
Napoli vs Bologna, 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AUnstoppable Napoli back on top with win over Bologna
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Napoli returned to the top of Serie A after beating Bologna 3-2 thanks to a late Victor Osimhen goal on Sunday to lead the table by two points.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Andrea Cambiaso (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli).
- 4': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a cross.
- 4': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Kevin Bonifazi.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 5': Offside, Bologna. Lewis Ferguson tries a through ball, but Joshua Zirkzee is caught offside.
- 10': Foul by Michel Aebischer (Bologna).
- 10': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Juan Jesus (Napoli).
- 13': Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Zirkzee.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 18': Foul by Jhon Lucumí (Bologna).
- 18': Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Offside, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski tries a through ball, but Giovanni Di Lorenzo is caught offside.
- 20': Attempt missed. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a through ball.
- 20': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna).
- 20': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 23': 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 Piotr Zielinski.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori.
- 25': Mário Rui (Napoli) hits the bar with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 27': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 28': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lewis Ferguson.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Andrea Cambiaso (Bologna) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michel Aebischer.
- 33': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Michel Aebischer (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Zirkzee with a headed pass.
- 36': Attempt saved. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 38': Attempt missed. Musa Barrow (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
- 40': Attempt missed. Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
- 41': Goal! Napoli 0, Bologna 1. Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tanguy Ndombélé.
- 45': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Lewis Ferguson.
- 45': Goal! Napoli 1, Bologna 1. Juan Jesus (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Napoli 1, Bologna 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 1, Bologna 1.
- 45': Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Matteo Politano.
- 45': Substitution, Napoli. Victor Osimhen replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
- 46': Attempt missed. Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 49': Attempt saved. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 49': Goal! Napoli 2, Bologna 1. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
- 51': Goal! Napoli 2, Bologna 2. Musa Barrow (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso.
- 54': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andrea Cambiaso.
- 54': Attempt saved. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 55': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Gary Medel.
- 56': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a corner.
- 57': Foul by Jhon Lucumí (Bologna).
- 57': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
- 59': Foul by Musa Barrow (Bologna).
- 59': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Attempt saved. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tanguy Ndombélé.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Musa Barrow (Bologna) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Posch with a cross.
- 63': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Kim Min-Jae.
- 64': Attempt missed. Michel Aebischer (Bologna) header from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stefan Posch.
- 67': Attempt missed. Musa Barrow (Bologna) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
- 68': Attempt saved. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui.
- 69': Foul by Andrea Cambiaso (Bologna).
- 69': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Goal! Napoli 3, Bologna 2. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a through ball.
- 70': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Tanguy Ndombélé.
- 71': Substitution, Bologna. Nikola Moro replaces Gary Medel because of an injury.
- 72': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Kevin Bonifazi.
- 73': Attempt missed. Juan Jesus (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a cross following a corner.
- 73': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
- 74': Foul by Eljif Elmas (Napoli).
- 74': Nikola Moro (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 75': Attempt saved. Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
- 76': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 76': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Mário Rui.
- 77': Attempt missed. Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Musa Barrow with a cross following a corner.
- 77': Substitution, Bologna. Nicola Sansone replaces Michel Aebischer.
- 77': Substitution, Bologna. Charalampos Lykogiannis replaces Stefan Posch.
- 78': Foul by Andrea Cambiaso (Bologna).
- 78': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
- 80': Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
- 80': Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
- 83': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Juan Jesus.
- 84': Attempt missed. Nikola Moro (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 84': Foul by Victor Osimhen (Napoli).
- 84': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Offside, Napoli. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia tries a through ball, but Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 88': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 88': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Bologna).
- 88': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Substitution, Bologna. Lorenzo De Silvestri replaces Andrea Cambiaso.
- 89': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Hirving Lozano.
- 90': Attempt missed. Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Musa Barrow with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+2': Nicola Sansone (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2': Foul by Kevin Bonifazi (Bologna).
- 90'+2': Victor Osimhen (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+3': Foul by Charalampos Lykogiannis (Bologna).
- 90'+3': Hirving Lozano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Charalampos Lykogiannis (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
- 90'+4': Foul by Mathías Olivera (Napoli).
- 90'+4': Nicola Sansone (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Napoli 3, Bologna 2.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 3, Bologna 2.
Statistics
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10 | Fouls | 6 |
4 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 2 |
4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
8 | Saves | 1 |
51.8 | Possession | 48.2 |
16 | SHOTS | 31 |
3 | ON GOAL | 11 |
0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
439 | Accurate Passes | 407 |
523 | Passes | 486 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
6 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
14 | Crosses | 18 |
0.4 | Cross % | 0.4 |
63 | Long Balls | 47 |
31 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
6 | Blocked Shots | 12 |
18 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
29 | Tackles | 15 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.3 |
10 | Interceptions | 4 |
14 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
14 | Clearances | 7 |
Game Information
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 45,599
Line-Ups
Napoli (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
5 | Juan Jesus |
3 | Kim Min-Jae |
6 | Mário Rui |
22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
20 | Piotr Zielinski |
91 | Tanguy Ndombele |
81 | Giacomo Raspadori |
77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
21 | Matteo Politano |
Bologna (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
28 | Lukasz Skorupski (GK) ![]() |
26 | Jhon Lucumí |
14 | Kevin Bonifazi |
50 | Andrea Cambiaso |
3 | Stefan Posch |
17 | Gary Medel |
8 | Nicolás Domínguez ![]() |
19 | Lewis Ferguson |
11 | Joshua Zirkzee |
99 | Musa Barrow |
20 | Michel Aebischer |
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