NAPOLI. Napoli topped Bologna.
The match was played at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Cosso with the assistance of Edoardo Raspollini and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Giovanni Ayroldi. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.6 degrees Celsius or 67.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Napoli was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Bologna that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Napoli shot 30 times, 10 on target, 20 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bologna shot 15 times, 2 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Napoli didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Bologna received 4 yellow cards (N. Dominguez, L. Skorupski, N. Sansone and C. Lykogiannis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Napoli will have 26 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Bologna will stay with 7 points like Lecce to sit in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will host Udinese on the 12th of November with a 18-5 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (9 draws).
Bologna will play away agasint Inter on the 9th of November with a 16-5 head to head stats in favor of Inter (7 draws).
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
45'
77'
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luciano Spalletti decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Min-jae Kim , Juan Jesus , Mário Rui , Tanguy Ndombélé , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Matteo Politano , Giacomo Raspadori and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Zanoli, Hirving Lozano , Leo Østigård, Victor Osimhen , Gianluca Gaetano, Davide Marfella, Eljif Elmas , Alessio Zerbin, Diego Demme , Karim Zedadka, Mathías Olivera , Salvatore Sirigu and Giovanni Simeone.
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: M. Politano for H. Lozano (46′), G. Raspadori for V. Osimhen (46′), T. Ndombele for E. Elmas (71′), M. Rui for M. Olivera (77′) and S. Lobotka for D. Demme (82′).
Best player: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Khvicha Kvaratskhelia even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 32 passes (78% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Bologna – Formation
Bologna
58'
Bologna started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thiago Motta played with: Łukasz Skorupski , Stefan Posch , Kevin Bonifazi , Jhon Lucumi , Andrea Cambiaso , Gary Medel , Nicolás Domínguez , Musa Barrow , Lewis Ferguson , Michel Aebischer and Joshua Zirkzee .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Joaquín Sosa, Nicola Sansone , Francesco Raffaelli, Antonio Raimondo, Adama Soumaoro, Francesco Bardi, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Roberto Soriano, Riccardo Orsolini, Charalampos Lykogiannis and Nikola Moro .
Substitutions
Bologna made 4 changes: G. Medel for N. Moro (71′), S. Posch for C. Lykogiannis (77′), M. Aebischer for N. Sansone (78′) and A. Cambiaso for L. De Silvestri (89′).
Best player: Andrea Cambiaso
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Andrea Cambiaso.
His rating is with 52 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Inter – Salernitana – 2-0
- Hellas Verona – Milan – 1-2
- Spezia – Cremonese – 2-2
- Napoli – Bologna – 3-2
- Lazio – Udinese – 0-0
