Napoli vs Crotone

3 April 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Antonio Di Martino

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 3–1

Lorenzo Insigne 19’
Victor Osimhen 22’
Dries Mertens 34’
Giovanni Di Lorenzo 72’

Simy 25’, 48’
Junior Messias 59’

Match summary

Napoli saw off Crotone 4-3. Napoli led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lorenzo Insigne put Napoli ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Victor Osimhen made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute, set up by Lorenzo Insigne, Simy pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 25th minute, set up by Ahmed Benali, and Dries Mertens made it 3-1 with a direct free kick in the 34th minute. In the second half, Simy made it 3-2 from a corner in the 48th minute, set up by Junior Messias, Junior Messias equalised in the 59th minute, and Giovanni Di Lorenzo won it in the 72nd minute, set up by Eljif Elmas.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 3.45 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Crotone's 1.17 from 8.

Match stats

28 Shots 8

11 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

3.45 xG 1.17

3.45 Non-penalty xG 1.17

20 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Napoli Crotone

Kick-off

Lorenzo Insigne
Assist: Giovanni Di Lorenzo

1-0

19’

Victor Osimhen
Assist: Lorenzo Insigne

2-0

22’

25’

Simy
Assist: Ahmed Benali2-1

Dries Mertens

3-1

34’

Half-time3-1

48’

Simy
Assist: Junior Messias3-2

59’

Junior Messias3-3

Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Assist: Eljif Elmas

4-3

72’

Full-time4-3

Bookings

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

Crotone

Andrea Rispoli
Ahmed Benali
Pedro Pereira
Luis Rojas

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.

Napoli 3.45 xGCrotone 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crotone attacking Napoli 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
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90	1	1	4	0.34	0.16	2
Kostas Manolas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Maksimovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Mário Rui	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.06	2
Fabián	MID	90			2	0.09	0.00	0
Tiemoué Bakayoko	MID	62			1	0.03	0.05	1
Matteo Politano	MID	62			1	0.06	0.56	2
Dries Mertens	MID	73	1		3	0.75	0.09	1
Lorenzo Insigne	MID	90	1	1	7	0.48	1.38	6
Victor Osimhen	FWD	90	1		3	1.15	0.55	1
Eljif Elmas	Sub	28		1	1	0.02	0.05	1
Hirving Lozano	Sub	28			2	0.41	0.10	1
Piotr Zielinski	Sub	17			1	0.10	0.03	1
Andrea Petagna	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Cordaz	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiano Luperto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Golemic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Koffi Djidji	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Rispoli	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Salvatore Molina	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ahmed Benali	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.28	1
Junior Messias	MID	90	1	1	4	0.35	0.54	3
Niccolò Zanellato	MID	81			0	0.00	0.02	1
Simy	FWD	90	2		2	0.74	0.00	0
Adam Ounas	FWD	46			1	0.06	0.00	0
Pedro Pereira	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milos Vulic	Sub	44			0	0.00	0.01	1
Luis Rojas	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Marrone	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Di Carmine	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 78% Avg odds 1.22

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.53

Crotone win 7% Avg odds 12.94

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

Form going into the game

Napoli W D W W W

Crotone L L W L L

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