Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Verona 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 18': Giovanni Di Lorenzo
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1 - 1
  • 13': Giovanni Simeone
  • Red Card 88': Daniel Bessa
  • Red Card 90'+3': Nikola Kalinic

Leaders Napoli stumble to Verona draw as Simeone strikes again

Napoli dropped points for the second time this season in Serie A with a 1-1 draw at home to Hellas Verona on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 13': Goal! Napoli 0, Verona 1. Giovanni Simeone (Verona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antonin Barak.
  • 18': Goal! Napoli 1, Verona 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz following a set piece situation.
  • 31': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Antonin Barak (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Napoli 1, Verona 1.
  • 58': Miguel Veloso (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  • 62': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski because of an injury.
  • 68': Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Substitution, Verona. Kevin Lasagna replaces Giovanni Simeone.
  • 75': Substitution, Verona. Daniel Bessa replaces Antonin Barak.
  • 80': Daniel Bessa (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 84': Substitution, Verona. Nikola Kalinic replaces Gianluca Caprari.
  • 84': Substitution, Verona. Giangiacomo Magnani replaces Koray Günter.
  • 85': Nikola Kalinic (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  • 86': Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 87': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Second yellow card to Daniel Bessa (Verona) for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
  • 90'+3': Second yellow card to Nikola Kalinic (Verona).

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 18,299

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+6 AC Milan 5 12 1
+5 Napoli 5 12 1
+4 AS Roma 5 12 1
+4 Juventus 5 11 0
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Statistics

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19 Fouls 16
3 Yellow Cards 2
2 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 3
0 Saves 2
41.6 Possession 58.4
11 SHOTS 16
3 ON GOAL 1
0.3 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
280 Accurate Passes 415
358 Passes 500
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 3
7 Crosses 13
0.1 Cross % 0.2
59 Long Balls 63
28 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
6 Blocked Shots 7
14 Effective Tackles 9
22 Tackles 19
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 14
17 Effective Clearances 7
17 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 David Ospina (GK)
5 Juan Jesus
13 Amir Rrahmani Yellow Card
6 Mário Rui
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
20 Piotr Zielinski
8 Fabián Ruiz
99 Frank Anguissa
9 Victor Osimhen Yellow Card
24 Lorenzo Insigne
21 Matteo Politano

VER Hellas Verona (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
96 Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
21 Koray Günter
17 Federico Ceccherini
27 Pawel Dawidowicz Yellow Card
4 Miguel Veloso Yellow Card
61 Adrien Tamèze
16 Nicolo Casale
5 Davide Faraoni
99 Giovanni Simeone
10 Gianluca Caprari
7 Antonín Barák

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