Napoli 3-1 AC Milan: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 8 February 2014
Result
Napoli 3-1 AC Milan
Serie A · Saturday 8 February 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Napoli 3-1 AC Milan: match report
Napoli defeated AC Milan 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday 8 February 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.
A. Taarabt opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Napoli's goals came from Gökhan Inler (11'), Gonzalo Higuaín (56') and Gonzalo Higuaín (82'). AC Milan scored through A. Taarabt (8').
Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards; AC Milan received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 4th on 44 points from 22 and AC Milan 10th on 30 points from 22. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and AC Milan 8th with 56.
Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AC Milan in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Napoli win, 7 draws and 2 for AC Milan.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read L-D-W-W-W and AC Milan's D-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · A. Taarabt
- 11'Goal · Gökhan Inler
- 22'Yellow card · Christian Abbiati
- 38'Yellow card · Gökhan Inler
- 54'Yellow card · A. Taarabt
- 56'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 68'Yellow card · Jorginho
- 82'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 87'Yellow card · José Callejón
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Christian Maggio, Federico Fernández, Raúl Albiol, Faouzi Ghoulam, Jorginho, Gökhan Inler, Dries Mertens, Marek Hamšík, Lorenzo Insigne, Gonzalo Higuaín
AC Milan expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Abbiati, Mattia De Sciglio, Cristián Zapata, Daniele Bonera, Nigel de Jong, Kaká, Urby Emanuelson, Sulley Muntari, Riccardo Montolivo, Mario Balotelli