Inter vs Napoli

16 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Romelu Lukaku 73’ (pen)

Match summary

Inter beat Napoli 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Romelu Lukaku put Inter ahead from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute.

Napoli can feel hard done by, creating 3.26 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Inter's 1.32 from 5. Napoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

Inter Napoli
3 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 3
5 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1.32 xG 3.26
0.56 Non-penalty xG 3.26
6 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Inter Napoli
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Romelu Lukaku
Penalty1-0 (Inter)
73’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Inter
  • Samir Handanovic
  • Milan Skriniar
  • Marcelo Brozovic
  • Romelu Lukaku
  • Danilo D'Ambrosio
Napoli
  • Lorenzo Insigne
  • David Ospina
  • Tiemoué Bakayoko
  • Hirving Lozano

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 3.26 73’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), 1-0 73’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 3.26 73’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), 1-0 Lukaku 73’
Inter 1.32 xGNapoli 3.26 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Napoli attacking Inter attacking 
63’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.88 xG, off target 73’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 69’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.58 xG, saved 80’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 17’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 90’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 90+2’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 28’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 70’ Stefano Sensi (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 33’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+1’ Achraf Hakimi (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 83’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Roberto Gagliardini (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.88 xG, off target 73’ Romelu Lukaku (Inter), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 69’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.58 xG, saved 80’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 17’ Lautaro Martínez (Inter), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 90’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 90+2’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 28’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 33’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 70’ Stefano Sensi (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+1’ Achraf Hakimi (Inter), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 7’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 83’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 37’ Roberto Gagliardini (Inter), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 81’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Samir Handanovic GK900 0.000.000
Alessandro Bastoni DEF900 0.000.000
Stefan de Vrij DEF900 0.000.000
Milan Skriniar DEF900 0.000.000
Matteo Darmian MID900 0.000.000
Ashley Young MID880 0.000.000
Roberto Gagliardini MID901 0.030.000
Nicolò Barella MID900 0.000.473
Marcelo Brozovic MID690 0.000.000
Romelu Lukaku FWD9011 0.760.091
Lautaro Martínez FWD791 0.350.000
Stefano Sensi Sub211 0.090.000
Achraf Hakimi Sub111 0.090.000
Danilo D'Ambrosio Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Inter win 43% Avg odds 2.20
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.26
Napoli win 28% Avg odds 3.44

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Inter 2-0 Napoli, 28 Jul 20 Next meeting: Napoli 1-1 Inter, 18 Apr 21  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.