Napoli vs Brescia

29 September 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Gianluca Manganiello

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Dries Mertens 13’
  • Kostas Manolas 45+4’
  • Mario Balotelli 67’

Match summary

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

Dries Mertens put Napoli ahead in the 13th minute, set up by José Callejón, Kostas Manolas made it 2-0 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Nikola Maksimovic, and Mario Balotelli pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 67th minute, set up by Sandro Tonali.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.56 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Brescia's 1.15 from 16.

Match stats

Napoli Brescia
16 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.50 xG 1.15
2.50 Non-penalty xG 1.15
14 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Napoli Brescia
Kick-off
Dries Mertens
Assist: José Callejón1-0 (Napoli)
13’
Kostas Manolas
Assist: Nikola Maksimovic2-0 (Napoli)
45+4’
Half-time2-0
67’
Mario Balotelli
Assist: Sandro Tonali2-1 (Brescia)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Kostas Manolas
  • Elseid Hysaj
Brescia
  • Stefano Sabelli

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 2.56 1.15 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 13’ 45+4’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), 2-0 45+4’ 67’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), 2-1 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.56 1.15 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 Mertens 13’ 45+4’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), 2-0 Manolas 45+4’ 67’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), 2-1 Balotelli 67’
Napoli 2.56 xGBrescia 1.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brescia attacking Napoli attacking 
38’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.66 xG, off target 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 58’ Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia), set piece, 0.39 xG, off target 62’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 49’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 67’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 87’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 17’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 38’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+4’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 88’ Alfredo Donnarumma (Brescia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+7’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Andrea Cistana (Brescia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Allan (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Alessandro Matri (Brescia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 36’ Daniele Dessena (Brescia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Daniele Dessena (Brescia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Alessandro Matri (Brescia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 10’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 18’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Elseid Hysaj (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Daniele Dessena (Brescia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+6’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 38’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.66 xG, off target 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.45 xG, goal 58’ Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia), set piece, 0.39 xG, off target 62’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 49’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 67’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 87’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 17’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 38’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+4’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 88’ Alfredo Donnarumma (Brescia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 65’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+7’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Andrea Cistana (Brescia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Allan (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Alessandro Matri (Brescia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Daniele Dessena (Brescia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Daniele Dessena (Brescia), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Alessandro Matri (Brescia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Elseid Hysaj (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Dimitri Bisoli (Brescia), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Daniele Dessena (Brescia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+6’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Mario Balotelli (Brescia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Ospina GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF902 0.080.000
Nikola Maksimovic DEF8010 0.000.372
Kostas Manolas DEF6911 0.320.000
Faouzi Ghoulam DEF901 0.030.000
José Callejón MID9013 0.120.534
Allan MID901 0.030.482
Fabián MID902 0.040.112
Piotr Zielinski MID902 0.170.112
Dries Mertens FWD9014 1.510.192
Fernando Llorente FWD772 0.200.661
Sebastiano Luperto Sub210 0.000.000
Eljif Elmas Sub131 0.040.000
Elseid Hysaj Sub101 0.030.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 79% Avg odds 1.20
Draw 14% Avg odds 7.06
Brescia win 7% Avg odds 13.52

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

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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.