Napoli vs Salernitana

23 January 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Juan Jesus 17’
Dries Mertens 45+4’ (pen)
Amir Rrahmani 47’
Lorenzo Insigne 53’ (pen)

Federico Bonazzoli 33’

Match summary

Napoli won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Salernitana. Napoli led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Juan Jesus put Napoli ahead from a corner in the 17th minute, set up by Eljif Elmas, Federico Bonazzoli equalised in the 33rd minute, set up by Wajdi Kechrida, and Dries Mertens put Napoli back in front from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Amir Rrahmani made it 3-1 from a corner in the 47th minute, set up by Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 53rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 4.58 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Salernitana's 0.08 from 1. Salernitana had a player sent off.

Match stats

26 Shots 1

14 Shots on Target 1

10 Corners 0

0 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

4.55 xG 0.08

3.03 Non-penalty xG 0.08

19 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Napoli Salernitana

Kick-off

Juan Jesus
Assist: Eljif Elmas

1-0

17’

33’

Federico Bonazzoli
Assist: Wajdi Kechrida1-1

Dries Mertens
Penalty

2-1

45+4’

Half-time2-1

Amir Rrahmani
Assist: Dries Mertens

3-1

47’

Lorenzo Insigne
Penalty

4-1

53’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Salernitana

Frederic Veseli
Filippo Delli Carri
Joel Obi

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 4.58 xGSalernitana 0.08 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Salernitana 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	79			0	0.00	0.11	1
Juan Jesus	DEF	90	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	90	1		2	0.74	0.05	1
Mário Rui	DEF	79			1	0.06	0.54	2
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Fabián	MID	67			4	0.11	0.18	1
Hirving Lozano	MID	49			2	0.60	0.00	0
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90			4	0.34	0.18	4
Eljif Elmas	MID	90		1	1	0.18	0.11	2
Dries Mertens	FWD	67	1	1	5	0.94	0.80	3
Lorenzo Insigne	Sub	41	1		2	0.84	0.55	2
Matteo Politano	Sub	23			2	0.53	0.12	1
Victor Osimhen	Sub	23			2	0.18	0.00	0
Faouzi Ghoulam	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.09	1
Alessandro Zanoli	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vid Belec	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Frederic Veseli	DEF	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luka Bogdan	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Gagliolo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Filippo Delli Carri	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edoardo Vergani	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Francesco Di Tacchio	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Obi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Schiavone	MID	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wajdi Kechrida	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Federico Bonazzoli	FWD	82	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Pawel Jaroszynski	Sub	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alessandro Russo	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Simy	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 85% Avg odds 1.12

Draw 11% Avg odds 8.85

Salernitana win 4% Avg odds 24.15

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

Form going into the game

Napoli W L D W W

Salernitana L L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Salernitana 0-1 Napoli, 31 Oct 21 Next meeting: Salernitana 0-2 Napoli, 21 Jan 23 All Napoli vs Salernitana meetings

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