Napoli vs Inter

19 May 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Daniele Doveri

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Piotr Zielinski 16’
Dries Mertens 61’
Fabián 71’, 78’

Mauro Icardi 81’ (pen)

Match summary

Napoli won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Inter. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Piotr Zielinski put Napoli ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Fabián. In the second half, Dries Mertens made it 2-0 with a header in the 61st minute, set up by José Callejón, Fabián made it 3-0 in the 71st minute, set up by Kevin Malcuit, Fabián made it 4-0 in the 78th minute, set up by Dries Mertens, and Mauro Icardi pulled one back to make it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Napoli created 1.74 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Inter 1.99 from 22.

Match stats

14 Shots 10

6 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 12

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.74 xG 1.99

1.74 Non-penalty xG 1.23

10 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Napoli Inter

Kick-off

Piotr Zielinski
Assist: Fabián

1-0

16’

Half-time1-0

Dries Mertens
Assist: José Callejón

2-0

61’

Fabián
Assist: Kevin Malcuit

3-0

71’

Fabián
Assist: Dries Mertens

4-0

78’

81’

Mauro Icardi
Penalty

4-1

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Napoli

Kalidou Koulibaly
Faouzi Ghoulam
Allan

Inter

Radja Nainggolan

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 1.74 xGInter 1.99 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Inter attacking Napoli attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Orestis Karnezis	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Malcuit	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.65	2
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Faouzi Ghoulam	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.22	2
José Callejón	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.43	2
Allan	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90	1		1	0.01	0.00	0
Fabián	MID	90	2	1	2	0.64	0.18	4
Dries Mertens	FWD	81	1	1	3	0.51	0.22	2
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	77			2	0.16	0.02	1
Lorenzo Insigne	Sub	13			1	0.11	0.00	0
Amin Younes	Sub	9			1	0.15	0.00	0
Sebastiano Luperto	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Samir Handanovic	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Danilo D'Ambrosio	DEF	90		1	0.10	0.10	2
Miranda	DEF	90		2	0.16	0.02	1
Milan Skriniar	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.15	2
Kwadwo Asamoah	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.08	1
Marcelo Brozovic	MID	90		0	0.00	0.14	3
Roberto Gagliardini	MID	59		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matteo Politano	MID	47		1	0.02	0.18	2
Radja Nainggolan	MID	90		5	0.21	0.07	1
Ivan Perisic	MID	80		1	0.13	0.24	3
Lautaro Martínez	FWD	90		6	0.39	0.06	2
Mauro Icardi	Sub	43	1	4	0.89	0.00	0
Matías Vecino	Sub	31		0	0.00	0.10	1
Antonio Candreva	Sub	10		1	0.07	0.06	2

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 39% Bet365 odds 2.45

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50

Inter win 34% Bet365 odds 2.75

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

Form going into the game

Napoli W L W W W

Inter W D D D W

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Inter 1-0 Napoli, 26 Dec 18 Next meeting: Napoli 1-3 Inter, 06 Jan 20 All Napoli vs Inter 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.