Inter vs Napoli

21 November 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Paolo Valeri

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Hakan Calhanoglu 25’ (pen)
Ivan Perisic 44’
Lautaro Martínez 61’

Piotr Zielinski 17’
Dries Mertens 78’

Match summary

Inter came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Napoli. Inter led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Piotr Zielinski put Napoli ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Lorenzo Insigne, Hakan Calhanoglu equalised from the penalty spot in the 25th minute, and Ivan Perisic put Inter in front with a header in the 44th minute, set up by Hakan Calhanoglu. In the second half, Lautaro Martínez made it 3-1 in the 61st minute, set up by Joaquín Correa and Dries Mertens pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 78th minute, set up by Kalidou Koulibaly.

The chances backed that up: Inter created 2.20 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Napoli's 0.95 from 9.

Match stats

17 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 1

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.20 xG 0.94

1.43 Non-penalty xG 0.94

6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Inter Napoli

Kick-off

17’

Piotr Zielinski
Assist: Lorenzo Insigne

0-1

Hakan Calhanoglu
Penalty

1-1

25’

Ivan Perisic
Assist: Hakan Calhanoglu

2-1

44’

Half-time2-1

Lautaro Martínez
Assist: Joaquín Correa

3-1

61’

78’

Dries Mertens
Assist: Kalidou Koulibaly

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Inter

Samir Handanovic
Hakan Calhanoglu
Edin Dzeko
Arturo Vidal

Napoli

Kalidou Koulibaly
Amir Rrahmani
Victor Osimhen

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Inter 2.20 xGNapoli 0.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli attacking Inter attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Samir Handanovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alessandro Bastoni	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Ranocchia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milan Skriniar	DEF	90			2	0.14	0.00	0
Matteo Darmian	MID	90			1	0.02	0.17	2
Ivan Perisic	MID	89	1		2	0.05	0.54	2
Marcelo Brozovic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Nicolò Barella	MID	76			2	0.12	0.06	1
Hakan Calhanoglu	MID	63	1	1	2	0.82	0.28	3
Lautaro Martínez	FWD	76	1		6	0.95	0.00	0
Joaquín Correa	FWD	63		1	2	0.10	0.10	2
Edin Dzeko	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Roberto Gagliardini	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Dimarco	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martín Satriano	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Ospina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.25	2
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.02	1
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mário Rui	DEF	90			1	0.16	0.00	0
Franck Zambo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.32	1
Fabián	MID	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Hirving Lozano	MID	76			0	0.00	0.19	2
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90	1		2	0.11	0.06	1
Lorenzo Insigne	MID	76		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Victor Osimhen	FWD	56			2	0.19	0.00	0
Andrea Petagna	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dries Mertens	Sub	14	1		3	0.43	0.00	0
Eljif Elmas	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Inter win 43% Avg odds 2.25

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41

Napoli win 29% Avg odds 3.27

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Inter L D W W D

Napoli W D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Napoli 1-1 Inter, 18 Apr 21 Next meeting: Napoli 1-1 Inter, 12 Feb 22 All Inter vs Napoli meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.