Catania 2-1 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 29 October 2011

Result

Catania 2-1 Napoli

Serie A · Saturday 29 October 2011, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Catania 2-1 Napoli: match report

Catania defeated Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 29 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Catania's goals came from Giovanni Marchese (25') and Gonzalo Bergessio (48'). Napoli scored through Edinson Cavani (1').

Discipline: Catania received 1 yellow card; Napoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Catania were 11th on 11 points from 8 and Napoli 5th on 14 points from 8. Catania went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Napoli 5th with 61.

Catania lined up in a 5-3-2 and Napoli in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Catania wins, 2 draws and 4 for Napoli.

Going into the match Catania's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Napoli's W-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Mario SantanaNapoli
  • 25'Goal · Giovanni MarcheseCatania · 1-1
  • 43'Second yellow · Mario SantanaNapoli
  • 48'Goal · Gonzalo BergessioCatania · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Paolo CannavaroNapoli
  • 66'Yellow card · Giuseppe BellusciCatania

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Catania 2, draws 2, Napoli 4.

Team news

Catania line-up (5-3-2)

Mariano Andújar, Nicolás Spolli, Giovanni Marchese, Giuseppe Bellusci, Sergio Almirón, Francesco Lodi, Mariano Julio Izco, Papu Gómez, Gonzalo Bergessio, Adrián Ricchiuti, Nicola Legrottaglie

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

Morgan De Sanctis, Ignacio Fideleff, Andrea Dossena, Camilo Zúñiga, Federico Fernández, Paolo Cannavaro, Mario Santana, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Giuseppe Mascara, Ezequiel Lavezzi