Napoli 3-1 Pescara: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 15 January 2017
Result
Napoli 3-1 Pescara
Serie A · Sunday 15 January 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Napoli 3-1 Pescara: match report
Napoli won against Pescara 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 15 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Lorenzo Tonelli opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Napoli's goals came from Lorenzo Tonelli (47'), Marek Hamsik (49') and Dries Mertens (85'). Pescara scored through Gianluca Caprari (90+4', penalty).
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Pescara received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 38 points from 19 and Pescara 20th on 6 points from 18. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Pescara 20th with 15.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Pescara in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Allan of Napoli (8.2), ahead of Marek Hamšík (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for Pescara.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Pescara's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Andrea Coda
- 43'Yellow card · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 44'Yellow card · Ahmad Benali
- 47'Goal · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 49'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 54'Yellow card · Albano Bizzarri
- 85'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Gianluca Caprari
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Ivan Strinić, Raúl Albiol, Lorenzo Tonelli, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Pescara line-up (3-5-2)
Albano Bizzarri, Alessandro Crescenzi, Dario Župarić, Andrea Coda, Alessandro Bruno, Bryan Cristante, Valerio Verre, Ledian Memushaj, Ahmad Benali, Gianluca Caprari, Alberto Gilardino