Napoli 2-0 Sampdoria: result and report
Serie A · Monday 6 January 2014
Result
Napoli 2-0 Sampdoria
Serie A · Monday 6 January 2014, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Napoli 2-0 Sampdoria: match report
Napoli defeated Sampdoria 2-0 in Serie A on Monday 6 January 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Napoli's goals came from Dries Mertens (53') and Dries Mertens (62'). Sampdoria did not score.
Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards; Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 4th on 34 points from 17 and Sampdoria 14th on 17 points from 17. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Sampdoria 14th with 45.
Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sampdoria in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sampdoria.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Sampdoria's D-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Pedro Obiang
- 42'Yellow card · V. Regini
- 44'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 45'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 53'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 61'Yellow card · Nurgzay Khayrulin
- 62'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 81'Yellow card · Duván Zapata
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Anthony Reveillere, Christian Maggio, Federico Fernández, Raúl Albiol, Dries Mertens, Blerim Džemaili, Gökhan Inler, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lorenzo Insigne
Sampdoria line-up (4-2-3-1)
Angelo Da Costa, Shkodran Mustafi, Vasco Regini, Daniele Gastaldello, Nenad Krstičić, Pedro Obiang, Angelo Palombo, Roberto Soriano, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Manolo Gabbiadini, Éder