Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Lazio 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 7': Piotr Zielinski
  • 10': Dries Mertens
  • 29': Dries Mertens
  • 85': Fabián Ruiz
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4 - 0

Serie A leaders Napoli mark Maradona anniversary with dazzling win over Lazio

Napoli put on a dazzling display to mark the first anniversary of Diego Maradona's death when they stormed to a 4-0 win over Lazio on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 7': Goal! Napoli 1, Lazio 0. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 10': Goal! Napoli 2, Lazio 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 13': Luiz Felipe (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': Goal! Napoli 3, Lazio 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
  • 36': Patric (Lazio) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Substitution, Lazio. Manuel Lazzari replaces Patric.
  • 55': Substitution, Lazio. Mattia Zaccagni replaces Felipe Anderson.
  • 59': Danilo Cataldi (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Substitution, Lazio. Toma Basic replaces Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 64': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Dries Mertens.
  • 65': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 73': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 75': Substitution, Lazio. Raul Moro Prescoli replaces Pedro because of an injury.
  • 75': Substitution, Lazio. Lucas Leiva replaces Danilo Cataldi.
  • 78': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Goal! Napoli 4, Lazio 0. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 86': Substitution, Napoli. Kevin Malcuit replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  • 86': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
  • 87': Diego Demme (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Second Half ends, Napoli 4, Lazio 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 36,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+11 AC Milan 14 31 1
+10 Napoli 14 31 3
+19 Internazionale 14 30 4
+7 AS Roma 14 27 5
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 10
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 1
4 Saves 2
38.7 Possession 61.3
6 SHOTS 18
2 ON GOAL 8
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
432 Accurate Passes 743
493 Passes 799
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 1
8 Crosses 3
0.1 Cross % 0.3
30 Long Balls 44
16 Accurate Long Balls 33
0.5 Long Balls % 0.8
0 Blocked Shots 6
4 Effective Tackles 6
10 Tackles 10
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
12 Interceptions 8
6 Effective Clearances 7
6 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
25 David Ospina (GK)
26 Kalidou Koulibaly
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo Yellow Card
68 Stanislav Lobotka
8 Fabián Ruiz
20 Piotr Zielinski
14 Dries Mertens
24 Lorenzo Insigne
11 Hirving Lozano

LAZ Lazio (4-3-3)

No. Name
25 Pepe Reina (GK)
33 Francesco Acerbi
3 Luiz Felipe Yellow Card
23 Elseid Hysaj
4 Patric Yellow Card
32 Danilo Cataldi Yellow Card
10 Luis Alberto
21 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
17 Ciro Immobile
9 Pedro
7 Felipe Anderson

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