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55% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 45% Ball Possession CHIEVO VERONA
Napoli 2 – 0 Chievo Verona
24′ Manolo Gabbiadini
39′ Marek Hamsik
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 2nd position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +7
Chievo Verona , 4th position with 10 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
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2 | Napoli | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12:5 | 7 | 11 |
4 | Chievo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7:4 | 3 | 10 |
Napoli keeping up the race for the Scudetto after defeating Chievo Verona at the San Paolo Stadium. Juventus defeated Palermo at the Barbera Stadium and keep the first position. Napoli and Juventus having only 2 points difference.
Great start for Napoli opening the score in the 24th minute. It is forward Manolo Gabbiadini to score from long range with a left footed shot defeating Chievo Verona goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino in the bottom left corner despite going o the right direction, yet, unable to reach for the save. It’s party at the San Paolo Stadium. The assist is by forward José Callejón.
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Napoli just rocking and delighting the fans. Second goal of the match is scored by Captain Marek Hamsik! Yep, it is Hamsik to smack a left footed shot defeating goalkeeper Sorrentino in the top right corner despite his stretch attempting to save…. at the end is Hamsik to celebrate. The assist is by forward Lorenzo Insigne.
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- There are 16 precedents in total for Napoli – Chievo Verona. Stats showing Napoli with 9 wins, 1 draw, and Chievo Verona with 6 wins. In 8 games at the San Paolo Stadium, Chievo winning only 2 compared to Napoli winning 5 and 1 draw.
Here is NAPOLI official starting lineup by coach Maurizio Sarri:
NAPOLI (4-3-3): Reina; Maggio, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Hamšík, Jorginho, Zieliński; Callejón, Gabbiadini, Insigne.
Here is CHIEVO VERONA official starting lineup by coach Rolando Maran:
CHIEVO VERONA (4-3-1-2): Sorrentino; Cacciatore, Dainelli, Cesar, Gobbi; Castro, Radovanović, Hetemaj; Birsa; Meggiorini, Inglese.
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Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of NAPOLI: Forward Jose Callejon with 5 goals
Top scorer of CHIEVO VERONA: Lucas Castro and Valter Birsa with 2 goals each
napoli | Goals | Goals | chievo verona |
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Callejon, Jose | 5 | 2 | Birsa, Valter |
Milik, Arek | 4 | 2 | Castro, Lucas |
Mertens, Dries | 2 | 1 | Cacciatore, Fabrizio |
Hamsik, Marek | 1 | 1 | Rigoni, Nicola |
1 | Gamberini, Alessandro |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of NAPOLI: 2 wins, 1 draw
21/09/16 | SA | Genoa – Napoli | 0:0 | 5 | |||
17/09/16 | SA | Napoli – Bologna | 3:1 | 4 | |||
13/09/16 | UCLG | Dynamo Kiev – Napoli | 1:2 | 1 |
Here are the last 3 games of CHIEVO VERONA: 2 wins, 1 draw
21/09/16 | SA | Chievo – Sassuolo | 2:1 | 5 | |||
18/09/16 | SA | Udinese – Chievo | 1:2 | 4 | |||
11/09/16 | SA | Chievo – Lazio | 1:1 | 3 |
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Napoli official starting lineup against Chievo Verona
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2016 – 2017 Italian Serie A Week 6
Napoli 2 – 0 Chievo Verona
Saturday 24 September 2016
San Paolo Stadium
Naples, Italy
20:45
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: DI FIORE – LONGO
Fourth Official: COSTANZO
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: GHERSINI
Goals: 24′ Manolo Gabbiadini (N), 39′ Marek Hamsik (N)
Official lineups – formations:
NAPOLI (4-3-3): Reina; Maggio, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Hamšík, Jorginho, Zieliński; Callejón, Gabbiadini, Insigne.
Subs.: Rafael, Hysaj, Strinić, Giaccherini, Allan, Mertens, Maksimović, Rog, Diawara, Tonelli, Milik.
Coach: Maurizio Sarri.
CHIEVO VERONA (4-3-1-2): Sorrentino; Cacciatore, Dainelli, Cesar, Gobbi; Castro, Radovanović, Hetemaj; Birsa; Meggiorini, Inglese.
Subs: Seculin, Confente, Frey, Gamberini, Spolli, Rigoni, de Guzmán, Bastien, Izco, Parigini, Floro Flores, Pellissier
Coach: Rolando Maran.