Napoli 2-4 Roma: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 3 March 2018

Result

Napoli 2-4 Roma

Serie A · Saturday 3 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Napoli 2-4 Roma: match report

Napoli lost to Roma 2-4 in Serie A on Saturday 3 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Napoli's goals came from Lorenzo Insigne (6') and Dries Mertens (90+2'). Roma scored through Cengiz Ünder (7'), Edin Dzeko (26'), Edin Dzeko (73') and Diego Perotti (79').

Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Roma received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 1st on 69 points from 26 and Roma 5th on 50 points from 26. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Roma 3rd with 77.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Roma in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli (9.1), ahead of Alisson (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 5 for Roma.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Cengiz ÜnderRoma · 1-1
  • 26'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 1-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Dries MertensNapoli
  • 55'Yellow card · Federico FazioRoma
  • 73'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 1-3
  • 79'Goal · Diego PerottiRoma · 1-4
  • 86'Yellow card · Edin DzekoRoma
  • 90+2'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 4, draws 1, Roma 5.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

Roma line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Aleksandar Kolarov, Federico Fazio, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi, Diego Perotti, Edin Džeko, Cengiz Ünder