VENEZIA. Napoli had a surprising win over Venezia with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Osimhen (59′) and a goal from A. Petagna (90′). Napoli was decisively better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo stadium in Venezia on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani with the help of Pasquale De Meo and Marcello Rossi. The 4th official was Valerio Marini. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a strong ball possession 66% while Venezia was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Venezia shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Napoli shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Venezia received 2 yellow cards (G. Busio and P. Ceccaroni). On the other side, Napoli received 2 yellow cards (M. Rui and S. Lobotka).
(Venezia) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Venezia will stay with 18 points to remain in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Napoli will have 52 points like Milan to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Venezia will play away against Torino on the 12th of February with a 0-0 head to head.
Napoli will host Inter on the 12th of February with a 13-12 head to head record in favor of Napoli (10 draws).
Venezia – Formation
Venezia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Luca Lezzerini , Tyronne Ebuehi , Mattia Caldara , Pietro Ceccaroni , Ridgeciano Haps , Domen Črnigoj , Ethan Ampadu , Michaël Cuisance , Dennis Johnsen , David Okereke and Nani .
The home team had on the bench: Cristian Molinaro, Jean-Pierre Nsame , Mattia Aramu , Luca Fiordilino , Marco Modolo, Dor Peretz, Thomas Henry , Gianluca Busio , Michael Svoboda, Sergio Romero, Tanner Tessmann and Arnór Sigurðsson.
Substitutions
Venezia made 5 changes: Nani for T. Henry (62′), D. Johnsen for M. Aramu (70′), D. Crnigoj for G. Busio (70′), M. Cuisance for J. Nsame (78′) and E. Ampadu for L. Fiordilino (78′).
Best player: Mattia Caldara
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Venezia was Mattia Caldara.
His rating is with 40 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luciano Spalletti played with: David Ospina , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Juan Jesus , Mário Rui , Fabián Ruiz , Stanislav Lobotka , Matteo Politano , Piotr Zieliński , Lorenzo Insigne and Victor Osimhen .
They had on the bench: Davide Marfella, Faouzi Ghoulam , Kévin Malcuit, Andrea Petagna , Dries Mertens , Alex Meret, Eljif Elmas , Alessandro Zanoli and Diego Demme.
Napoli could not rely on the presence of F. Ghoulam (injured).
Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: M. Politano for E. Elmas (79′), L. Insigne for D. Mertens (79′), P. Zielinski for F. Ghoulam (88′) and V. Osimhen for A. Petagna (88′).
Best player: Andrea Petagna
The most impressive player for Napoli was Andrea Petagna.
His rating is with 1 goal, 5 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 88′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Atalanta – Cagliari – 1-2
- Bologna – Empoli – 0-0
- Juventus – Hellas Verona – 2-0
- Sampdoria – Sassuolo – 4-0
- Udinese – Torino – 2-0
- Venezia – Napoli – 0-2