Serie A Week 20: Result NAPOLI 2 – 0 PARMA, Sunday 31 January 2021

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Italian Soccer Serie A

48% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 52% Ball Possession PARMA
Napoli 2 – 0 Parma
32′ Eljif Elmas
82′ Matteo Politano

Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 6th position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +22
Parma, 19th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -22

Napoli win the Serie A Week 20 game defeating Parma on Sunday 31 January 2021 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy.   Chaos for Parma because the defeat keep them in the relegation zone while Napoli adding a smile dreaming to be among the top 4 teams reaching 37 points.   The gap with Juventus in the 3rd position  with 39 points is -2 points.

Napoli opening the score in the 32nd minute.  It is Eljif Elmas to defeat Parma goalkeeper Sepe with a left footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by Diego Demme.

The debut of Parma new player Dennis Man in the 79th minute after replacing Gastón Brugman.

Napoli sentencing the match in the 82nd minute with the goal by Matteo Politano.

  • Napoli and Parma have drawn only one of the last 16 Serie A crossings (2-2, May 2015), with Napoli 9 wins and Parma with 6.  Stats in favor of Napoli  keeping clean sheets in four of their last seven Serie A matches against Parma, as many as they have in their first 30 games against the Crusaders in the competition.  Napoli have lost two Serie A games against Parma with Gennaro Gattuso on the bench.  Parma have not won in 10 Serie A matches (4N, 6P), they have never done worse in their history in the competition.

✅  Here are NAPOLI official starting lineup – formation by Coach Gennaro Gattuso:

Napoli (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Demme, Elmas; Lozano, Zielinski, L. Insigne; Petagna.

✅  Here are PARMA official starting lineup – formation by Coach Roberto D’Aversa:

Parma (4-3-3): Sepe; Conti, Osorio, Gagliolo, Giu. Pezzella; Grassi, Brugman, Kurtic; Kucka, Cornelius, Gervinho.

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✅ Referee Federico La Penna from the section of Roma 1 will be assisted by Giovanni Baccini from the section of Conegliano and Vito Mastrodonato from the section of Molfetta. The fourth official will be Marco Serra from the section of Torino. The VAR will be Aleandro Di Paolo from the section of Avezzano and the AVAR will be Stefano Del Giovane from the section of Albano Laziale.

2020 – 2021 Italian Serie A Week 20

Napoli 2 – 0 Parma
Sunday 30 January 2021
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Napoli, Italy

18:00

Referee: LA PENNA
Assistants: BACCINI – MASTRODONATO
Fourth Official: SERRA
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: DEL GIOVANE

Goals: 32′ Eljif Elmas (N), 82′ Matteo Politano (N)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

Napoli (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Demme, Elmas; Lozano, Zielinski, L. Insigne; Petagna.

Subs.: Meret, Contini, Rrahmani, Ghoulam, Maksimovic, Hysaj, Lobotka, Bakayoko, Politano, Mertens, Osimhen.

Coach: Gennaro Gattuso

Parma (4-3-3): Sepe; Conti, Osorio, Gagliolo, Giu. Pezzella; Grassi, Brugman, Kurtic; Kucka, Cornelius, Gervinho.

Subs.: Colombi, Rinaldi, Zagaritis, Iacoponi, G. Ricci, Busi, Cyprien, Sohm, Dezi, Hernani, Brunetta, Mihaila, Sprocati.

Coach: Roberto D’Aversa