Europa League: Napoli tops Leicester City 3-2

Saragna|Dec 9, 2021 14:13 GMT

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NAPOLI. Napoli bested Leicester City.

NAPOLI. Napoli overcome Leicester City.

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz who was helped by Pau Cebrián Devis and Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar. The 4th official was José Luis Munuera Montero. The weather was thunderstorm. The temperature was cold around 7.7 degrees Celsius or 45.88 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.

Napoli

3

Leicester City

2

9 Dec 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Napoli was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Leicester City that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Leicester City was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Napoli managed to find the solution to win this encounter.

Napoli shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Leicester City shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 2 yellow cards (A. Petagna and D. Demme). On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Leicester City.

After playing this encounter, Napoli will have 7 points like Spartak Moskva to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Leicester City will stay with 8 points to stay in the 1st place.

Match Events

4'

4'

A. Ounas
24'

24'

E. Elmas

A. Petagna
27'

27'

J. Evans
33'

33'

A. Petagna
33'

33'

K. Dewsbury-Hall
45'

45'

K. Malcuit

H. Lozano
53'

53'

E. Elmas
63'

63'

D. Mertens

A. Ounas
72'

72'

P. Daka

H. Barnes
77'

77'

D. Demme
77'

77'

B. Soumare

Y. Tielemans
78'

78'

K. Manolas

D. Demme
89'

89'

M. Albrighton

K. Dewsbury-Hall

Next match

Napoli: Formation and Lineups

Napoli adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Luciano Spalletti chose to play with the following team: Alex Meret (6.6), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.0), Amir Rrahmani (6.6), Juan Jesus (6.4), Mário Rui (7.4), Diego Demme (6.8), Piotr Zieliński (7.1), Hirving Lozano (6.1), Adam Ounas (7.5), Eljif Elmas (7.8) and Andrea Petagna (7.2).

Substitutes

Napoli made 3 changes: H. Lozano for K. Malcuit (45′), A. Ounas for D. Mertens (63′) and D. Demme for K. Manolas (78′).

Top player: Eljif Elmas

The player who no doubt impressed Napoli the most was Eljif Elmas.

His rating is (7.8) with 2 goals, 21 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Leicester City: Formation and Lineups

Also Leicester City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Brendan Rodgers played with: Kasper Schmeichel (6.1), Timothy Castagne (6.4), Jonny Evans (7.3), Çağlar Söyüncü (7.0), Ryan Bertrand (6.2), Youri Tielemans (6.8), Wilfred Ndidi (6.9), James Maddison (7.5), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.2), Harvey Barnes (6.2) and Jamie Vardy (6.8).

Substitutes

Leicester City made 3 changes: H. Barnes for P. Daka (72′), Y. Tielemans for B. Soumare (77′) and K. Dewsbury-Hall for M. Albrighton (89′).

Top player: James Maddison

Probably the most impressive player in Leicester City was James Maddison.

His rating is (7.5) with 32 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 9 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League

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.