Napoli 2-1 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 29 January 2023
Result
Napoli 2-1 Roma
Serie A · Sunday 29 January 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Napoli 2-1 Roma: match report
Napoli defeated Roma 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 29 January 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Victor Osimhen opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Napoli's goals came from Victor Osimhen (17') and Giovanni Simeone (86'). Roma scored through Stephan El Shaarawy (75').
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Roma received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 1st on 50 points from 19 and Roma 7th on 37 points from 19. Napoli went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Roma 7th with 63.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Roma in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Piotr Zielinski of Napoli (7.8), ahead of Hirving Lozano (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Napoli wins, 3 draws and 2 for Roma.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Roma's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Victor Osimhen
- 33'Yellow card · Paulo Dybala
- 68'Yellow card · Victor Osimhen
- 70'Yellow card · Stephan El Shaarawy
- 75'Goal · Stephan El Shaarawy
- 86'Goal · Giovanni Simeone
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Min-jae Kim, Mário Rui, Frank Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zielinski, Hirving Lozano, Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Rui Patrício, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Roger Ibañez, Nicola Zalewski, Bryan Cristante, Nemanja Matić, Leonardo Spinazzola, Paulo Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Tammy Abraham