NAPOLI. Inter was finally too much to handle for Napoli with the goal of Hakan Çalhanoğlu (44′), Nicolò Barella (61′) and Marcus Thuram (85′). Napoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
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 Davide Massa with the collaboration of Davide Imperiale and Luca Mondin. The 4th official was Antonio Rapuano. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.11 degrees Celsius or 57.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli was in firm control of the ball 57% while Inter was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Inter found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Napoli shot 15 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Inter shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Eljif Elmas and Amir Rrahmani ). On the opposite side, Inter received 2 yellow cards (Matteo Darmian and Marcus Thuram).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Napoli stays with 24 points like Roma to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Inter will has 35 points to remain in the 1st 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).
Inter will host Salernitana on the 18th of February with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Inter (1 draw).
Napoli – Formation
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Leo Østigård , Natan , Eljif Elmas , Stanislav Lobotka , Frank Anguissa , Matteo Politano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The home team had on the bench: Diego Demme, Hubert Idasiak, Giovanni Simeone, Piotr Zielinski , Alessio Zerbin, Jesper Lindstrøm , Gianluca Gaetano, Giacomo Raspadori , Pierluigi Gollini , Juan Jesus and Jens Cajuste.
Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: Matteo Politano for Giacomo Raspadori (68′), Natan for Alessio Zerbin (87′), Eljif Elmas for Jesper Lindstrøm (75′) and Stanislav Lobotka for Piotr Zielinski (75′).
Player of the match: Matteo Politano
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Matteo Politano.
His rating is with 39 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Inter – Formation
Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Simone Inzaghi played with: Yann Sommer , Matteo Darmian , Stefan de Vrij , Francesco Acerbi , Denzel Dumfries , Nicolò Barella , Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Federico Dimarco , Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martínez .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yann Bisseck, Stefano Sensi , Juan Cuadrado , Marko Arnautović, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Davy Klaassen, Davide Frattesi , Kristjan Asllani , Carlos Augusto , Lucien Agoumé, G. Stabile, Alexis Sánchez and Emil Audero.
Inter could not rely on the presence of Carlos Augusto (injured) and Juan Cuadrado (injured).
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: Stefan de Vrij for Carlos Augusto (18′), Matteo Darmian for Yann Bisseck (86′), Marcus Thuram for Marko Arnautović (86′), Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Davide Frattesi (77′) and Denzel Dumfries for Juan Cuadrado (77′).
Player of the match: Nicolò Barella
The player that probably impressed the most for Inter was Nicolò Barella.
His rating is with 1 goal, 49 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Udinese – Hellas Verona – 3-3
- Napoli – Inter – 0-3
- Sassuolo – Roma – 1-2
- Lecce – Bologna – 1-1
- Fiorentina – Salernitana – 3-0