Napoli vs Benevento

28 February 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Rosario Abisso

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Dries Mertens 34’
  • Matteo Politano 66’

Match summary

Napoli beat Benevento 2-0. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Dries Mertens put Napoli ahead in the 34th minute and Matteo Politano made it 2-0 in the 66th minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.37 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Benevento's 0.43 from 4. Napoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

Napoli Benevento
20 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
2.35 xG 0.43
2.35 Non-penalty xG 0.43
5 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Napoli Benevento
Kick-off
Dries Mertens1-0 (Napoli)
34’
Half-time1-0
Matteo Politano2-0 (Napoli)
66’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Kalidou Koulibaly
  • Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Benevento
  • Federico Barba
  • Perparim Hetemaj

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 2.37 0.43 34’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 34’ 66’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), 2-0 66’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.37 0.43 34’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 Mertens 34’ 66’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), 2-0 Politano 66’
Napoli 2.37 xGBenevento 0.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Benevento attacking Napoli attacking 
66’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 34’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 75’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 58’ Artur Ionita (Benevento), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 71’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 47’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Fabio Depaoli (Benevento), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 54’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 14’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Artur Ionita (Benevento), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 6’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 54’ Fabián (Napoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Gaetano Letizia (Benevento), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.91 xG, goal 34’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 75’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 58’ Artur Ionita (Benevento), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 71’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 47’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Fabio Depaoli (Benevento), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 49’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 54’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 63’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 14’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Artur Ionita (Benevento), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 6’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 54’ Fabián (Napoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Gaetano Letizia (Benevento), set piece, 0.02 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 DEF900 0.000.000
Amir Rrahmani DEF900 0.000.000
Kalidou Koulibaly DEF811 0.390.051
Faouzi Ghoulam DEF902 0.080.472
Tiemoué Bakayoko MID900 0.000.000
Fabián MID903 0.080.042
Matteo Politano MID8511 0.910.000
Piotr Zielinski MID824 0.150.061
Lorenzo Insigne MID903 0.180.093
Dries Mertens FWD8214 0.570.021
Eljif Elmas Sub80 0.000.000
Nikola Maksimovic Sub80 0.000.000
Elseid Hysaj Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 70% Avg odds 1.37
Draw 19% Avg odds 4.95
Benevento win 11% Avg odds 8.65

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

Form going into the game

Napoli LWLWL
Benevento DLDDD

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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.