Napoli 2-2 Inter: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 8 March 2015
Result
Napoli 2-2 Inter
Serie A · Sunday 8 March 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Napoli 2-2 Inter: match report
Napoli drew with Inter 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 8 March 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Marek Hamsik opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Napoli's goals came from Marek Hamsik (51') and Gonzalo Higuaín (63'). Inter scored through Rodrigo Palacio (72') and Mauro Icardi (87', penalty).
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Inter received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 45 points from 25 and Inter 9th on 35 points from 25. Napoli went on to finish that season 4th with 64 points, and Inter 9th with 53.
Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Inter in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 4 draws and 2 for Inter.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Inter's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 16'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 37'Yellow card · Marcelo Brozovic
- 49'Yellow card · Henrique
- 51'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 63'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 72'Goal · Rodrigo Palacio
- 86'Second yellow · Henrique
- 87'Penalty goal · Mauro Icardi
- 89'Yellow card · Fredy Guarin
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mariano Andújar, Ivan Strinić, Henrique, David López, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Dries Mertens, Marek Hamšík, Gökhan Inler, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín
Inter line-up (4-3-1-2)
Samir Handanović, Juan Jesus, Gary Medel, José Faria, Andrea Ranocchia, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Fredy Guarin, Marcelo Brozović, Xherdan Shaqiri, Rodrigo Palacio, Mauro Icardi