Italian Serie A

Salernitana vs Napoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • Red Card 69': Grigoris Kastanos
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  • 61': Piotr Zielinski
  • Red Card 76': Kalidou Koulibaly

Napoli edge Salernitana to stay top of Serie A as both teams finish with 10 men

Napoli maintained top spot in Serie A with a 1-0 win at Salernitana on Sunday as both sides had players sent off late in the game.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 41': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Salernitana 0, Napoli 0.
  • 59': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 60': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Dries Mertens.
  • 61': Goal! Salernitana 0, Napoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 64': Substitution, Salernitana. Simy replaces Cedric Gondo because of an injury.
  • 69': Grigoris Kastanos (Salernitana) is shown the red card.
  • 71': Substitution, Salernitana. Joel Obi replaces Federico Bonazzoli.
  • 74': Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  • 80': Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Matteo Politano.
  • 88': Substitution, Salernitana. Milan Djuric replaces Andrea Schiavone.
  • 88': Substitution, Salernitana. Riccardo Gagliolo replaces Luca Ranieri.
  • 90'+5': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Piotr Zielinski.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Arechi
Location: Salerno, Italy
Attendance: 17,043

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+6 Internazionale 3 7 0
+6 Juventus 3 7 0
+2 Torino 3 7 0
+2 Udinese 3 7 0
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 11
2 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 1
2 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 2
63.1 Possession 36.9
18 SHOTS 9
3 ON GOAL 3
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
454 Accurate Passes 234
531 Passes 299
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 3
8 Crosses 15
0.1 Cross % 0.2
54 Long Balls 38
34 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
6 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 9
15 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
4 Interceptions 8
14 Effective Clearances 18
14 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

SAL Salernitana (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
72 Vid Belec (GK)
6 Stefan Strandberg
23 Norbert Gyömbér
19 Luca Ranieri
21 Nadir Zortea
15 Cedric Gondo
14 Francesco Di Tacchio
7 Franck Ribéry
20 Grigoris Kastanos Red Card
8 Andrea Schiavone
9 Federico Bonazzoli

NAP Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 David Ospina (GK)
26 Kalidou Koulibaly Red Card
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui Yellow Card
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
20 Piotr Zielinski
8 Fabián Ruiz
99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Yellow Card
14 Dries Mertens
11 Hirving Lozano
21 Matteo Politano

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