Napoli 3-1 Crvena Zvezda: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 28 November 2018
Result
Napoli 3-1 Crvena Zvezda
Champions League · Wednesday 28 November 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Napoli 3-1 Crvena Zvezda: match report
Napoli defeated Crvena Zvezda 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 November 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Marek Hamsik opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Napoli's goals came from Marek Hamsik (11'), Dries Mertens (33') and Dries Mertens (52'). Crvena Zvezda scored through El Fardou Ben (57').
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Crvena Zvezda received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 35th on 6 points from 4 and Crvena Zvezda 2nd on 18 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Napoli lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crvena Zvezda in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marek Hamšík of Napoli (9.1), ahead of Dries Mertens (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for Crvena Zvezda.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-D-W-D and Crvena Zvezda's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 33'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 45+4'Yellow card · Nenad Krsticic
- 52'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 57'Goal · El Fardou Ben
- 75'Yellow card · Dusan Jovancic
- 81'Yellow card · Marko Gobeljic
- 89'Yellow card · Elseid Hysaj
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-4-2)
David Ospina, Nikola Maksimović, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mário Rui, Juanmi Callejón, Allan, Marek Hamšík, Fabián Ruiz, Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens
Crvena Zvezda line-up (4-2-3-1)
Milan Borjan, Marko Gobeljić, Milos Degenek, Srdjan Babic, Milan Rodić, Slavoljub Srnic, Nenad Krstičić, El Fardou Ben, Marko Marin, Veljko Simic, Nikola Stojiljkovic