Napoli prevails over Spezia 1-0 with a late goal scored by G. Raspadori. HIGHLIGHTS

NAPOLI. Napoli snatched a late win Spezia 1-0 after G. Raspadori scored just 1 goal (89').

September 10, 2022

NAPOLI. Napoli snatched a late win Spezia 1-0 after G. Raspadori scored just 1 goal (89′). Napoli was much better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Alberto Santoro who had the assistance of Damiano Margani and Marco D’Ascanio. The 4th official was Manuel Volpi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.

Match Statistics

Napoli

1 - 0

Spezia

! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

30 Total 9
7 On Target 3
23 Off Target 6
10 Shots blocked 2

110 Attack 66
76 Dangerous attack 26
70 Ball safe 83

0 Penalties 0
10 Corners 5
5 Off Sides 1

Fouls

6 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Napoli had a strong ball possession 64% while Spezia was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was putting more pressure with 76 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.

Napoli shot 30 times, 7 on target, 23 off target. Regarding the opposition, Spezia shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 3 yellow cards (E. Elmas, L. Spalletti and L. Spalletti). Regarding the opposition, Spezia received 2 yellow cards (E. Gyasi and B. Dragowski).

Match Timeline

45'

Stanislav Lobotka- sub ->T. Ndombele

46'

P. Zieliński- sub ->A. Z. Anguissa

57'

62'

Giovanni Simeone- sub ->K. Kvaratskhelia

67'

70'

Petko Hristov- sub ->Ethan Ampadu

71'

75'

77'

81'

Giacomo Raspadori(goal)Gianluca Gaetano

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Napoli will have 14 points to lose in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Spezia will stay with 5 points like Hellas Verona to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will host Torino on the 1st of October with a 14-4 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (6 draws).

Napoli – Formation

Napoli

Alex Meret 1.Italy

7.3

Juan Jesus 5.Brazil

7.2

Mário Rui 6.Portugal

7.6

Giovanni Di Lorenzo 22.Italy

7.8

Amir Rrahmani 13.Kosovo

7.2

Tanguy Ndombélé 91.France

6.5

46'

Frank Anguissa 99.Cameroon

7.3

57'

Eljif Elmas 7.Macedonia

7.2

75'

71'

Matteo Politano 21.Italy

6.8

57'

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 77.Georgia

7.3

67'

Giacomo Raspadori 81.Italy

7.4

89'

Substitutes

Salvatore Sirigu 30.Italy

D. Marfella 12.Italy

Mathías Olivera 17.Uruguay

Alessandro Zanoli 59.Italy

Min-jae Kim 3.South Korea

Leo Østigård 55.Norway

P. Zieliński 20.Poland

7.4

57'

Stanislav Lobotka 68.Slovakia

7.2

46'

Gianluca Gaetano 70.Italy

7.0

75'

Alessio Zerbin 23.Italy

Hirving Lozano 11.Mexico

6.1

57'

Giovanni Simeone 18.Argentina

6.7

67'

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

The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret (7.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.8), Amir Rrahmani (7.2), Juan Jesus (7.2), Mário Rui (7.6), André Zambo Anguissa (7.3), Tanguy Ndombélé (6.5), Eljif Elmas (7.2), Matteo Politano (6.8), Giacomo Raspadori (7.4) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: M. Olivera, A. Zerbin, Piotr Zieliński (7.4), Stanislav Lobotka (7.2), S. Sirigu, Gianluca Gaetano (7.0), Hirving Lozano (6.1), Giovanni Simeone (6.7), A. Zanoli, Kim Min-Jae, D. Marfella and L. Østigård.

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: T. Ndombele for S. Lobotka (46′), A. Z. Anguissa for P. Zielinski (57′), M. Politano for H. Lozano (57′), K. Kvaratskhelia for G. Simeone (67′) and E. Elmas for G. Gaetano (75′).

Best player: Giovanni Di Lorenzo

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Giovanni Di Lorenzo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 52 passes (90% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Spezia – Formation

Spezia

Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland

7.4

77'

Dimitrios Nikolaou 43.Greece

7.0

Ethan Ampadu 4.Wales

6.3

70'

J. Kiwior 14.Poland

7.4

Simone Bastoni 20.Italy

7.3

62'

Emil Holm 2.Sweden

7.3

Mehdi Bourabia 6.Morocco

7.2

70'

Arkadiusz Reca 13.Poland

7.1

K. Agudelo 33.Colombia

6.5

81'

M'Bala Nzola 18.Angola

6.6

Emmanuel Gyasi 11.Ghana

6.6

45'

Substitutes

Petar Zovko 40.Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jeroen Zoet 1.Netherlands

J. Sala 7.Italy

6.3

81'

Mattia Caldara 29.Italy

Petko Hristov 15.Bulgaria

6.4

70'

David Strelec 44.Slovakia

Mikael Egill Ellertsson 28.Iceland

6.4

70'

Julius Beck 16.Denmark

Viktor Kovalenko 24.Ukraine

6.3

62'

Aimar Sher 31.Sweden

Leandro Sanca 89.Guinea-Bissau

Spezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Luca Gotti played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski (7.4), Ethan Ampadu (6.3), Jakub Kiwior (7.4), Dimitris Nikolaou (7.0), Emil Holm (7.3), Kevin Agudelo (6.5), Mehdi Bourabia (7.2), Simone Bastoni (7.3), Arkadiusz Reca (7.1), M’Bala Nzola (6.6) and Emmanuel Gyasi (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: D. Strelec, Mikael Ellertsson (6.4), Jacopo Sala (6.3), M. Caldara, P. Zovko, Petko Hristov (6.4), J. Beck, Leandro Sanca, Viktor Kovalenko (6.3), A. Sher and J. Zoet.

Substitutions

Spezia made 4 changes: S. Bastoni for V. Kovalenko (62′), E. Ampadu for P. Hristov (70′), M. Bourabia for M. E. Ellertsson (70′) and K. Agudelo for J. Sala (81′).