Napoli recovers a 0-1 deficit to best Fiorentina 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

FIRENZE. Napoli found a way to turn the table against Fiorentina to win 2-1.

October 4, 2021

FIRENZE. Napoli was able to turn the table against Fiorentina to win 2-1. It was Fiorentina to strike first with a goal of L. Martinez Quarta at the 28′. Then it was a goal in the 39′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Rrahmani gave the win to Napoli in the 50′ minute with a goal.

L. Insigne missed a penalty (39′) for Napoli.

L. Insigne missed 1 penalty (39′) for Napoli.

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Simone Sozza with the help of Daniele Bindoni and Alessandro Lo Cicero. The 4th official was Marco Serra. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.7 degrees Celsius or 69.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.

Match Statistics

Fiorentina

1 - 2

Napoli

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

10 Total 9
2 On Target 3
8 Off Target 6
4 Shots blocked 2

111 Attack 76
62 Dangerous attack 36
83 Ball safe 98

0 Penalties 1
8 Corners 2

Fouls

15 Total 13
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 6

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Fiorentina was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Napoli that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Napoli was capable to find the solution to win this contest.

Fiorentina shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Napoli shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards (G. Bonaventura, L. Martinez Quarta, V. Italiano and E. Pulgar). On the opposite side, Napoli received 3 yellow cards (A. Z. Anguissa, M. Rui and D. Demme).

Match Timeline

Lucas Martínez Quarta(goal)D. Vlahovic

28'

Giacomo Bonaventura- Yellow

31'

Lucas Martínez Quarta- Yellow

36'

39'

50'

Amir Rrahmani(goal)P. Zielinski

53'

54'

Frank Anguissa- Yellow

Riccardo Sottil- sub ->J. Callejon

57'

Matteo Politano- sub ->H. Lozano

57'

65'

68'

Mário Rui- Yellow

70'

Marco Benassi- sub ->A. Odriozola

77'

78'

84'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Fiorentina will stay with 12 points to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Napoli will have 21 points to stay in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Venezia on the 18th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Napoli will host Torino on the 17th of October with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Napoli (6 draws).

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina

Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland

7.6

Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy

6.6

Álvaro Odriozola 29.Spain

6.0

77'

Lucas Martínez Quarta 2.Argentina

6.9

36'

28'

Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia

6.8

Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana

7.0

78'

Erick Pulgar 15.Chile

6.7

65'

53'

José Callejón 7.Spain

6.4

57'

Nicolás González 22.Argentina

5.9

Giacomo Bonaventura 5.Italy

6.8

77'

31'

Dušan Vlahović 9.Serbia

6.8

Substitutes

Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy

Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia

Igor 98.Brazil

Matija Nastasic 55.Serbia

Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy

Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay

7.0

65'

Marco Benassi 24.Italy

6.6

77'

Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco

7.0

77'

Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco

Louis Munteanu 67.Romania

Aleksandr Kokorin 91.Russia

6.6

78'

Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy

6.5

57'

Fiorentina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Bartłomiej Drągowski (7.6), Álvaro Odriozola (6.0), Nikola Milenković (6.8), Lucas Martínez Quarta (6.9), Cristiano Biraghi (6.6), José Callejón (6.4), Erick Pulgar (6.7), Alfred Duncan (7.0), Nicolás González (5.9), Giacomo Bonaventura (6.8) and Dušan Vlahović (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Torreira (7.0), Pietro Terracciano, Aleksa Terzić, Igor Júlio, Marco Benassi (6.6), Matija Nastasić, Louis Munteanu, Aleksandr Kokorin (6.6), Youssef Maleh (7.0), Riccardo Sottil (6.5), Sofyan Amrabat and Lorenzo Venuti.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: J. Callejon for R. Sottil (57′), E. Pulgar for L. Torreira (65′), A. Odriozola for M. Benassi (77′), G. Bonaventura for Y. Maleh (77′) and A. Duncan for A. Kokorin (78′).

Best player: Bartłomiej Drągowski

The player that probably impressed the most for Fiorentina was the goalkeeper: Bartłomiej Drągowski. His rating is 7.63. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.

Napoli – Formation

Napoli

D. Ospina 25.Colombia

6.7

Mário Rui 6.Portugal

7.1

68'

Kalidou Koulibaly 26.Senegal

7.4

G. Di Lorenzo 22.Italy

7.0

Amir Rrahmani 13.Kosovo

7.6

50'

Piotr Zieliński 20.Poland

7.3

57'

Fabián Ruiz 8.Spain

6.6

84'

Frank Anguissa 99.Cameroon

6.6

54'

Lorenzo Insigne 24.Italy

6.2

70'

Hirving Lozano 11.Mexico

7.1

57'

39'

Victor Osimhen 9.Nigeria

7.1

84'

Substitutes

A. Meret 1.Italy

D. Marfella 12.Italy

Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy

Konstantinos Manolas 44.Greece

Kévin Malcuit 2.France

Faouzi Ghoulam 31.Algeria

Juan Jesus 5.Brazil

Eljif Elmas 7.Macedonia

6.5

57'

Diego Demme 4.Germany

6.3

70'

90'

Dries Mertens 14.Belgium

6.6

84'

Andrea Petagna 37.Italy

6.4

84'

Matteo Politano 21.Italy

6.7

57'

Napoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Luciano Spalletti played with: David Ospina (6.7), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.0), Amir Rrahmani (7.6), Kalidou Koulibaly (7.4), Mário Rui (7.1), Fabián Ruiz (6.6), André Zambo Anguissa (6.6), Hirving Lozano (7.1), Piotr Zieliński (7.3), Lorenzo Insigne (6.2) and Victor Osimhen (7.1).

They had on the bench: Dries Mertens (6.6), Alex Meret, Alessandro Zanoli, Konstantinos Manolas, Kévin Malcuit, Andrea Petagna (6.4), Eljif Elmas (6.5), Davide Marfella, Faouzi Ghoulam, Juan Jesus, Matteo Politano (6.7) and Diego Demme (6.3).

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: H. Lozano for M. Politano (57′), P. Zielinski for E. Elmas (57′), L. Insigne for D. Demme (70′), V. Osimhen for A. Petagna (84′) and F. Ruiz for D. Mertens (84′).