NAPOLI. Napoli bounces back against Roma with a goal on the T. Abraham 88′ and a penalty kick on the P. Dybala  59′.

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Simone Sozza with the assistance of Filippo Bercigli and Marco Scatragli. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.27 degrees Celsius or 70.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Napoli was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Roma that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 9 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Napoli to win the match​.

Napoli shot 27 times, 9 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Roma shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Amir Rrahmani and Frank Anguissa). On the opposite side, Roma didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this contest, Napoli has 50 points like Fiorentina to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Roma will has 59 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away with Udinese on the 5th of May with a 20-5 head to head in favor of Napoli (10 draws).

Roma will host Juventus on the 5th of May with a 23-10 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (8 draws).

Napoli – Formation

Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Francesco Calzona decided to play with the following team: Piotr Zieliński, Alex Meret (7.0), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.0), Amir Rrahmani (7.3), Juan Jesus (6.3), Mathías Olivera (7.3), Frank Anguissa (6.4), Stanislav Lobotka (7.0), Jens Cajuste (7.5), Matteo Politano (7.3), Victor Osimhen (8.2) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Natan, Hamed Junior Traorè (6.7), Nikita Contini, Hubert Idasiak, Giovanni Simeone, Cyril Ngonge (7.3), Jesper Lindstrøm, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Leander Dendoncker, Leo Østigård (6.3), Giacomo Raspadori (6.8) and Mário Rui.

Substitutions

Napoli made 4 changes: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Giacomo Raspadori (86′), Hamed Junior Traorè for Leo Østigård (88′), Jens Cajuste for Hamed Junior Traorè (69′) and Matteo Politano for Cyril Ngonge (70′).

Player of the match: Victor Osimhen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Victor Osimhen.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 14 passes (71% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Roma – Formation

Also Roma adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Daniele De Rossi played with: Rick Karsdorp, Mile Svilar (8.9), Rasmus Kristensen  (6.8), Gianluca Mancini (7.1), Evan Ndicka (7.5), Leonardo Spinazzola (7.1), Edoardo Bove (6.6), Bryan Cristante (7.0), Lorenzo Pellegrini (6.6), Paulo Dybala  (7.3), Sardar Azmoun  (7.0) and Stephan El Shaarawy (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rui Patrício, Zeki Çelik, Renato Sanches  (6.4), Houssem Aouar, Tommaso Baldanzi (6.4), Nicola Zalewski, R. Pagano, Pietro Boer, João Costa, Dean Huijsen, Angeliño (6.3) and Tammy Abraham (7.5).

Substitutions

Roma made 4 changes: Rasmus Kristensen  for Tommaso Baldanzi (86′), Edoardo Bove for Renato Sanches  (69′), Sardar Azmoun  for Tammy Abraham (69′) and Stephan El Shaarawy for Angeliño (61′).

Player of the match: Mile Svilar​

The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was the goalkeeper: Mile Svilar. His rating is 8.87. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Inter – Torino – 2-0
• Napoli – Roma – 2-2
• Fiorentina – Sassuolo – 5-1
• Bologna – Udinese – 1-1
• Atalanta – Empoli – 2-0