Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Sampdoria 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 43': Andrea Petagna
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Petagna stunner ends Napoli's rotten home run against Sampdoria

An acrobatic Andrea Petagna effort earned Napoli a 1-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday to keep Luciano Spalletti's side in the hunt for the title.

Match Commentary

  • 30': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Lorenzo Insigne because of an injury.
  • 43': Goal! Napoli 1, Sampdoria 0. Andrea Petagna (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  • 45'+1': Julian Chabot (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Sampdoria. Tomás Rincón replaces Albin Ekdal.
  • 45': Substitution, Sampdoria. Wladimiro Falcone replaces Emil Audero because of an injury.
  • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 1, Sampdoria 0.
  • 72': Substitution, Sampdoria. Francesco Caputo replaces Riccardo Ciervo.
  • 75': Substitution, Sampdoria. Nicola Murru replaces Tommaso Augello.
  • 80': Substitution, Napoli. Axel Tuanzebe replaces Faouzi Ghoulam.
  • 80': Substitution, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz replaces Diego Demme.
  • 89': Substitution, Sampdoria. Gerard Yepes replaces Alex Ferrari.
  • 90'+1': Nicola Murru (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Sampdoria 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 9,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Internazionale 26 64 4
+21 AC Milan 26 54 2
+12 Napoli 26 50 6
+18 AS Roma 26 50 8
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
0 Corner Kicks 13
4 Saves 1
31.2 Possession 68.8
11 SHOTS 22
1 ON GOAL 5
0.1 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
245 Accurate Passes 639
322 Passes 709
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 6
9 Crosses 27
0.4 Cross % 0.2
50 Long Balls 30
18 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
4 Blocked Shots 8
4 Effective Tackles 10
9 Tackles 13
0.4 Tackle % 0.8
11 Interceptions 4
25 Effective Clearances 8
25 Clearances 8

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 David Ospina (GK)
5 Juan Jesus
13 Amir Rrahmani
31 Faouzi Ghoulam
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
14 Dries Mertens
68 Stanislav Lobotka
4 Diego Demme
37 Andrea Petagna
24 Lorenzo Insigne
7 Eljif Elmas

SAM Sampdoria (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Emil Audero (GK)
4 Jeff Chabot Yellow Card
25 Alex Ferrari
3 Tommaso Augello
19 Radu Dragusin
16 Kristoffer Askildsen
6 Albin Ekdal
2 Morten Thorsby
11 Riccardo Ciervo
27 Fabio Quagliarella
23 Manolo Gabbiadini

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