Napoli vs SPAL

28 June 2020 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Dries Mertens 4’
  • José Callejón 36’
  • Amin Younes 78’
  • Andrea Petagna 29’

Match summary

Napoli saw off SPAL 3-1. Napoli led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Dries Mertens put Napoli ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Fabián, Andrea Petagna equalised in the 29th minute, set up by Arkadiusz Reca, and José Callejón put Napoli back in front in the 36th minute, set up by Eljif Elmas. In the second half, Amin Younes made it 3-1 with a header in the 78th minute, set up by Fabián.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.95 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to SPAL's 0.53 from 6.

Match stats

Napoli SPAL
17 Shots 5
11 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.95 xG 0.53
1.95 Non-penalty xG 0.53
7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Napoli SPAL
Kick-off
Dries Mertens
Assist: Fabián
1-0 (Napoli)
4’
29’
Andrea Petagna
Assist: Arkadiusz Reca
1-1 (SPAL)
José Callejón
Assist: Eljif Elmas
2-1 (Napoli)
36’
Half-time2-1
Amin Younes
Assist: Fabián
3-1 (Napoli)
78’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

SPAL
  • Felipe
  • Mohamed Fares
  • Mattia Valoti

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 1.95 0.53 4’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 4’ 29’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), 1-1 29’ 36’ José Callejón (Napoli), 2-1 36’ 78’ Amin Younes (Napoli), 3-1 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.95 0.53 4’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 1-0 Mertens 4’ 29’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), 1-1 Petagna 29’ 36’ José Callejón (Napoli), 2-1 Callejón 36’ 78’ Amin Younes (Napoli), 3-1 Younes 78’
Napoli 1.95 xGSPAL 0.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 SPAL attacking Napoli attacking 
78’ Amin Younes (Napoli), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 29’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 4’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 36’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 90+3’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 74’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 6’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 58’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 20’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 40’ Alberto Cerri (SPAL), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 84’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 86’ Amin Younes (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Sergio Floccari (SPAL), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 29’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 68’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 38’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 16’ José Callejón (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Mattia Valoti (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Mohamed Fares (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 32’ Mohamed Fares (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 78’ Amin Younes (Napoli), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 29’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 4’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 36’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 90+3’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 74’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 6’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 58’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 20’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 13’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 40’ Alberto Cerri (SPAL), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 84’ Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 86’ Amin Younes (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Sergio Floccari (SPAL), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 29’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 68’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 38’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 16’ José Callejón (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Mattia Valoti (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 32’ Mohamed Fares (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Mohamed Fares (SPAL), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex Meret GK900 0.000.000
Elseid Hysaj DEF900 0.000.000
Nikola Maksimovic DEF900 0.000.000
Kalidou Koulibaly DEF840 0.000.000
Mário Rui DEF841 0.030.000
Eljif Elmas MID9012 0.160.373
Stanislav Lobotka MID900 0.000.000
Fabián MID9022 0.100.772
José Callejón FWD8114 0.530.000
Dries Mertens FWD6812 0.410.193
Lorenzo Insigne FWD691 0.040.285
Arkadiusz Milik Sub220 0.000.051
Hirving Lozano Sub212 0.170.121
Amin Younes Sub912 0.460.131
Faouzi Ghoulam Sub61 0.050.000
Kostas Manolas Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 74% Avg odds 1.30
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.48
SPAL win 9% Avg odds 10.44

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

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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.