Napoli vs Roma

29 November 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Marco Di Bello

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Lorenzo Insigne 31’
  • Fabián 64’
  • Dries Mertens 81’
  • Matteo Politano 86’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Lorenzo Insigne put Napoli ahead with a direct free kick in the 31st minute. In the second half, Fabián made it 2-0 in the 64th minute, set up by Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens made it 3-0 in the 81st minute, and Matteo Politano made it 4-0 in the 86th minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.07 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Roma's 0.31 from 8.

Match stats

Napoli Roma
13 Shots 4
9 Shots on Target 1
11 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.06 xG 0.31
2.06 Non-penalty xG 0.31
4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Napoli Roma
Kick-off
Lorenzo Insigne1-0 (Napoli)
31’
Half-time1-0
Fabián
Assist: Lorenzo Insigne2-0 (Napoli)
64’
Dries Mertens3-0 (Napoli)
81’
Matteo Politano4-0 (Napoli)
86’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Roma
  • Bryan Cristante
  • Ibañez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.07 0.31 31’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), 1-0 31’ 64’ Fabián (Napoli), 2-0 64’ 81’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 3-0 81’ 86’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), 4-0 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.07 0.31 31’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), 1-0 Insigne 31’ 64’ Fabián (Napoli), 2-0 Fabián 64’ 81’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 3-0 Mertens 81’ 86’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), 4-0 Politano 86’
Napoli 2.07 xGRoma 0.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Roma attacking Napoli attacking 
86’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.95 xG, goal 81’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 33’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 49’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 14’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 35’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 20’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 29’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Carles Pérez (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 56’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Gonzalo Villar (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.95 xG, goal 81’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 33’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 14’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 49’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 43’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 35’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 20’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 73’ Carles Pérez (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 81’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 56’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 74’ Gonzalo Villar (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex Meret GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF900 0.000.031
Kostas Manolas DEF900 0.000.000
Kalidou Koulibaly DEF900 0.000.000
Mário Rui DEF900 0.000.112
Fabián MID9011 0.040.000
Diego Demme MID850 0.000.000
Piotr Zielinski MID802 0.050.112
Hirving Lozano FWD692 0.130.051
Dries Mertens FWD8514 0.730.122
Lorenzo Insigne FWD90113 0.150.041
Matteo Politano Sub2111 0.950.031
Eljif Elmas Sub101 0.030.000
Andrea Petagna Sub50 0.000.000
Stanislav Lobotka Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 48% Avg odds 2.00
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.75
Roma win 27% Avg odds 3.57

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

Form going into the game

Napoli WWLWL
Roma WDWWW

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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.