win over Salernitana with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Raspadori (13′) and a goal from E. Elmas (82′). Napoli made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano with the assistance of Stefano Liberti and Valerio Colarossi. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.09 degrees Celsius or 62.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 59% while Salernitana was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the contest.​

Salernitana shot 10 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Napoli shot 21 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Salernitana received 2 yellow cards (Filippo Inzaghi and Pasquale Mazzocchi). Regarding the opposition, Napoli received 1 yellow card (Giovanni Di Lorenzo).

Standings

After this match, Salernitana will stay with 4 points to sit in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Napoli will have 21 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away against Inter on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Inter (1 draw).

Napoli will host Genoa on the 18th of February with a 17-7 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (9 draws).

Salernitana – Formation

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

The manager Filippo Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Guillermo Ochoa (7.7), Pasquale Mazzocchi (6.7), Federico Fazio (6.7), Lorenzo Pirola  (7.7), Domagoj Bradaric (7.0), Lassana Coulibaly (7.1), Mateusz Legowski (6.3), Loum Tchaouna (6.3), Boulaye Dia (6.6), Antonio Candreva (7.1) and Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Vincenzo Fiorillo, Flavius Daniliuc  (6.4), Junior Sambia, Agustín Martegani, Emil Bohinen  (6.7), Erik Botheim, Trivante Stewart (6.8), Grigoris Kastanos (6.3), Giulio Maggiore, Dylan Bronn , Benoît Costil and Matteo Lovato.

Substitutions

Salernitana made 5 changes: Mateusz Legowski for Emil Bohinen  (69′), Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi for Trivante Stewart (69′), Pasquale Mazzocchi for Erik Botheim (81′), Federico Fazio for Flavius Daniliuc  (69′) and Antonio Candreva for Grigoris Kastanos (77′).

Best player: Guillermo Ochoa​

The most impressive player for Salernitana was the goalkeeper: Guillermo Ochoa. His rating is 7.65. He performed 6 saves.

Napoli – Formation

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

Rudi Garcia played with: Alex Meret (7.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.5), Amir Rrahmani  (7.3), Leo Østigård (7.0), Mathías Olivera (8.1), Frank Anguissa (7.0), Stanislav Lobotka (7.3), Piotr Zielinski (7.3), Matteo Politano (8.5), Giacomo Raspadori (8.2) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.7).

They had on the bench: Diego Demme, Juan Jesus , Mário Rui, Eljif Elmas (7.5), Nikita Contini, Giovanni Simeone (7.0), Alessio Zerbin, Jens Cajuste, Jesper Lindstrøm (6.6), Luigi D’Avino, Alessandro Zanoli, Gianluca Gaetano and Pierluigi Gollini .

Substitutions

Napoli made 4 changes: Giacomo Raspadori for Giovanni Simeone (68′), Matteo Politano for Jesper Lindstrøm (77′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Eljif Elmas (69′) and Piotr Zielinski for Jens Cajuste (86′).

Best player: Matteo Politano​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Matteo Politano even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 42 passes (88% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Udinese – 0-1
• Atalanta – Inter – 1-2
• Salernitana – Napoli – 0-2