Napoli vs Sampdoria

14 September 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Federico La Penna

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Dries Mertens 13’, 67’

Match summary

Napoli beat Sampdoria 2-0. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Dries Mertens put Napoli ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Mertens made it 2-0 in the 67th minute, set up by Fernando Llorente.

There was little between the sides on chances: Napoli created 1.73 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots, Sampdoria 1.70 from 10.

Match stats

Napoli Sampdoria
19 Shots 7
9 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.73 xG 1.70
1.73 Non-penalty xG 1.70
9 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Napoli Sampdoria
Kick-off
Dries Mertens
Assist: Giovanni Di Lorenzo1-0 (Napoli)
13’
Half-time1-0
Dries Mertens
Assist: Fernando Llorente2-0 (Napoli)
67’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Nikola Maksimovic
  • Fabián
Sampdoria
  • Alex Ferrari
  • Gianluca Caprari

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.73 1.70 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 13’ 67’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 2-0 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.73 1.70 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 Mertens 13’ 67’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 2-0 Mertens 67’
Napoli 1.73 xGSampdoria 1.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sampdoria attacking Napoli attacking 
77’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.76 xG, off target 19’ Emiliano Rigoni (Sampdoria), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 86’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 9’ Alex Ferrari (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 51’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 67’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 16’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 82’ Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 83’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 16’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+1’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 30’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 27’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Amin Younes (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 50’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Mário Rui (Napoli), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 60’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Mehdi Leris (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 11’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), open play, 0.76 xG, off target 19’ Emiliano Rigoni (Sampdoria), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 86’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 9’ Alex Ferrari (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 51’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 67’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 83’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 16’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 82’ Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 16’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+1’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 30’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 27’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Amin Younes (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 62’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 75’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 60’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Mário Rui (Napoli), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Mehdi Leris (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 11’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex Meret GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF9010 0.000.203
Kalidou Koulibaly DEF900 0.000.062
Nikola Maksimovic DEF900 0.000.000
Mário Rui DEF903 0.050.102
José Callejón MID902 0.140.073
Fabián MID902 0.050.021
Eljif Elmas MID784 0.270.031
Piotr Zielinski MID902 0.050.081
Dries Mertens FWD8227 0.390.233
Hirving Lozano FWD671 0.070.000
Fernando Llorente Sub2311 0.010.091
Lorenzo Insigne Sub123 0.640.000
Amin Younes Sub81 0.060.572

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 74% Avg odds 1.29
Draw 16% Avg odds 5.95
Sampdoria win 10% Avg odds 9.57

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

Form going into the game

Napoli WWLWL
Sampdoria LDWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Napoli 3-0 Sampdoria, 02 Feb 19 Next meeting: Sampdoria 2-4 Napoli, 03 Feb 20  All Napoli vs Sampdoria 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.