Napoli recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Salernitana 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

NAPOLI. Napoli was able to turn the tables against Salernitana to win 2-1.

January 14, 2024

NAPOLI. Napoli was able to reverse the score against Salernitana to win 2-1. It was Salernitana to strike first with a goal of Antonio Candreva at the 29′. Then it was a penalty in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Amir Rrahmani gave the win to Napoli in the 90′ minute. Napoli was truly superior in terms of ball possession (70%) 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 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Livio Marinelli who had the assistance of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Valerio Vecchi. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 10.02 degrees Celsius or 50.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.

Match Statistics

Napoli

2 - 1

Salernitana

! 70 Ball Possession 30

Shots

19 Total 6
7 On Target 2
9 Off Target 2
4 Shots blocked 2

159 Attack 79
60 Dangerous attack 22
92 Ball safe 86

1 Penalties 0
8 Corners 3

Fouls

15 Total 9
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Napoli had a strong ball possession 70% while Salernitana was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.

Napoli shot 19 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Salernitana shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 3 yellow cards (Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Amir Rrahmani and Jens Cajuste). On the opposite side, Salernitana received 3 yellow cards (Domagoj Bradaric, Mateusz Legowski and Filippo Inzaghi).

Match Timeline

29'

Antonio Candreva(goal)Domagoj Bradaric

Jens Cajuste- Yellow

34'

43'

Mateusz Łęgowski- Yellow

Matteo Politano(penalty)

45'

Giovanni Simeone(VAR)

45'

Giacomo Raspadori- sub ->Gianluca Gaetano

56'

66'

Niccolò Pierozzi - sub ->Mateusz Legowski

66'

Diego Demme- sub ->Jens Cajuste

77'

84'

90'

Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi- sub ->Simy

90'

Domagoj Bradarić- Yellow

Amir Rrahmani(goal)Diego Demme

90'

Amir Rrahmani- Yellow

90'

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Napoli has 31 points to remain in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Salernitana will stays with 12 points to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away with Sassuolo on the 21st of January with a 13-2 head to head record in favor of Napoli (7 draws).

Salernitana will host Genoa on the 21st of January with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Genoa (1 draw).

Napoli – Formation

Napoli

Pierluigi Gollini 95.Italy

6.8

Juan Jesus 5.Brazil

7.1

Mário Rui 6.Portugal

7.5

Amir Rrahmani 13.Kosovo

8.5

90'

90'

Giovanni Di Lorenzo 22.Italy

8.4

Gianluca Gaetano 70.Italy

6.8

56'

P. Zieliński 20.Poland

Jens Cajuste 24.Sweden

7.1

77'

34'

Stanislav Lobotka 68.Slovakia

7.1

Giovanni Simeone 18.Argentina

7.5

Matteo Politano 21.Italy

7.3

66'

45'

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 77.Georgia

7.3

90'

Substitutes

Nikita Contini 14.Ukraine

Hubert Idasiak 16.Poland

Leo Østigård 55.Norway

Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy

Diego Demme 4.Germany

7.0

77'

Jesper Lindstrøm 29.Denmark

Alessio Zerbin 23.Italy

7.5

66'

Giacomo Raspadori 81.Italy

7.0

56'

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

The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: Piotr Zielinski, Pierluigi Gollini (6.8), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (8.4), Amir Rrahmani (8.5), Juan Jesus (7.1), Mário Rui (7.5), Jens Cajuste (7.1), Stanislav Lobotka (7.1), Gianluca Gaetano (6.8), Matteo Politano (7.3), Giovanni Simeone (7.5) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Giacomo Raspadori (7.0), Diego Demme (7.0), Nikita Contini, Hubert Idasiak, Alessio Zerbin (7.5), Jesper Lindstrøm, Luigi D’Avino, Leo Østigård, Alessandro Zanoli and Francesco Gioielli.

Napoli could not rely on the presence of Diego Demme (injured).

Substitutions

Napoli made 3 changes: Gianluca Gaetano for Giacomo Raspadori (56′), Matteo Politano for Alessio Zerbin (66′) and Jens Cajuste for Diego Demme (77′).

Player of the match: Amir Rrahmani

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Amir Rrahmani .

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 108 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 8.

Salernitana – Formation

Salernitana

Guillermo Ochoa 13.Mexico

7.3

Matteo Lovato 66.Italy

7.0

Federico Fazio 17.Argentina

6.6

Norbert Gyömbér 23.Slovakia

6.7

84'

Junior Sambia 6.France

7.1

90'

Domagoj Bradarić 3.Croatia

7.0

90'

Agustín Martegani 7.Argentina

6.8

Emil Bohinen 8.Norway

Antonio Candreva 87.Italy

7.5

29'

Mateusz Łęgowski 99.Poland

6.3

66'

43'

Simy 9.Nigeria

6.8

90'

Loum Tchaouna 33.France

6.4

Substitutes

Vincenzo Fiorillo 1.Italy

Benoît Costil 56.France

Dylan Bronn 28.Tunisia

6.4

90'

Flavius Daniliuc 5.Austria

6.3

84'

Niccolò Pierozzi 27.Italy

6.4

66'

Andres Sfait 36.Romania

Erik Botheim 11.Norway

Trivante Stewart 19.Jamaica

Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi 22.Nigeria

6.8

90'

Salernitana started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Filippo Inzaghi played with: Emil Bohinen , Guillermo Ochoa (7.3), Norbert Gyomber (6.7), Matteo Lovato (7.0), Federico Fazio (6.6), Junior Sambia (7.1), Mateusz Legowski (6.3), Agustín Martegani (6.8), Domagoj Bradaric (7.0), Loum Tchaouna (6.4), Simy (6.8) and Antonio Candreva (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Flavius Daniliuc (6.3), Benoît Costil, Andres Sfait, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Erik Botheim, Trivante Stewart, Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (6.8), Dylan Bronn (6.4) and Niccolò Pierozzi (6.4).

Salernitana could not rely on the presence of Flavius Daniliuc (injured).

Substitutions

Salernitana made 4 changes: Norbert Gyomber for Flavius Daniliuc (84′), Mateusz Legowski for Niccolò Pierozzi (66′), Simy for Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (90′) and Junior Sambia for Dylan Bronn (90′).