Napoli vs Venezia, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ANapoli move level on points with Atalanta after edging Venezia
Giacomo Raspadori came off the bench to score the only goal in Napoli's 1-0 home win over relegation-battling Venezia on Sunday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Franco Carboni.
- 4': Attempt saved. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 4': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Filip Stankovic.
- 4': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
- 4': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 6': Foul by Jay Idzes (Venezia).
- 6': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 7': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giorgio Altare.
- 10': Attempt missed. Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Franco Carboni.
- 15': Attempt saved. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 15': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Filip Stankovic.
- 18': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 18': John Yeboah (Venezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 19': Attempt saved. John Yeboah (Venezia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Francesco Zampano.
- 19': Corner, Venezia. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 20': Corner, Venezia. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 22': David Neres (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Marin Sverko (Venezia).
- 23': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 29': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giorgio Altare.
- 31': Foul by Giorgio Altare (Venezia).
- 31': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Giorgio Altare (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Mikael Ellertsson.
- 34': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giorgio Altare.
- 34': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Hans Nicolussi Caviglia.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a cross.
- 35': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Franco Carboni.
- 35': Penalty conceded by Jay Idzes (Venezia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 37': Penalty saved. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
- 38': Offside, Venezia. Gaetano Oristanio is caught offside.
- 38': Foul by John Yeboah (Venezia).
- 38': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 39': Attempt missed. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 40': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 40': Gianluca Busio (Venezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Foul by Gianluca Busio (Venezia).
- 41': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Offside, Napoli. Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
- 45': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Napoli).
- 45': Marin Sverko (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Venezia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Venezia 0.
- 46': Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Venezia).
- 46': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Corner, Venezia. Conceded by David Neres.
- 48': Attempt blocked. John Yeboah (Venezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
- 54': Attempt missed. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
- 56': Foul by Francesco Zampano (Venezia).
- 56': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 57': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Napoli).
- 57': Mikael Ellertsson (Venezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Attempt saved. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 59': Delay in match because of an injury Franco Carboni (Venezia).
- 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Substitution, Venezia. Antonio Candela replaces Franco Carboni.
- 60': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 60': Gianluca Busio (Venezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 62': Gaetano Oristanio (Venezia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Attempt saved. Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 63': Corner, Venezia. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 64': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 65': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Francesco Zampano.
- 65': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 66': Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Venezia).
- 66': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marin Sverko.
- 69': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
- 70': Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Frank Anguissa.
- 70': Substitution, Venezia. Magnus Kofod Andersen replaces Mikael Ellertsson.
- 70': Substitution, Venezia. Joel Pohjanpalo replaces John Yeboah.
- 71': Attempt saved. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Neres.
- 74': Attempt missed. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori.
- 74': Filip Stankovic (Venezia) is shown the yellow card.
- 75': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 76': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Giorgio Altare.
- 76': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori with a cross following a corner.
- 76': Foul by Gaetano Oristanio (Venezia).
- 76': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Hans Nicolussi Caviglia.
- 79': Goal! Napoli 1, Venezia 0. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 81': Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
- 81': Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt missed. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
- 83': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 84': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 84': Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marin Sverko.
- 88': Foul by Jay Idzes (Venezia).
- 88': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Substitution, Venezia. Saad El Haddad replaces Gaetano Oristanio.
- 88': Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Mathías Olivera.
- 88': Substitution, Venezia. Bjarki Bjarkason replaces Francesco Zampano.
- 90': Delay in match (Napoli).
- 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. David Neres (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola.
- 90'+3': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
- 90'+3': Saad El Haddad (Venezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli).
- 90'+4': Marin Sverko (Venezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Jay Idzes (Venezia).
- 90'+5': Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Jay Idzes (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Venezia 0.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 1, Venezia 0.
Statistics
 VEN |
NAP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 10 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 14 |
| 7 | Saves | 2 |
| 33.4 | Possession | 66.6 |
| 4 | SHOTS | 25 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 215 | Accurate Passes | 496 |
| 290 | Passes | 562 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 9 | Crosses | 35 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 18 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 23 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 15 |
| 43 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 43 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 51,199
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 51,199
Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 20 | +20 | 47 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 19 | +31 | 44 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 20 | +23 | 43 |
| 4 | Lazio | 20 | +6 | 36 |
Line-Ups
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 5 | Juan Jesus |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 17 | Mathías Olivera |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 8 | Scott McTominay |
| 99 | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
| 11 | Romelu Lukaku |
| 77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 7 | David Neres |
Venezia (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 35 | Filip Stankovic (GK)  |
| 4 | Jay Idzes |
| 33 | Marin Sverko |
| 15 | Giorgio Altare |
| 6 | Gianluca Busio |
| 14 | Hans Nicolussi Caviglia |
| 77 | Mikael Egill Ellertsson |
| 79 | Franco Carboni |
| 7 | Francesco Zampano |
| 10 | John Yeboah |
| 11 | Gaetano Oristanio |
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