Napoli 5-1 Pescara: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 2 December 2012
Result
Napoli 5-1 Pescara
Serie A · Sunday 2 December 2012, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Napoli 5-1 Pescara: match report
Napoli defeated Pescara 5-1 in Serie A on Sunday 2 December 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Gökhan Inler opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Napoli's goals came from Gökhan Inler (9'), Marek Hamšík (15'), Edinson Cavani (58', penalty), Edinson Cavani (63') and Gökhan Inler (78'). Pescara scored through Birkir Bjarnason (18').
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Pescara received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 30 points from 14 and Pescara 20th on 11 points from 14. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Pescara 20th with 22.
Napoli lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Pescara in a 3-5-2.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read W-D-W-D-L and Pescara's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Gökhan Inler
- 15'Goal · Marek Hamšík
- 18'Goal · Birkir Bjarnason
- 39'Yellow card · Hajime Moriyasu
- 57'Red card · Antonio Bocchetti
- 58'Penalty goal · Edinson Cavani
- 63'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 70'Yellow card · Damiano Zanon
- 78'Goal · Gökhan Inler
- 83'Yellow card · Camilo Zúñiga
- 85'Yellow card · Simone Romagnoli
Team news
Napoli line-up (3-4-1-2)
Morgan De Sanctis, Miguel Britos, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Alessandro Gamberini, Giandomenico Mesto, Marek Hamšík, Valon Behrami, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Lorenzo Insigne
Pescara line-up (3-5-2)
Mattia Perin, Damiano Zanon, Simone Romagnoli, Antonio Bocchetti, Christian Terlizzi, Emmanuel Cascione, Birkir Bjarnason, Togni, Vladimír Weiss, A. Vukušić, Francesco Modesto