Juventus vs Napoli

29 September 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Luca Banti

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Mario Mandzukic 26’, 49’
Leonardo Bonucci 76’

Dries Mertens 10’

Match summary

Juventus came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Napoli. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Dries Mertens put Napoli ahead in the 10th minute, set up by José Callejón and Mario Mandzukic equalised with a header in the 26th minute, set up by Cristiano Ronaldo. In the second half, Mandzukic put Juventus in front in the 49th minute and Leonardo Bonucci made it 3-1 from a corner in the 76th minute, set up by Cristiano Ronaldo.

The chances backed that up: Juventus created 3.14 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Napoli's 1.43 from 14. Napoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

14 Shots 9

9 Shots on Target 6

7 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 1

3.05 xG 1.42

3.05 Non-penalty xG 1.42

3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Juventus Napoli

Kick-off

10’

Dries Mertens
Assist: José Callejón

0-1

Mario Mandzukic
Assist: Cristiano Ronaldo

1-1

26’

Half-time1-1

Mario Mandzukic

2-1

49’

Leonardo Bonucci
Assist: Cristiano Ronaldo

3-1

76’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Juventus

João Cancelo
Leonardo Bonucci
Alex Sandro

Napoli

Mário Rui
Elseid Hysaj
Kalidou Koulibaly
Lorenzo Insigne

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.

Juventus 3.14 xGNapoli 1.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli attacking Juventus 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
Wojciech Szczesny	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Cancelo	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Giorgio Chiellini	DEF	90			2	0.58	0.00	0
Leonardo Bonucci	DEF	90	1		1	0.63	0.00	0
Alex Sandro	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miralem Pjanic	MID	90			1	0.02	0.03	2
Blaise Matuidi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emre Can	MID	62			1	0.02	0.63	3
Paulo Dybala	MID	64			1	0.04	0.02	1
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90		2	8	0.90	1.02	3
Mario Mandzukic	FWD	84	2		2	0.92	0.28	1
Rodrigo Bentancur	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Bernardeschi	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.51	3
Juan Cuadrado	Sub	6			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
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mário Rui	DEF	58			3	0.05	0.00	0
Allan	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Marek Hamsik	MID	70			0	0.00	0.05	2
Piotr Zielinski	MID	61			2	0.03	0.00	0
José Callejón	FWD	90		1	2	0.39	0.74	2
Dries Mertens	FWD	61	1		2	0.76	0.00	0
Lorenzo Insigne	FWD	90			3	0.08	0.04	2
Kevin Malcuit	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arkadiusz Milik	Sub	29			1	0.07	0.34	1
Fabián	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.07	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Juventus win 53% Bet365 odds 1.80

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.60

Napoli win 20% Bet365 odds 4.75

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Juventus W W W W W

Napoli W L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.