Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Lazio, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
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  • 67': Matías Vecino

Runaway Serie A leader Napoli loses for only second time

— Runaway Serie A leader Napoli fell to only its second loss in the league when it was beaten 1-0 by Lazio on Friday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Hand ball by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Matías Vecino (Lazio) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Alberto with a cross.
  • 5': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 11': Ciro Immobile (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
  • 13': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mattia Zaccagni.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  • 19': Foul by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
  • 19': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
  • 21': Foul by Patric (Lazio).
  • 21': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Patric (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 22': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Matías Vecino.
  • 23': Foul by Kim Min-Jae (Napoli).
  • 23': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
  • 26': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 33': Delay in match because of an injury Patric (Lazio).
  • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 34': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
  • 34': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Offside, Napoli. Giovanni Di Lorenzo tries a through ball, but Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
  • 39': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 40': Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Alex Meret.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 42': Foul by Kim Min-Jae (Napoli).
  • 42': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
  • 45': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Lazio 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Lazio 0.
  • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
  • 51': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Luis Alberto.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 52': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Felipe Anderson.
  • 52': Hand ball by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
  • 55': Foul by Luis Alberto (Lazio).
  • 55': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
  • 59': Substitution, Lazio. Pedro replaces Felipe Anderson.
  • 60': Foul by Adam Marusic (Lazio).
  • 60': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
  • 63': Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli).
  • 67': Luis Alberto (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Goal! Napoli 0, Lazio 1. Matías Vecino (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 71': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 71': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  • 72': Offside, Napoli. Mathías Olivera tries a through ball, but Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
  • 75': Hand ball by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 76': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Alessio Romagnoli.
  • 78': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 79': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Pedro.
  • 79': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a cross following a corner.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Kim Min-Jae (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 79': Hand ball by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
  • 80': Ciro Immobile (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
  • 82': Substitution, Lazio. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Mattia Zaccagni.
  • 82': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 82': Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 85': Foul by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio).
  • 85': Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Matteo Cancellieri (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
  • 88': Foul by Ciro Immobile (Lazio).
  • 88': Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Substitution, Lazio. Danilo Cataldi replaces Luis Alberto.
  • 89': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
  • 89': Matteo Cancellieri (Lazio) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
  • 90'+3': Matteo Cancellieri (Lazio) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+3': Substitution, Napoli. Karim Zedadka replaces Mathías Olivera.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Adam Marusic (Lazio).
  • 90'+4': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Adam Marusic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 90'+4': Offside, Napoli. Amir Rrahmani tries a through ball, but Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Napoli 0, Lazio 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Napoli 0, Lazio 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 8
2 Saves 0
35.2 Possession 64.8
5 SHOTS 14
2 ON GOAL 2
0.4 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
315 Accurate Passes 656
402 Passes 735
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 1
8 Crosses 20
0.1 Cross % 0.1
51 Long Balls 42
14 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 8
8 Effective Tackles 2
13 Tackles 7
0.6 Tackle % 0.3
8 Interceptions 11
22 Effective Clearances 5
22 Clearances 5

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 54,000

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
3 Kim Min-Jae
13 Amir Rrahmani
17 Mathías Olivera
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
20 Piotr Zielinski
99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
9 Victor Osimhen Yellow Card
77 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
11 Hirving Lozano

LAZ Lazio (4-3-3)

No. Name
94 Ivan Provedel (GK)
13 Alessio Romagnoli
4 Patric Yellow Card
23 Elseid Hysaj
77 Adam Marusic Yellow Card
5 Matías Vecino
10 Luis Alberto
21 Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
17 Ciro Immobile
20 Mattia Zaccagni
7 Felipe Anderson

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