Napoli 2-0 Sampdoria: A surprise win against Sampdoria

Jordan Ranan|Jan 8, 2023 19:03 GMT

GENOVA. Napoli had a surprising win over Sampdoria with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Osimhen (19') and a penalty scored by E. Elmas (81').

GENOVA. Napoli had a surprising win over Sampdoria with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Osimhen (19′) and a penalty scored by E. Elmas (81′). Napoli was vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.

Matteo Politano missed a penalty (6′) for Napoli.

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Rosario Abisso who had the assistance of Filippo Bercigli and Dario Cecconi. The 4th official was Livio Marinelli. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold around 8.5 degrees Celsius or 47.32 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 93%.

Sampdoria

0

Napoli

2

8 Jan 2023 Full time

Match Statistics

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 66% while Sampdoria was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Napoli was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Napoli won the encounter.

Sampdoria shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Napoli shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards (Nicola Murru, Jeison Murillo and Mehdi Léris). Regarding the opposition, Napoli received 2 yellow cards (Juan Jesus and Frank Anguissa).

(Sampdoria) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (38′).

After playing this match, Sampdoria will stay with 9 points to stay in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Napoli will have 41 points to stay in the 1st place.

Match Events

4'

4'

Frank Anguissa
5'

5'

Nicola Murru
6'

6'

Matteo Politano

Matteo Politano
19'

19'

Victor Osimhen
38'

38'

Tomás Rincón
45'

45'

Jeison Murillo
46'

46'

Amir Rrahmani

Min-jae Kim
46'

46'

Alessandro Zanoli

Jeison Murillo
47'

47'

Filip Djuricic

Manolo Gabbiadini
53'

53'

Juan Jesus
54'

54'

Gonzalo Villar

Valerio Verre
60'

60'

Frank Anguissa
63'

63'

Hirving Lozano

Matteo Politano
63'

63'

Piotr Zielinski

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
66'

66'

Tanguy Ndombélé

Frank Anguissa
72'

72'

Mehdi Léris
80'

80'

Eljif Elmas (Penalty confirmed)
81'

81'

Eljif Elmas (Penalty)
83'

83'

D. Montevago

Sam Lammers
83'

83'

F. Paoletti

Ronaldo Vieira
88'

88'

Giacomo Raspadori

Eljif Elmas

Next match

In the upcoming Serie A match, Sampdoria will play away with Empoli on the 16th of January with a 9-5 head to head in favor of Sampdoria (4 draws).

Empoli

1

Sampdoria

0

16 Jan 2023 Full time

Napoli will host Juventus on the 13th of January with a 16-13 head to head stats in favor of Juventus (8 draws).

Napoli

5

Juventus

1

13 Jan 2023 Full time

Sampdoria: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Dejan Stankovic chose to play with the following team: Emil Audero (7.8), Jeison Murillo (6.6), Bram Nuytinck (7.1), Nicola Murru (6.7), Mehdi Léris (6.4), Tomás Rincón (5.2), Ronaldo Vieira (6.3), Tommaso Augello (7.1), Valerio Verre (7.0), Manolo Gabbiadini (7.3) and Sam Lammers (7.0).

Substitutes

Sampdoria made 5 changes: Jeison Murillo for Alessandro Zanoli (46′), Manolo Gabbiadini for Filip Djuricic (47′), Valerio Verre for Gonzalo Villar (54′), Sam Lammers for Daniele Montevago (83′) and Ronaldo Vieira for Flavio Paoletti (83′).

Best player: Emil Audero

The player that probably impressed the most for Sampdoria was the goalkeeper: Emil Audero. His rating is 7.80. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.

Napoli: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret (6.9), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.2), Min-jae Kim (6.9), Juan Jesus (7.1), Mário Rui (8.0), Eljif Elmas (7.1), Stanislav Lobotka (7.3), Frank Anguissa (7.5), Matteo Politano (7.3), Victor Osimhen (7.3) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (6.3).

Substitutes

Napoli made 5 changes: Min-jae Kim for Amir Rrahmani (46′), Matteo Politano for Hirving Lozano (63′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Piotr Zielinski (63′), Frank Anguissa for Tanguy Ndombélé (66′) and Eljif Elmas for Giacomo Raspadori (88′).