NAPOLI. Napoli tops Lecce 1-0 after G. Di scored just 1 goal (73′). Napoli was vastly better in terms of ball possession (65%) 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 Paride Tremolada with the help of Alessio Tolfo and Marco Trinchieri. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.09 degrees Celsius or 73.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Napoli had a superior ball possession 65% while Lecce was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Napoli shot 24 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lecce shot 11 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Napoli received 3 yellow cards (Ante Rebić, Giovanni Di Lorenzo and C. Ngonge). Talking about the opposition, Lecce received 2 yellow cards (Santiago Pierotti and Ante Rebić).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Napoli has 22 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Lecce stays with 5 points to sit in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away against Milan on the 29th of October with a 13-11 head to head record in favor of Napoli (13 draws).
Lecce will host Hellas Verona on the 29th of October with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Hellas Verona (2 draws).
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
51'
73'
72'
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Antonio Conte decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Alessandro Buongiorno , Mathías Olivera , André Zambo Anguissa , B. Gilmour , S. McTominay , C. Ngonge , Romelu Lukaku and David Neres .
The home team had on the bench: Juan Jesus, Claudio Turi, Rafa Marín, Giovanni Simeone, Matteo Politano , Alessio Zerbin, Elia Caprile, Pasquale Mazzocchi, K. Kvaratskhelia , Giacomo Raspadori and Michael Folorunsho .
Substitutions
Napoli made 4 changes: Romelu Lukaku for Michael Folorunsho (85′), C. Ngonge for Matteo Politano (57′), David Neres for Giacomo Raspadori (72′) and B. Gilmour for Nicola Sansone (72′).
Player of the match: Giovanni Di Lorenzo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
His rating is with 1 goal, 38 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Lecce – Formation
Lecce
Lecce started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Luca Gotti played with: Wladimiro Falcone , Andy Pelmard , Kialonda Gaspar , Federico Baschirotto , P. Dorgu , Santiago Pierotti , Y. Ramadani , Lassana Coulibaly , Hamza Rafia , Lameck Banda and N. Krstović .
They had on the bench: Christian Früchtl, Ante Rebić , Tete Morente, Rémi Oudin , Nicola Sansone , Gaby Jean, Ed McJannet, Jasper Samooja, Balthazar Pierret , Mohamed Kaba and Alexandru Borbei.
Substitutions
Lecce made 4 changes: Hamza Rafia for Balthazar Pierret (69′), Lameck Banda for K. Kvaratskhelia (69′), Santiago Pierotti for Rémi Oudin (83′) and Lassana Coulibaly for Ante Rebić (77′).
Player of the match: Wladimiro Falcone
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was the goalkeeper: Wladimiro Falcone. His rating is 7.96. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
