Result NAPOLI 2 – 0 HELLAS VERONA, Serie A Week 20, Sunday 12 January 2025

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69% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 31% Ball Possession HELLAS VERONA
        Napoli 2 – 0 Hellas Verona   
5′ Lorenzo Montipò (own goal)
61′ Frank Anguissa

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 1st position with 44 points and a positive goal difference of +18
Hellas Verona, 17th position with 19 points and a positive goal difference of +18

 The competition for the Scudetto is heating up! On Sunday, January 12, 2025, Napoli triumphed over Hellas Verona in their Serie A Week 20 match held at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy. This win propels Napoli to the top of the standings with 47 points from 20 matches. They are currently four points ahead of Inter, who have two games in hand, and five points clear of Atalanta, who have one game less than Napoli. Meanwhile, Verona sits at 19 points, just a point above third-from-bottom Cagliari. This was a solid performance from Conte’s squad, who dealt with Hellas Verona effectively, scoring once in each half and missing several chances to increase their lead.

The visitors struggled to pose any threat to Meret’s goal, allowing the league leaders to secure their fifth straight win and their seventh victory in the last eight matches. Looking ahead, a crucial match awaits Conte’s team as they prepare to take on Atalanta in Bergamo this Saturday. Verona will face Lazio at the Bentegodi next Sunday at 18:00.eir last four matches and looking to improve their chances of survival.

Napoli got off to a great start in the 5th minute when Hellas Verona’s goalkeeper, Lorenzo Montipò, accidentally scored an own goal. After Lukaku set up Di Lorenzo, the latter’s left-footed shot from the edge of the box struck the post, but the ball ricocheted off Montipò and found its way into the net.

🔵Napoli 1 – 0 Hellas Verona, 5th minute own goal by goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipò. Lukaku passes to Di Lorenzo who hits the post with a left-footed shot from the edge of the area, the ball hits the back of the visiting goalkeeper and ends up in the net. https://t.co/vB1EmM8s5n

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 12, 2025

Napoli is taking charge of the match. In the 61st minute, Frank Anguissa found the net with a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner, assisted by Romelu Lukaku. The fans are definitely rallying behind the team to secure this win.

🔵Napoli 2 – 0 Hellas Verona 🟡🔵, 61st minute
⚽️ goal by Frank Anguissa for @en_sscnapoli with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Romelu Lukaku. https://t.co/oabahfc0Dc

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 12, 2025

✅  Stats before the game

Following their impressive 3-0 victory on the opening matchday of the 2024/25 Serie A season, Hellas Verona has the chance to make history by defeating Napoli in both league encounters this season.

Napoli, on the other hand, boasts an impressive record, having gone 19 home games without a loss against Hellas Verona in Serie A, with 14 wins and 5 draws. This marks the longest active streak of home games without defeat against a single opponent for the Neapolitans. Only Atalanta and Udinese have managed to achieve longer unbeaten runs at home against other teams, with 23 and 21 games respectively. As for Napoli, they wrapped up the first half of the season with 44 points, and historically, they have only surpassed this total after 19 matches in Serie A on three occasions: 50 points in 2022/23, 48 points in 2017/18, and 48 points in 1987/88.

Napoli has achieved the highest number of clean sheets this season among the top five European leagues, totaling 11. This marks the first time since the 1986/87 season that the Partenopei have managed such a feat after 19 matches in Serie A. They are on track to potentially keep a clean sheet in 12 of their first 20 games, a milestone not reached since the 1981/82 season.

In their last four home matches, Napoli has alternated between a win and a loss, and they haven’t secured two consecutive victories at home in Serie A since their first five matches of the current tournament.  With the win against Bologna and the draw against Udinese, Hellas Verona remained unbeaten in two matches in a row for the first time in this championship; the Scaligeri could record three games in a row without defeat in a single Serie A season for the first time since the period between November and December 2023 (three draws in that case).

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The Diego Armando Maradona Stadium is ready for Napoli vs Hellas Verona

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👉First half is over. 🔵Napoli 1 – 0 Hellas Verona 🟡🔵

⚽️ Goals: 5′ Lorenzo Montipò (own goal)

🟨 Yellow Cards: 0

✅ Shots on goal: Napoli 0, Verona 0
✅ Corners: Napoli 4, Verona 1
✅ Saves: Napoli 0, Verona 0

✍️Ball Possession: 71% @en_sscnapoli and 29% @HellasVeronaFC… https://t.co/YQtWc7LBV8

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 12, 2025

👉Result 🔵Napoli 2 – 0 Hellas Verona 🟡🔵

⚽️ Goals: 5′ Lorenzo Montipò (own goal), 61′ Frank Anguissa (Napoli)

🟨 Yellow Cards: 0

✅ Shots on goal: Napoli 3, Verona 2
✅ Corners: Napoli 8, Verona 1
✅ Saves: Napoli 2, Verona 1

✍️Ball Possession: 69% @en_sscnapoli and 31%… https://t.co/1itszNqAie

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 12, 2025

Photo via x.com/HellasVeronaFC

Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli

2024 – 2025 Italian Serie A Week 20

🔵 Result Napoli 2 – 0 Hellas Verona 🟡🔵
Sunday 12 January 2025
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Naples, Italy

20:45

Referee: ZUFFERLI
Assistants: CECCONI – FONTEMURATO
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: GHERSINI
AVAR: MARINI

⚽️ Goals: 5′ Lorenzo Montipò (own goal), 61′ Frank Anguissa (Napoli)

🟨 Booked: 0

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:

🔵 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Spinazzola; McTominay, Lobotka, Zambo Anguissa; Politano, Lukaku, Neres

Subs: Contini, Scuffet, Gilmour, Marin, Simeone, Zerbin, Ngonge, Hasa, Mazzocchi, Raspadori

Coach: Antonio Conte

🟡🔵 Lineup HELLAS VERONA (3-4-1-2): Montipò; Magnani, Coppola, Dawidowicz; Faraoni, Duda, Belahyane, Lazovic; Suslov; Tengstedt, Sarr

Subs: Berardi, Perilli, Daniliuc, Lambourde, Bradaric, Livramento, Okou, Sishuba, Kastanos, Dani Silva, Alidou, Mosquera, Ajayi, Cisse, Corradi

Coach: Paolo Zanetti