Napoli vs Milan 2024-25 Italian Serie A

Napoli

2': Matteo Politano
19': Romelu Lukaku

FT
2 - 1

AC Milan

84': Luka Jovic

Napoli beat AC Milan to keep pace with Inter in title race

First-half goals from Matteo Politano and Romelu Lukaku earned Napoli a 2-1 victory over visitors AC Milan on Sunday to move within three points of Serie A leaders Inter Milan.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
2': Goal! Napoli 1, AC Milan 0. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a through ball.
19': Goal! Napoli 2, AC Milan 0. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
40': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, AC Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Warren Bondo.
45': Second Half begins Napoli 2, AC Milan 0.
55': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces João Félix.
55': Substitution, AC Milan. Santiago Giménez replaces Tammy Abraham.
65': Substitution, Napoli. Philip Billing replaces Frank Anguissa.
69': Penalty saved. Santiago Giménez (AC Milan) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
79': Substitution, AC Milan. Álex Jiménez replaces Kyle Walker.
79': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Jovic replaces Christian Pulisic.
81': Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Stanislav Lobotka because of an injury.
84': Goal! Napoli 2, AC Milan 1. Luka Jovic (AC Milan) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.
85': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Romelu Lukaku.
85': Substitution, Napoli. Cyril Ngonge replaces David Neres.
85': Substitution, Napoli. Pasquale Mazzocchi replaces Matteo Politano.
90': Álex Jiménez (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Napoli 2, AC Milan 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 52,836

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+39	Internazionale	30	67	3
+23	Napoli	30	64	4
+34	Atalanta	30	58	6
+16	Bologna	30	56	4

Full Table

Statistics

MIL		NAP
5	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	3
48.5	Possession	51.5
17	SHOTS	8
4	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
393	Accurate Passes	428
452	Passes	491
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	1
15	Crosses	8
0.3	Cross %	0.1
30	Long Balls	35
14	Accurate Long Balls	14
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
6	Blocked Shots	3
7	Effective Tackles	6
11	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
5	Interceptions	6
13	Effective Clearances	21
13	Clearances	21

Line-Ups

Napoli (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Alex Meret (GK)
4	Alessandro Buongiorno
13	Amir Rrahmani
17	Mathías Olivera
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68	Stanislav Lobotka
6	Billy Gilmour
99	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
11	Romelu Lukaku
7	David Neres
21	Matteo Politano

Substitutes:

Philip Billing, Mattia Esposito, Simone Scuffet, Claudio Turi, Noah Okafor, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Juan Jesus, Giacomo Raspadori, Luis Hasa, Giovanni Simeone, Rafa Marín, Cyril Ngonge.

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
31	Strahinja Pavlovic
46	Matteo Gabbia
19	Theo Hernández
32	Kyle Walker
14	Tijjani Reijnders
29	Youssouf Fofana
38	Warren Bondo
90	Tammy Abraham
79	João Félix
11	Christian Pulisic

Substitutes:

Rafael Leão, Samuel Chukwueze, Santiago Gimenez, Fikayo Tomori, Luka Jovic, Lorenzo Torriani, Álex Jiménez, Malick Thiaw, Riccardo Sottil, Filippo Terracciano, Alessandro Florenzi, Marco Sportiello.