NAPOLI. Napoli demolishes Salernitana 4-1 with goals of J. Jesus (17′), D. Mertens (45′ pen), A. Rrahmani (47′) and L. Insigne (53′ pen). Regarding the opposition, Salernitana scored with F. Bonazzoli (33′). Napoli was much better in terms of ball possession (82%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Luca Pairetto who had the assistance of Salvatore Longo and Matteo Bottegoni. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- ! 82 Ball Possession 18
Shots
- 25 Total 1
- 15 On Target 1
- 10 Off Target 0
- 4 Shots blocked 0
- 172 Attack 36
- 123 Dangerous attack 7
- 79 Ball safe 76
- 2 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Napoli had a strong ball possession 82% while Salernitana was struggling with a 18% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli had a more offensive attitude with 123 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Napoli shot 25 times, 15 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Salernitana shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Napoli didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Salernitana received 3 yellow cards (F. Delli Carri, J. Obi and F. Veseli).
Also, Salernitana didn’t finish the match with 11 players after F. Veseli (Salernitana) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (51′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Napoli will have 49 points like Milan to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Salernitana will stay with 10 points to hold in the 20th place.
Next matches
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
17'
76'
Napoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Juan Jesus , Mário Rui , Fabián Ruiz , Stanislav Lobotka , Hirving Lozano , Piotr Zieliński , Eljif Elmas and Dries Mertens .
The home team had on the bench: D. Ospina, K. Malcuit, Faouzi Ghoulam , Matteo Politano , D. Marfella, Lorenzo Insigne , A. Tuanzebe, Victor Osimhen , D. Demme, Alessandro Zanoli and A. Petagna.
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: H. Lozano for L. Insigne (46′), D. Mertens for V. Osimhen (64′), F. Ruiz for M. Politano (64′), G. Di Lorenzo for A. Zanoli (76′) and M. Rui for F. Ghoulam (76′).
Best player: Amir Rrahmani
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Amir Rrahmani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 89 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana
51'
23'
Salernitana started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Stefano Colantuono played with: Vid Belec , Frédéric Veseli , Luka Bogdan , Riccardo Gagliolo , Filippo Delli Carri , Edoardo Vergani , Joel Obi , Francesco Di Tacchio , Andrea Schiavone , Wajdi Kechrida and Federico Bonazzoli .
These were the players on the bench: Simy , A. Iervolino, Antonio Russo, A. Motoc, L. Cannavale, Alessandro Russo, Paweł Jaroszyński , M. Perrone, A. Guida and G. Guerrieri.
Salernitana could not rely on the presence of P. Jaroszynski (injured).
Substitutions
Salernitana made 3 changes: A. Schiavone for P. Jaroszynski (36′), E. Vergani for A. Russo (62′) and F. Bonazzoli for Simy (79′).
Best player: Vid Belec
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Salernitana was the goalkeeper: Vid Belec. His rating is 7.55. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Cagliari – Fiorentina – 1-1
- Empoli – Roma – 2-4
- Milan – Juventus – 0-0
- Napoli – Salernitana – 4-1
- Spezia – Sampdoria – 1-0
- Torino – Sassuolo – 1-1
