Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Torino 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 81': Victor Osimhen
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Napoli extend winning run after Osimhen late strike against Torino

Victor Osimhen scored an 81st-minute winner as Napoli beat Torino 1-0 on Sunday to return to the top of the Serie A table and record their eighth wi

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 8': Substitution, Torino. Ben Kone replaces Rolando Mandragora because of an injury.
  • 27': Penalty saved! Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 37': Ricardo Rodríguez (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Karol Linetty (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
  • 66': Substitution, Torino. Alessandro Buongiorno replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.
  • 67': Substitution, Torino. Tommaso Pobega replaces Karol Linetty.
  • 67': Substitution, Torino. Andrea Belotti replaces Antonio Sanabria.
  • 71': Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 71': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 75': Tommaso Pobega (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Goal! Napoli 1, Torino 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
  • 85': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 89': Substitution, Torino. Magnus Warming replaces Ben Kone because of an injury.
  • 90'+6': Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Torino) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 25,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+38 Internazionale 24 58 4
+21 AC Milan 23 50 1
+13 Napoli 24 49 5
+21 Juventus 24 46 4
Full Table

Statistics

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20 Fouls 6
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 3
2 Saves 3
49.2 Possession 50.8
11 SHOTS 10
3 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
267 Accurate Passes 297
361 Passes 382
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 1
16 Crosses 11
0.3 Cross % 0.1
51 Long Balls 41
24 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 1
14 Effective Tackles 7
20 Tackles 11
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 13
17 Effective Clearances 14
17 Clearances 14

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

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

TOR Torino (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
32 Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (GK) Yellow Card
3 Bremer
13 Ricardo Rodríguez Yellow Card
26 Koffi Djidji
77 Karol Linetty Yellow Card
10 Sasa Lukic
38 Rolando Mandragora
34 Ola Aina
17 Wilfried Singo
14 Josip Brekalo
19 Antonio Sanabria

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