Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Lecce, 2024-25 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Napoli
  • 73': Giovanni Di Lorenzo
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1 - 0
Lecce

    Di Lorenzo goal sees leaders Napoli 1-0 win over lowly Lecce

    A second-half goal from Giovanni Di Lorenzo was enough to earn Napoli a 1-0 win over struggling Lecce on Saturday, and the home side extended their unbeaten run to eight games to stretch their lead at the top of the Serie A standings.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Napoli).
    • 2': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 5': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Hamza Rafia.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
    • 6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross.
    • 7': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
    • 7': Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Cyril Ngonge (Napoli).
    • 8': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 9': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Hamza Rafia.
    • 12': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
    • 13': Foul by David Neres (Napoli).
    • 13': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lameck Banda.
    • 19': Foul by Cyril Ngonge (Napoli).
    • 19': Hamza Rafia (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 20': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
    • 20': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 24': Attempt saved. David Neres (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Cyril Ngonge (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 headed pass.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 26': Offside, Napoli. Giovanni Di Lorenzo is caught offside.
    • 26': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 28': VAR Decision: No Goal Napoli 0-0 Lecce.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Neres with a cross.
    • 29': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 30': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Kialonda Gaspar.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
    • 30': Hand ball by Nikola Krstovic (Lecce).
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a through ball.
    • 32': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Kialonda Gaspar.
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
    • 33': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mathías Olivera.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hamza Rafia with a cross.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) header from very close range is blocked.
    • 34': Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
    • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Krstovic (Lecce).
    • 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
    • 37': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 37': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
    • 37': Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 38': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Romelu Lukaku.
    • 40': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mathías Olivera.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hamza Rafia.
    • 42': Attempt saved. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
    • 42': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Neres with a cross.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
    • 45'+1': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Hamza Rafia.
    • 45'+2': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Lecce 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Lecce 0.
    • 46': Hand ball by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
    • 47': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nikola Krstovic.
    • 48': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 51': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
    • 51': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Alessandro Buongiorno with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 56': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Federico Baschirotto.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a cross following a corner.
    • 57': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Cyril Ngonge.
    • 58': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
    • 58': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
    • 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 60': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
    • 64': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a cross.
    • 68': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.
    • 68': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
    • 68': Frank Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Substitution, Lecce. Nicola Sansone replaces Lameck Banda.
    • 69': Substitution, Lecce. Balthazar Pierret replaces Hamza Rafia.
    • 70': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
    • 71': Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Billy Gilmour.
    • 72': Substitution, Napoli. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia replaces David Neres.
    • 72': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 73': Goal! Napoli 1, Lecce 0. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
    • 73': Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Krstovic (Lecce).
    • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
    • 77': Foul by Santiago Pierotti (Lecce).
    • 77': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 77': Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Substitution, Lecce. Ante Rebic replaces Lassana Coulibaly.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ylber Ramadani.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
    • 82': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
    • 84': Substitution, Lecce. Rémi Oudin replaces Santiago Pierotti.
    • 85': Substitution, Napoli. Michael Folorunsho replaces Romelu Lukaku.
    • 86': Delay in match (Napoli).
    • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 87': Foul by Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli).
    • 87': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Rémi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kialonda Gaspar following a set piece situation.
    • 90': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90': Foul by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
    • 90': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Ante Rebic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
    • 90'+3': Foul by Ante Rebic (Lecce).
    • 90'+3': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Ante Rebic (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Napoli).
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Lecce 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Napoli 1, Lecce 0.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 13
    2 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    5 Corner Kicks 16
    7 Saves 1
    35.2 Possession 64.8
    11 SHOTS 24
    2 ON GOAL 8
    0.2 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    198 Accurate Passes 425
    272 Passes 495
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 8
    10 Crosses 27
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    46 Long Balls 27
    16 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
    5 Blocked Shots 9
    12 Effective Tackles 7
    19 Tackles 11
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    10 Interceptions 8
    29 Effective Clearances 16
    29 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
    Location: Napoli, Italy
    Attendance: 51,103

    Serie A Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Napoli 12 +10 26
    2 Atalanta 12 +16 25
    3 Fiorentina 12 +15 25
    4 Internazionale 12 +12 25
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Alex Meret (GK)
    4 Alessandro Buongiorno
    13 Amir Rrahmani
    17 Mathías Olivera Yellow Card
    22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo Yellow Card
    6 Billy Gilmour
    8 Scott McTominay
    99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
    11 Romelu Lukaku
    7 David Neres
    26 Cyril Ngonge Yellow Card
    Napoli Substitutes:
    Matteo Politano, Rafa Marín, Elia Caprile, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Alessio Zerbin, Michael Folorunsho, Giovanni Simeone, Juan Jesus, Claudio Turi, Giacomo Raspadori.

    LEC Lecce (4-5-1)

    No. Name
    30 Wladimiro Falcone (GK)
    6 Federico Baschirotto
    4 Kialonda Gaspar
    13 Patrick Dorgu
    2 Andy Pelmard
    8 Hamza Rafia
    20 Ylber Ramadani
    29 Lassana Coulibaly
    22 Lameck Banda
    50 Santiago Pierotti Yellow Card
    9 Nikola Krstovic
    Lecce Substitutes:
    Gaby Jean, Mohamed Kaba, Ed Mcjannet, Balthazar Pierret, Nicola Sansone, Alexandru Borbei, José Antonio Morente, Christian Früchtl, Ante Rebic, Rémi Oudin, Jasper Samooja.

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