Napoli 3-2 AC Milan: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Napoli 3-2 AC Milan

Serie A · Saturday 25 August 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Napoli 3-2 AC Milan: match report

Napoli defeated AC Milan 3-2 in Serie A on Saturday 25 August 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Giacomo Bonaventura opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Napoli's goals came from Piotr Zielinski (53'), Piotr Zielinski (67') and Dries Mertens (80'). AC Milan scored through Giacomo Bonaventura (15') and Davide Calabria (49').

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; AC Milan received 2 yellow cards.

Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and AC Milan 5th with 68.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and AC Milan in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Piotr Zielinski of Napoli (9.0), ahead of Allan (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Napoli wins, 3 draws and 1 for AC Milan.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Giacomo BonaventuraAC Milan · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli
  • 30'Yellow card · SusoAC Milan
  • 49'Goal · Davide CalabriaAC Milan · 0-2
  • 53'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli · 1-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Ricardo RodríguezAC Milan
  • 67'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 6, draws 3, AC Milan 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

David Ospina, Elseid Hysaj, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mário Rui, Allan, Marek Hamšík, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Arkadiusz Milik, Lorenzo Insigne

AC Milan line-up (4-3-3)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Davide Calabria, Mateo Musacchio, Alessio Romagnoli, Ricardo Rodríguez, Franck Kessié, Lucas Biglia, Giacomo Bonaventura, Suso, Gonzalo Higuaín, Fabio Borini