NAPOLI. Napoli and Inter draw 1-1. L. Insigne scored the first goal (7′) for Napoli. E. Dzeko equalized (47′).

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri with the help of Alessandro Costanzo and Daniele Bindoni. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.9 degrees Celsius or 53.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Napoli was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Inter that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Inter was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Inter to win the match​.

Napoli shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Inter shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 1 yellow card (L. Insigne). On the opposite side, Inter received 1 yellow card (M. Brozovic).

Standings

After playing this match, Napoli will have 53 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Inter will have 54 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away against Cagliari on the 21st of February with a 16-4 head to head in favor of Napoli (7 draws).

Inter will host Sassuolo on the 20th of February with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Inter (2 draws).

Napoli – Formation

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: David Ospina (6.2), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.7), Amir Rrahmani (7.0), Kalidou Koulibaly (7.8), Mário Rui (6.6), Fabián Ruiz (6.7), Stanislav Lobotka (6.8), Matteo Politano (6.3), Piotr Zieliński (6.9), Lorenzo Insigne (7.2) and Victor Osimhen (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Dries Mertens (6.4), Alessandro Zanoli, Juan Jesus (6.6), Faouzi Ghoulam, Diego Demme, Alex Meret, Kévin Malcuit, Adam Ounas (6.7), Davide Marfella, Eljif Elmas (6.4), André Zambo Anguissa (6.7) and Andrea Petagna.

Napoli could not rely on the presence of E. Elmas (injured).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: M. Politano for E. Elmas (26′), F. Ruiz for A. Z. Anguissa (74′), L. Insigne for A. Ounas (84′), V. Osimhen for D. Mertens (84′) and P. Zielinski for J. Jesus (84′).

Best player: Kalidou Koulibaly​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Kalidou Koulibaly.

His rating is (7.8) with 70 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Inter – Formation

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

Simone Inzaghi played with: Samir Handanovič (7.1), Milan Škriniar (7.0), Stefan de Vrij (6.8), Federico Dimarco (7.3), Denzel Dumfries (6.7), Nicolò Barella (6.1), Marcelo Brozović (6.8), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (6.3), Ivan Perišić (6.9), Edin Džeko (7.3) and Lautaro Martínez (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Felipe Caicedo, Aleksandar Kolarov, Arturo Vidal (6.8), Roberto Gagliardini, Alexis Sánchez (6.7), Matteo Darmian, Andrei Radu, Alex Cordaz, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Franco Carboni and Andrea Ranocchia.

Substitutions

Inter made 3 changes: L. Martinez for A. Sanchez (83′), H. Calhanoglu for A. Vidal (83′) and F. Dimarco for D. D’Ambrosio (90′).

Best player: Edin Džeko​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Inter was Edin Džeko.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 24 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Lazio – Bologna – 3-0
• Napoli – Inter – 1-1
• Torino – Venezia – 1-2