Napoli vs AC Milan

30 March 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Simone Sozza

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Matteo Politano 2’
  • Romelu Lukaku 19’
  • Luka Jovic 84’

Match summary

Napoli saw off AC Milan 2-1. Napoli led 2-0 at half-time.

Matteo Politano put Napoli ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Romelu Lukaku made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, set up by Billy Gilmour, and Luka Jovic pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 84th minute, set up by Theo Hernández.

AC Milan can feel hard done by, creating 2.26 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Napoli's 0.95 from 8. Santiago Giménez had a penalty saved for AC Milan.

Match stats

Napoli AC Milan
8 Shots 17
3 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.95 xG 2.26
0.95 Non-penalty xG 1.49
6 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Napoli AC Milan
Kick-off
Matteo Politano
Assist: Giovanni Di Lorenzo1-0 (Napoli)
2’
Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Billy Gilmour2-0 (Napoli)
19’
Half-time2-0
84’
Luka Jovic
Assist: Theo Hernández2-1 (AC Milan)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Romelu Lukaku
AC Milan
  • Alejandro Jiménez

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 2.26 2’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), 1-0 2’ 19’ Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), 2-0 19’ 84’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), 2-1 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 2.26 2’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), 1-0 Politano 2’ 19’ Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), 2-0 Lukaku 19’ 84’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), 2-1 Jovic 84’
Napoli 0.95 xGAC Milan 2.26 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 AC Milan attacking Napoli attacking 
69’ Santiago Giménez (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 84’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 19’ Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 90+2’ Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 48’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, blocked 11’ Tammy Abraham (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 61’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 55’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 15’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 2’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 32’ David Neres (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Tammy Abraham (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 84’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 7’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 59’ Santiago Giménez (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 64’ Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 69’ Santiago Giménez (AC Milan), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 84’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 19’ Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 90+2’ Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 48’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, blocked 11’ Tammy Abraham (AC Milan), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 61’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 55’ Rafael Leão (AC Milan), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 15’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 2’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 32’ David Neres (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Tammy Abraham (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 84’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+3’ Luka Jovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Santiago Giménez (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 7’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Youssouf Fofana (AC Milan), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 64’ Strahinja Pavlovic (AC Milan), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex Meret GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF9010 0.000.071
Alessandro Buongiorno DEF900 0.000.000
Amir Rrahmani DEF900 0.000.000
Mathías Olivera DEF900 0.000.021
Billy Gilmour MID9010 0.000.371
Stanislav Lobotka MID830 0.000.000
Franck Zambo MID672 0.090.000
Matteo Politano FWD8713 0.220.152
Romelu Lukaku FWD8711 0.370.000
David Neres FWD871 0.070.131
Philip Billing Sub230 0.000.000
Juan Jesus Sub70 0.000.000
Giovanni Simeone Sub30 0.000.191
Cyril Ngonge Sub30 0.000.000
Pasquale Mazzocchi Sub31 0.190.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 49% Avg odds 1.95
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52
AC Milan win 24% Avg odds 4.00

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

Form going into the game

Napoli DLDWD
AC Milan LLLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: AC Milan 0-2 Napoli, 29 Oct 24 Next meeting: AC Milan 2-1 Napoli, 28 Sep 25  All Napoli vs AC Milan 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.