Inter 3-2 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 21 November 2021

Result

Inter 3-2 Napoli

Serie A · Sunday 21 November 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Inter 3-2 Napoli: match report

Inter beat Napoli 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 21 November 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Inter's goals came from Hakan Calhanoglu (25', penalty), Ivan Perisic (44') and Lautaro Martínez (61'). Napoli scored through Piotr Zielinski (17') and Dries Mertens (78').

Discipline: Inter received 5 yellow cards; Napoli received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Inter were 3rd on 25 points from 12 and Napoli 1st on 32 points from 12. Inter went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Napoli 3rd with 79.

Inter lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Perisic of Inter (8.2), ahead of Hakan Çalhanoğlu (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Inter wins, 3 draws and 3 for Napoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

10'Yellow card · Victor OsimhenNapoli
11'Yellow card · Simone InzaghiInter
17'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli · 0-1
24'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
25'Penalty goal · Hakan CalhanogluInter · 1-1
35'Yellow card · Amir RrahmaniNapoli
41'Yellow card · Hakan CalhanogluInter
44'Goal · Ivan PerisicInter · 2-1
61'Goal · Lautaro MartínezInter · 3-1
72'Yellow card · A. VidalInter
78'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 3-2
84'Yellow card · Samir HandanovicInter
90+2'Yellow card · Edin DzekoInter

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Inter 4, draws 3, Napoli 3.

Napoli 1-1 InterSerie A · 18 Apr 2021
Inter 1-0 NapoliSerie A · 16 Dec 2020
Inter 2-0 NapoliSerie A · 28 Jul 2020
Napoli 1-3 InterSerie A · 6 Jan 2020
Napoli 4-1 InterSerie A · 19 May 2019
Inter 1-0 NapoliSerie A · 26 Dec 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Konstantinos ManolasNapoli · injury (Fitness)
Alessandro ZanoliNapoli · injury (COVID 19)
Robin GosensInter · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Adam OunasNapoli · injury (Muscle Injury)
Diego DemmeNapoli · injury (COVID 19)
Matteo PolitanoNapoli · injury (COVID 19)
Davide CostanzoNapoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Stefan de VrijInter · injury (Muscle Fatigue)
Alexis SánchezInter · injury (Muscular problems)
Felipe CaicedoInter · injury (Muscular problems)

Inter line-up (3-5-2)

Samir Handanović, Milan Škriniar, Andrea Ranocchia, Alessandro Bastoni, Matteo Darmian, Nicolò Barella, Marcelo Brozović, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Ivan Perisic, Joaquín Correa, Lautaro Martínez

Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Ospina, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mário Rui, Frank Anguissa, Fabián Ruiz, Hirving Lozano, Piotr Zielinski, Lorenzo Insigne, Victor Osimhen