Napoli beats Torino 1-0 with a goal scored by F. Ruiz. HIGHLIGHTS

TORINO. Napoli defeats Torino 1-0 after F. Ruiz scored just 1 goal (73').

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Napoli beats Torino 1-0 with a goal scored by F. Ruiz. HIGHLIGHTS

TORINO. Napoli conquers Torino 1-0 after F. Ruiz scored just 1 goal (73′). Napoli capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

L. Insigne squandered a penalty (60′) for Napoli.​

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino stadium in Torino on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Prontera with the assistance of Stefano Liberti and Stefano Del Giovane. The 4th official was Niccolò Baroni. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.6 degrees Celsius or 60.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Torino

0 - 1

Team 1

Napoli

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 10 Total 12
  • 3 On Target 7
  • 7 Off Target 5
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 101 Attack 90
  • 29 Dangerous attack 40
  • 86 Ball safe 85
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 6 Corners 4
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 18 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 57% while Torino was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the encounter.​

Torino shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Napoli shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Torino received 2 yellow cards (M. Vojvoda and W. Singo). On the opposite side, Napoli received 3 yellow cards (D. Mertens, H. Lozano and A. Z. Anguissa).

Match Timeline

53'
Mërgim Vojvoda- Yellow
55'
56'
60'
65'
65'
Karol Linetty- sub ->S. Ricci
66'
68'
Matteo Politano- sub ->H. Lozano
68'
Piotr Zieliński- sub ->D. Mertens
Koffi Djidji - sub ->A. Izzo
70'
73'
77'
77'
Stanislav Lobotka- sub ->F. Ruiz
79'
Pietro Pellegri- sub ->J. Brekalo
81'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Milan
86
38
Inter
84
38
Napoli
79
38
Juventus
70
38
Lazio
64
38
Roma
63
38
Fiorentina
62
38
Atalanta
59
38
Hellas Verona
53
38
Torino
50
38
Sassuolo
50
38
Udinese
47
38
Bologna
46
38
Empoli
41
38
Sampdoria
36
38
Spezia
36
38
Salernitana
31
38
Cagliari
30
38
Genoa
28
38
Venezia
27
38

After playing this match, Torino will stay with 47 points like Sassuolo to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Napoli will have 73 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Torino will play away against Hellas Verona on the 14th of May with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Torino (8 draws).

Napoli will host Genoa on the 15th of May with a 16-7 head to head record in favor of Napoli (8 draws).

Torino – Formation

Torino
G
Etrit Berisha  1.Albania
8.0
D
Ricardo Rodríguez 13.Switzerland
6.6
D
Armando Izzo 5.Italy
6.2
70'
D
Bremer 3.Brazil
6.4
M
Mërgim Vojvoda 27.Kosovo
7.4
65' 55'
M
Wilfried Singo 17.Ivory Coast
6.8
79'
M
Rolando Mandragora 38.Italy
7.3
65'
M
Samuele Ricci 28.Italy
6.4
66'
F
Dennis Praet 22.Belgium
6.6
F
Josip Brekalo 14.Croatia
7.0
81'
F
Andrea Belotti 9.Italy
7.3
Substitutes
G
Vanja Milinković-Savić 32.Serbia
G
Luca Gemello 89.Italy
D
Ola Aina 34.Nigeria
D
Cristian Ansaldi 15.Argentina
6.5
65'
D
Koffi Djidji  26.Ivory Coast
6.5
70'
D
David Zima 6.Czech Republic
M
Tommaso Pobega  4.Italy
6.6
65'
M
Karol Linetty 77.Poland
6.2
66'
F
Marko Pjaca 11.Croatia
F
Pietro Pellegri 64.Italy
6.3
81'
F
Demba Seck 23.Senegal

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

The manager Ivan Juric decided to play with the following team: .

Torino could not rely on the presence of K. Djidji (injured).

Substitutions

Torino made 5 changes: M. Vojvoda for C. Ansaldi (66′), R. Mandragora for T. Pobega (66′), S. Ricci for K. Linetty (66′), A. Izzo for K. Djidji (70′) and J. Brekalo for P. Pellegri (81′).

Napoli – Formation

Napoli
G
D. Ospina 25.Colombia
7.2
D
Mário Rui 6.Portugal
7.6
D
Kalidou Koulibaly  26.Senegal
7.5
D
Giovanni Di Lorenzo 22.Italy
7.1
D
Amir Rrahmani 13.Kosovo
6.4
M
Fabián Ruiz 8.Spain
7.8
77' Goals73'
M
Frank Anguissa 99.Cameroon
7.1
M
Dries Mertens 14.Belgium
7.4
68' 53'
M
Lorenzo Insigne 24.Italy
6.2
77'
M
Hirving Lozano 11.Mexico
6.8
68' 56'
F
Victor Osimhen 9.Nigeria
7.3
90'
Substitutes
G
Alex Meret 1.Italy
D
Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy
D
Juan Jesus 5.Brazil
D
Kévin Malcuit 2.France
D
Axel Tuanzebe 3.England
M
Adam Ounas 33.Algeria
M
Diego Demme 4.Germany
M
Eljif Elmas 7.Macedonia
6.6
77' 90'
M
Piotr Zieliński 20.Poland
6.4
68'
M
Stanislav Lobotka 68.Slovakia
6.8
77'
F
Andrea Petagna 37.Italy
90'
F
Matteo Politano 21.Italy
6.4
68'

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

Luciano Spalletti played with: .

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: H. Lozano for M. Politano (68′), D. Mertens for P. Zielinski (68′), L. Insigne for E. Elmas (77′), F. Ruiz for D. Demme (77′) and V. Osimhen for A. Petagna (90′).

Results of the day

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