Napoli 1-1 Lecce: Draw after L. Colombo missed a penalty

Saragna|Aug 31, 2022 15:13 GMT

NAPOLI. Napoli and Lecce draw 1-1. E. Elmas scored the first goal (27') for Napoli. L. Colombo settled the score 1-1 (31').

NAPOLI. Napoli and Lecce draw 1-1. E. Elmas scored the first goal (27′) for Napoli. L. Colombo settled the score 1-1 (31′). Napoli was far superior when it came to possession ball (71%)

L. Colombo missed a decisive penalty (23′). That would have allowed Lecce to win the match.

L. Colombo missed 1 penalty (23′) for Lecce.

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Wednesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro with the help of Alessandro Lo Cicero and Domenico Palermo. The 4th official was Daniele Doveri. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot around 25.6 degrees Celsius or 77.99 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.

Napoli

1

Lecce

1

31 Aug 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 71% while Lecce was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Napoli was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Napoli to win the match.

Napoli shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Lecce shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 1 yellow card (M. Politano). On the other side, Lecce received 3 yellow cards (M. Hjulmand, L. Colombo and V. Gendrey).

After playing this match, Napoli will have 7 points like Lazio, Atalanta and Torino to move up in the 5th place. On the other side, Lecce will have 1 points like Bologna, Hellas Verona and Sampdoria to move up in the 17th place.

Match Events

13'

13'

M. Politano
23'

23'

L. Colombo
27'

27'

E. Elmas

M. Politano
31'

31'

L. Colombo
33'

33'

M. Hjulmand
40'

40'

L. Colombo
46'

46'

J. Gonzalez

T. J. Helgason
46'

46'

P. Zielinski

G. Raspadori
46'

46'

S. Lobotka

T. Ndombele
56'

56'

K. Kvaratskhelia

E. Elmas
62'

62'

A. Blin

K. Askildsen
62'

62'

G. Strefezza

F. Di Francesco
70'

70'

A. Ceesay

L. Colombo
71'

71'

H. Lozano

M. Politano
75'

75'

M. Listkowski

L. Banda
85'

85'

G. Simeone

A. Z. Anguissa
90'

90'

J. Gonzalez
90'

90'

V. Gendrey

Next match

In the upcoming Serie A match, Napoli will play away against Lazio on the 3rd of September with a 19-9 head to head record in favor of Napoli (8 draws).

Lazio

1

Napoli

2

3 Sep 2022 Full time

Lecce will play away against Torino on the 5th of September with a 2-2 head to head record.

Torino

1

Lecce

0

5 Sep 2022 Full time

Napoli: Formation and Lineups

Napoli started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Luciano Spalletti chose to play with the following team: Alex Meret (7.1), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.8), Leo Østigård (7.5), Min-jae Kim (7.0), Mathías Olivera (6.9), André Zambo Anguissa (6.6), Tanguy Ndombélé (6.8), Matteo Politano (7.4), Giacomo Raspadori (6.6), Eljif Elmas (7.2) and Victor Osimhen (5.8).

Substitutes

Napoli made 5 changes: G. Raspadori for P. Zielinski (46′), T. Ndombele for S. Lobotka (46′), E. Elmas for K. Kvaratskhelia (56′), M. Politano for H. Lozano (72′) and A. Z. Anguissa for G. Simeone (86′).

Top player: Leo Østigård

Probably the most impressive player in Napoli was Leo Østigård.

His rating is (7.5) with 97 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 14.

Lecce: Formation and Lineups

Lecce started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

On the opposite side, Marco Baroni played with: Wladimiro Falcone (7.6), Valentin Gendrey (6.9), Alessandro Tuia (7.3), Federico Baschirotto (7.2), Giuseppe Pezzella (6.4), Morten Hjulmand (7.2), Federico Di Francesco (7.0), Þórir Jóhann Helgason (6.9), Kristoffer Askildsen (6.3), Lameck Banda (6.3) and Lorenzo Colombo (6.8).

Substitutes

Lecce made 5 changes: T. J. Helgason for J. Gonzalez (46′), K. Askildsen for A. Blin (62′), F. Di Francesco for G. Strefezza (62′), L. Colombo for A. Ceesay (70′) and L. Banda for M. Listkowski (76′).

Best player: Wladimiro Falcone

The player that probably impressed the most for Lecce was the goalkeeper: Wladimiro Falcone. His rating is 7.64. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saragna

I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.