NAPOLI. Napoli overcome Cagliari to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Napoli to strike first with a goal of Victor Osimhen at the 69′. Then it was a goal in the 72′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia gave the win to Napoli in the 75′ minute with a goal. Napoli was truly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro with the help of Mauro Vivenzi and Edoardo Raspollini. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.97 degrees Celsius or 51.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a superior ball possession 67% while Cagliari was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Napoli shot 21 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Cagliari shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Napoli received 5 yellow cards (Victor Osimhen , Mário Rui, Matteo Politano, Frank Anguissa and Amir Rrahmani ). Talking about the opposition, Cagliari received 3 yellow cards (Leonardo Pavoletti, Edoardo Goldaniga and Tommaso Augello).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Napoli has 27 points to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Cagliari will stays with 13 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away against Roma on the 23rd of December with a 14-14 head to head stats.
Cagliari will play away against Hellas Verona on the 23rd of December with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Hellas Verona (3 draws).
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
59'
45'
69'
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 , Juan Jesus , Natan , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zielinski, Jens Cajuste , Matteo Politano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The home team had on the bench: Leo Østigård, Diego Demme, Mário Rui , Nikita Contini, Giovanni Simeone, Alessio Zerbin, Jesper Lindstrøm , Alessandro Zanoli , Gianluca Gaetano , Giacomo Raspadori and Pierluigi Gollini .
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Jesper Lindstrøm (90′), Matteo Politano for Alessandro Zanoli (90′), Natan for Mário Rui (59′), Jens Cajuste for Giacomo Raspadori (59′) and Victor Osimhen for Gianluca Gaetano (82′).
Player of the match: Victor Osimhen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Victor Osimhen .
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
Cagliari started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Claudio Ranieri played with: Simone Scuffet , Nahitan Nández , Edoardo Goldaniga , Alberto Dossena , Tommaso Augello , Gaetano Oristanio , Matteo Prati , Antoine Makoumbou , Jakub Jankto , Leonardo Pavoletti , Andrea Petagna .
These were the players on the bench: Ibrahim Sulemana, Boris Radunović, Marco Mancosu, Alessandro Deiola , Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Simone Aresti, Gastón Pereiro, Mateusz Wieteska, Adam Obert , Paulo Azzi, Alessandro Di Pardo, Gabriele Zappa , Zito Luvumbo , Nicolas Viola and Gianluca Lapadula .
Substitutions
Cagliari made 5 changes: Jakub Jankto for Alessandro Deiola (46′), Andrea Petagna for Adam Obert (46′), Nahitan Nández for Gabriele Zappa (67′), Gaetano Oristanio for Zito Luvumbo (68′) and Edoardo Goldaniga for Gianluca Lapadula (79′).
Player of the match: Leonardo Pavoletti
The most impressive player for Cagliari was Leonardo Pavoletti.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 17.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
