Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Salernitana 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 17': Juan Jesus
  • 45'+4': Dries Mertens (P)
  • 47': Amir Rrahmani
  • 53': Lorenzo Insigne (P)
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4 - 1
  • 33': Federico Bonazzoli
  • Red Card 51': Frederic Veseli

Napoli thrash Salernitana to keep pace with Serie A leaders

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Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 17': Goal! Napoli 1, Salernitana 0. Juan Jesus (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas following a corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 21': VAR Decision: Goal Napoli 1-0 Salernitana (Eljif Elmas).
  • 23': Filippo Delli Carri (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Joel Obi (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 33': Goal! Napoli 1, Salernitana 1. Federico Bonazzoli (Salernitana) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wajdi Kechrida with a cross.
  • 36': Substitution, Salernitana. Pawel Jaroszynski replaces Andrea Schiavone because of an injury.
  • 45'+3': Frederic Veseli (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': Goal! Napoli 2, Salernitana 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 2, Salernitana 1.
  • 47': Goal! Napoli 3, Salernitana 1. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens following a corner.
  • 51': Second yellow card to Frederic Veseli (Salernitana) for hand ball.
  • 53': Goal! Napoli 4, Salernitana 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 62': Substitution, Salernitana. Alessandro Russo replaces Edoardo Vergani.
  • 64': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 64': Substitution, Napoli. Victor Osimhen replaces Dries Mertens.
  • 76': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
  • 76': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 79': Substitution, Salernitana. Simy replaces Federico Bonazzoli.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 3,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+47 Napoli 37 87 4
+28 Lazio 37 71 8
+28 Internazionale 37 69 12
+19 AC Milan 37 67 8
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
3 Offsides 1
10 Corner Kicks 0
0 Saves 10
81.8 POSSESSION 18.2
26 SHOTS 1
14 ON GOAL 1
0.5 On Target % 1.0
2 Penalty Goals 0
2 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
870 Accurate Passes 136
934 Passes 209
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
4 Accurate Crosses 2
23 Crosses 4
0.2 Cross % 0.5
32 Long Balls 50
24 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.8 Long Balls % 0.3
8 Blocked Shots 0
7 Effective Tackles 6
11 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
1 Interceptions 9
3 Effective Clearances 27
3 Clearances 27

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
5 Juan Jesus
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
20 Piotr Zielinski
68 Stanislav Lobotka
8 Fabián Ruiz
14 Dries Mertens
7 Eljif Elmas
11 Hirving Lozano

SAL Salernitana (4-5-1)

No. Name
72 Vid Belec (GK)
31 Riccardo Gagliolo
26 Luka Bogdan
33 Filippo Delli Carri Yellow Card
5 Frederic Veseli Yellow Card
8 Andrea Schiavone
22 Joel Obi Yellow Card
14 Francesco Di Tacchio
24 Wajdi Kechrida
63 Edoardo Vergani
9 Federico Bonazzoli

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