Roma vs Napoli

31 March 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Gianpaolo Calvarese

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–1

Diego Perotti 45+4’ (pen)

Arkadiusz Milik 2’
Dries Mertens 50’
Simone Verdi 54’
Amin Younes 81’

Match summary

Napoli won comfortably, 4-1 away at Roma. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Arkadiusz Milik put Napoli ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Simone Verdi and Diego Perotti equalised from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Dries Mertens put Napoli back in front in the 50th minute, set up by José Callejón, Simone Verdi made it 1-3 in the 54th minute, set up by Fabián, and Amin Younes made it 1-4 from a corner in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.79 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Roma's 2.00 from 14.

Match stats

11 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 10

4 Corners 7

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.99 xG 2.64

1.23 Non-penalty xG 2.64

7 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Roma Napoli

Kick-off

2’

Arkadiusz Milik
Assist: Simone Verdi

0-1

Diego Perotti
Penalty

1-1

45+4’

Half-time1-1

50’

Dries Mertens
Assist: José Callejón

1-2

54’

Simone Verdi
Assist: Fabián

1-3

81’

Amin Younes

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Roma

Kostas Manolas
Aleksandar Kolarov
Patrik Schick
Edin Dzeko

Napoli

Nikola Maksimovic
Arkadiusz Milik

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.

Roma 2.00 xGNapoli 2.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli attacking Roma attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Olsen	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Davide Santon	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Federico Fazio	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Kostas Manolas	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleksandar Kolarov	DEF	90		1	0.09	0.00	0
Steven N'Zonzi	MID	90		3	0.53	0.00	0
Bryan Cristante	MID	90		5	0.20	0.05	1
Daniele De Rossi	MID	86		1	0.03	0.00	0
Patrik Schick	FWD	67		0	0.00	0.00	0
Edin Dzeko	FWD	90		1	0.05	0.45	3
Diego Perotti	FWD	86	1	2	1.09	0.00	0
Nicolo Zaniolo	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.04	1
Justin Kluivert	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0
Cengiz Ünder	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.05	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	72			1	0.03	0.00	0
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Maksimovic	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Mário Rui	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	2
José Callejón	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.78	1
Allan	MID	90			2	0.05	0.02	1
Fabián	MID	90		1	2	0.10	0.43	3
Simone Verdi	MID	78	1	1	5	0.73	0.11	2
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	90	1		3	0.22	0.04	1
Dries Mertens	FWD	62	1		2	0.80	0.67	4
Adam Ounas	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Malcuit	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amin Younes	Sub	12	1		2	0.74	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 31% Bet365 odds 3.10

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50

Napoli win 42% Bet365 odds 2.30

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

Form going into the game

Roma W W L W L

Napoli D W L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Napoli 1-1 Roma, 28 Oct 18 Next meeting: Roma 2-1 Napoli, 02 Nov 19 All Roma vs Napoli 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.