Italian Serie A

Fiorentina vs Napoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 28': Lucas Martínez Quarta
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  • 38': Hirving Lozano
  • 50': Amir Rrahmani

Napoli recover to maintain perfect start atop Serie A

Napoli came from behind to earn a 2-1 victory at Fiorentina in Serie A on Sunday and maintain a perfect start to the season.

Match Commentary

  • 28': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 0. Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dusan Vlahovic following a corner.
  • 31': Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Penalty saved! Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the top left corner.
  • 38': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 1. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 45': Second Half begins Fiorentina 1, Napoli 1.
  • 50': Goal! Fiorentina 1, Napoli 2. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 52': Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 54': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Sottil replaces José Callejón.
  • 57': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 57': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 65': Substitution, Fiorentina. Lucas Torreira replaces Erick Pulgar.
  • 67': Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 77': Substitution, Fiorentina. Marco Benassi replaces Álvaro Odriozola.
  • 77': Substitution, Fiorentina. Aleksandr Kokorin replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  • 77': Substitution, Fiorentina. Youssef Maleh replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
  • 84': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 84': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Victor Osimhen.
  • 90'+1': Diego Demme (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Artemio Franchi
Location: Firenze, Italy
Attendance: 15,264

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+3 Udinese 4 10 0
+5 Napoli 4 9 1
+6 Internazionale 4 8 0
+6 Juventus 4 8 0
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 16
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 8
2 Saves 4
45.9 Possession 54.1
12 SHOTS 10
6 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
327 Accurate Passes 385
404 Passes 455
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 6
6 Crosses 26
0.3 Cross % 0.2
61 Long Balls 55
29 Accurate Long Balls 35
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 5
9 Effective Tackles 8
13 Tackles 15
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 4
20 Effective Clearances 5
20 Clearances 5

Line-Ups

FIO Fiorentina (4-4-2)

No. Name
69 Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
2 Lucas Martínez Quarta
4 Nikola Milenkovic
3 Cristiano Biraghi
29 Álvaro Odriozola
32 Alfred Duncan
15 Erick Pulgar Yellow Card
22 Nicolás González
7 José Callejón
9 Dusan Vlahovic
5 Giacomo Bonaventura Yellow Card

NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 David Ospina (GK)
26 Kalidou Koulibaly
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui Yellow Card
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
20 Piotr Zielinski
99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Yellow Card
8 Fabián Ruiz
9 Victor Osimhen
24 Lorenzo Insigne
11 Hirving Lozano

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