NAPOLI. FC Barcelona and Napoli draw 1-1. R. Lewandowski scored the first goal (60′) for FC Barcelona. V. Osimhen equalized (75′).
The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Felix Zwayer who had the assistance of Stefan Lupp and Robert Kempter. The 4th official was Sven Jablonski. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 14.33 degrees Celsius or 57.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 6 Total 12
- 1 On Target 6
- 3 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 117 Attack 111
- 53 Dangerous attack 51
- 68 Ball safe 68
- 15 Free Kicks 15
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Napoli was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. FC Barcelona that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Napoli to win the match.
Napoli shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, FC Barcelona shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Napoli didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards (Frenkie de Jong, Andreas Christensen and Iñigo Martínez ).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Napoli has 10 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, FC Barcelona will has 12 points like Porto to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, Napoli will play away against FC Barcelona on the 12th of March with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of FC Barcelona (3 draws).
FC Barcelona will host Napoli on the 12th of March with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of FC Barcelona (3 draws).
Napoli and FC Barcelona will play the return match on the at the
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
68'
75'
Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Francesco Calzona decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Juan Jesus , Mathías Olivera , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Jens Cajuste , Matteo Politano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The home team had on the bench: Natan, Mário Rui, Hamed Junior Traorè , Nikita Contini, Giovanni Simeone , Jesper Lindstrøm , Giacomo Raspadori , Pierluigi Gollini , Leo Østigård and Pasquale Mazzocchi.
Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: Matteo Politano for Giacomo Raspadori (77′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Jesper Lindstrøm (68′), Jens Cajuste for Hamed Junior Traorè (68′) and Victor Osimhen for Giovanni Simeone (77′).
Player of the match: Alex Meret
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was the goalkeeper: Alex Meret. His rating is 7.75. He performed 5 saves.
FC Barcelona – Formation
FC Barcelona
76'
Also FC Barcelona adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Xavier Hernández Creus played with: Marc-André ter Stegen , Jules Koundé , Ronald Araújo , Iñigo Martínez , João Cancelo , İlkay Gündoğan , Andreas Christensen , Frenkie de Jong , Lamine Yamal , Robert Lewandowski and Pedri .
They had on the bench: Raphinha , Iñaki Peña, João Félix , Oriol Romeu , Vitor Roque, Sergi Roberto , Ander Astralaga, Marc Casadó, Fermín López, Pau Cubarsí, Marc Guiu and Héctor Fort.
Substitutions
FC Barcelona made 3 changes: Lamine Yamal for Raphinha (80′), Pedri for João Félix (86′) and Andreas Christensen for Oriol Romeu (86′).
Player of the match: Pedri
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Barcelona was Pedri.
His rating is with 42 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
