Napoli vs Fiorentina 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Napoli

58': Dries Mertens
84': Victor Osimhen

FT
2 - 3

Fiorentina

29': Nicolás González
66': Jonathan Ikoné
72': Arthur Cabral

Napoli's Serie A title hopes hit by Fiorentina loss

A clinical display of finishing earned Fiorentina a shock 3-2 win at Napoli, whose Serie A title hopes took a dent.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
11': Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Goal! Napoli 0, Fiorentina 1. Nicolás González (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
45'+3': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Fiorentina 1.
45': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
56': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Fabián Ruiz.
58': Goal! Napoli 1, Fiorentina 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
65': Substitution, Fiorentina. Jonathan Ikoné replaces Riccardo Saponara.
65': Substitution, Fiorentina. Youssef Maleh replaces Joseph Alfred Duncan.
66': Goal! Napoli 1, Fiorentina 2. Jonathan Ikoné (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolás González.
72': Goal! Napoli 1, Fiorentina 3. Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youssef Maleh.
73': Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
80': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
80': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
84': Goal! Napoli 2, Fiorentina 3. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui.
85': Substitution, Fiorentina. José Callejón replaces Nicolás González.
86': Substitution, Fiorentina. Lucas Martínez replaces Igor Julio.
86': Substitution, Fiorentina. Aleksandr Kokorin replaces Arthur Cabral.
86': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
88': Jonathan Ikoné (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Napoli 2, Fiorentina 3.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 50,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+61	Internazionale	33	86	1
+25	AC Milan	33	69	6
+21	Juventus	33	64	5
+22	Bologna	33	62	5

Full Table

Statistics

FIO		NAP
17	Fouls	10
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	5
2	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	1
50.5	Possession	49.5
11	SHOTS	15
4	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
425	Accurate Passes	415
500	Passes	492
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	5
12	Crosses	12
0.3	Cross %	0.4
69	Long Balls	48
31	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	4
10	Effective Tackles	5
19	Tackles	10
0.5	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	7
12	Effective Clearances	11
12	Clearances	11

Line-Ups

Napoli (4-3-3)

No.	Name
25	David Ospina (GK)
26	Kalidou Koulibaly
13	Amir Rrahmani
6	Mário Rui
59	Alessandro Zanoli
68	Stanislav Lobotka
20	Piotr Zielinski
8	Fabián Ruiz
9	Victor Osimhen
24	Lorenzo Insigne
21	Matteo Politano

Substitutes:

Hirving Lozano, Davide Marfella, Alex Meret, Dries Mertens, Juan Jesus, Faouzi Ghoulam, Diego Demme, Axel Tuanzebe, Eljif Elmas.

Fiorentina (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Pietro Terracciano (GK)
98	Igor Julio
4	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Cristiano Biraghi
23	Lorenzo Venuti
34	Sofyan Amrabat
32	Alfred Duncan
10	Gaetano Castrovilli
9	Arthur Cabral
8	Riccardo Saponara
22	Nicolás González

Substitutes:

Lucas Martínez Quarta, Bartlomiej Dragowski, Riccardo Sottil, José Callejón, Youssef Maleh, Aleksandr Kokorin, Krzysztof Piatek, Antonio Rosati, Aleksa Terzic, Jonathan Ikoné.