Italian Serie A

Lecce vs Napoli, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, Regular Season

· Italian Serie A
Lecce
  • 52': Federico Di Francesco
FT
1 - 2
Napoli
  • 18': Giovanni Di Lorenzo
  • 64': Antonino Gallo (OG)

Napoli's Serie A title march back on track with win at Leece

Napoli took another step closer to ending their 33-year wait to win the Serie A title after they came away from Lecce with a 2-1 win on Friday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Joan Gonzàlez.
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 4': Assan Ceesay (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
  • 5': Attempt missed. Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 7': Foul by Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
  • 7': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Youssef Maleh (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco with a headed pass.
  • 8': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Alex Meret.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Remi Oudin with a cross following a corner.
  • 9': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 9': Foul by Joan Gonzàlez (Lecce).
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Remi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco.
  • 13': Delay in match because of an injury Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
  • 13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 14': Assan Ceesay (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
  • 15': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
  • 15': Youssef Maleh (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Lecce).
  • 17': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 18': Goal! Lecce 0, Napoli 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kim Min-Jae with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 23': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lecce).
  • 23': Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
  • 28': Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 34': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 35': Delay in match because of an injury Youssef Maleh (Lecce).
  • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 42': Offside, Lecce. Samuel Umtiti tries a through ball, but Assan Ceesay is caught offside.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a through ball.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Federico Baschirotto.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Lecce 0, Napoli 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Lecce 0, Napoli 1.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Remi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco with a through ball.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 49': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Remi Oudin with a cross following a corner.
  • 51': Foul by Mário Rui (Napoli).
  • 51': Morten Hjulmand (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52': Assan Ceesay (Lecce) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Federico Baschirotto with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 52': Goal! Lecce 1, Napoli 1. Federico Di Francesco (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  • 54': Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Federico Di Francesco (Lecce).
  • 56': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lecce).
  • 56': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
  • 59': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Foul by Assan Ceesay (Lecce).
  • 61': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Hirving Lozano.
  • 62': Foul by Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
  • 62': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Own Goal by Antonino Gallo, Lecce. Lecce 1, Napoli 2.
  • 65': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 66': Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
  • 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 68': Hand ball by Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli).
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Youssef Maleh (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 70': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Lecce).
  • 70': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Substitution, Lecce. Thórir Helgason replaces Joan Gonzàlez.
  • 71': Federico Di Francesco (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Foul by Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli).
  • 72': Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Remi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
  • 79': Substitution, Lecce. Gabriel Strefezza replaces Remi Oudin.
  • 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 80': Substitution, Lecce. Kristoffer Askildsen replaces Youssef Maleh.
  • 80': Substitution, Lecce. Joel Voelkerling Persson replaces Assan Ceesay.
  • 81': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce).
  • 81': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 82': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Giovanni Simeone because of an injury.
  • 84': Foul by Kristoffer Askildsen (Lecce).
  • 84': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
  • 86': Samuel Umtiti (Lecce) is shown the yellow card.
  • 87': Foul by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
  • 87': Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Substitution, Lecce. Lameck Banda replaces Federico Di Francesco.
  • 89': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
  • 89': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli).
  • 90'+4': Kristoffer Askildsen (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Mário Rui.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Lecce 1, Napoli 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Lecce 1, Napoli 2.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 2
68.6 Possession 31.4
9 SHOTS 11
3 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
634 Accurate Passes 233
729 Passes 319
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
3 Accurate Crosses 4
10 Crosses 16
0.3 Cross % 0.3
46 Long Balls 42
23 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 3
8 Effective Tackles 8
15 Tackles 13
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 4
13 Effective Clearances 17
13 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare
Location: Lecce, Italy
Attendance: 25,799

Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Napoli 2 +3 6
2 Juventus 2 +3 6
3 Cremonese 2 +2 6
4 AS Roma 2 +2 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

LEC Lecce (4-3-3)

No. Name
30 Wladimiro Falcone (GK)
93 Samuel Umtiti Yellow Card
6 Federico Baschirotto
25 Antonino Gallo
17 Valentin Gendrey Yellow Card
42 Morten Hjulmand
32 Youssef Maleh
16 Joan Gonzàlez
77 Assan Ceesay
11 Federico Di Francesco
28 Rémi Oudin
Lecce Substitutes:
Kristoffer Askildsen, Pietro Ceccaroni, Mats Lemmens, Thorir Johann Helgason, Lameck Banda, Giuseppe Pezzella, Federico Brancolini, Gabriel Strefezza, Joel Voelkerling Persson, Tommaso Cassandro, Lorenzo Colombo, Marco Bleve, Simone Romagnoli, Alessandro Tuia.

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
3 Kim Min-Jae
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
7 Eljif Elmas
99 Frank Anguissa
81 Giacomo Raspadori
77 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
11 Hirving Lozano
Napoli Substitutes:
Juan Jesus, Davide Marfella, Diego Demme, Gianluca Gaetano, Leo Østigard, Piotr Zielinski, Alessio Zerbin, Matteo Politano, Tanguy Ndombele, Mathías Olivera, Pierluigi Gollini, Bartosz Bereszynski, Karim Zedadka, Giovanni Simeone.

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