Napoli beats Venezia with a 2-0 win with a penalty from L. Insigne 62min and a goal from E. Elmas 73min.
The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in NAPOLI on Sunday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Aureliano. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.1 degrees Celsius or 77.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Both teams adopted the same aggressive line-up.
Napoli – Formation
Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Konstantinos Manolas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mário Rui, Fabián Ruiz, Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zieliński, Matteo Politano, Victor Osimhen and Lorenzo Insigne.
The home team had on the bench: Andrea Petagna, Davide Marfella, Gianluca Gaetano, Eljif Elmas, Alessandro Zanoli, Juan Jesus, David Ospina, Adam Ounas, Kévin Malcuit, Amir Rrahmani, Luca Palmiero and Hirving Lozano.
Napoli could not rely on the presence of E. Elmas (injured).
Venezia – Formation
On the other side, Paolo Spalletti played with: Niki Mäenpää, Tyronne Ebuehi, Mattia Caldara, Pietro Ceccaroni, Cristian Molinaro, Dor Peretz, Luca Fiordilino, Daan Heymans, Dennis Johnsen, Francesco Forte and Francesco Di Mariano.
They had on the bench: Jacopo Dezi, Bruno Bertinato, Tanner Tessmann, Arnór Sigurðsson, David Schnegg, Michael Svoboda, Luca Lezzerini, Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason, Óttar Magnús Karlsson and Nicolas Galazzi.
Napoli was in firm control of the ball 56% while Venezia was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Match Timeline
After this match, Napoli will have 3 points while Venezia will stay with 0 points.
In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will play away Genoa on the 29th of August with a 15-7 head to head in favor of Napoli (6 draw). Venezia will play away Udinese on the 27th of August with a 0-0 head to head record.