Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Udinese 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

  • 15': Victor Osimhen
  • 31': Piotr Zielinski
  • 58': Eljif Elmas
FT
3 - 2
  • 79': Ilija Nestorovski
  • 82': Lazar Samardzic

Napoli hold off Udinese fightback to seal 11th successive win

Napoli held off a fightback from Udinese to set a club record of 11 consecutive Serie A victories within a season.

Match Commentary

  • 15': Goal! Napoli 1, Udinese 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas with a cross.
  • 25': Juan Jesus (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Substitution, Udinese. Isaac Success replaces Gerard Deulofeu because of an injury.
  • 27': Walace (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Goal! Napoli 2, Udinese 0. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
  • 37': Roberto Pereyra (Udinese) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Mathías Olivera.
  • 56': Substitution, Udinese. Lazar Samardzic replaces Tolgay Arslan.
  • 58': Goal! Napoli 3, Udinese 0. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frank Anguissa following a fast break.
  • 60': Substitution, Napoli. Leo Östigard replaces Juan Jesus.
  • 60': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 67': Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 71': Substitution, Udinese. Mato Jajalo replaces Walace.
  • 71': Substitution, Udinese. Ilija Nestorovski replaces Beto.
  • 78': Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Goal! Napoli 3, Udinese 1. Ilija Nestorovski (Udinese) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isaac Success.
  • 82': Goal! Napoli 3, Udinese 2. Lazar Samardzic (Udinese) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 84': Enzo Ebosse (Udinese) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 37,363

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 2
36.8 Possession 63.2
10 SHOTS 15
4 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
295 Accurate Passes 552
367 Passes 643
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 5
14 Crosses 15
0.3 Cross % 0.3
41 Long Balls 45
18 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 5
8 Effective Tackles 10
14 Tackles 22
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
8 Interceptions 8
19 Effective Clearances 17
19 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
5 Juan Jesus Yellow Card
3 Kim Min-Jae
17 Mathías Olivera
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
20 Piotr Zielinski
99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
9 Victor Osimhen
7 Eljif Elmas
11 Hirving Lozano

UDI Udinese (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Marco Silvestri (GK)
29 Jaka Bijol
23 Enzo Ebosse Yellow Card
18 Nehuén Pérez
5 Tolgay Arslan
4 Sandi Lovric
11 Walace Yellow Card
37 Roberto Pereyra Yellow Card
19 Kingsley Ehizibue
10 Gerard Deulofeu
9 Beto

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