Sampdoria vs Napoli

3 February 2020 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Federico La Penna

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Fabio Quagliarella 26’
Manolo Gabbiadini 73’ (pen)

Arkadiusz Milik 3’
Eljif Elmas 16’
Diego Demme 83’
Dries Mertens 90+8’

Match summary

Napoli took a 4-2 win at Sampdoria. Napoli led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Arkadiusz Milik put Napoli ahead with a header in the 3rd minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski, Eljif Elmas made it 0-2 from a corner in the 16th minute, set up by Giovanni Di Lorenzo, and Fabio Quagliarella pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 26th minute, set up by Albin Ekdal. In the second half, Manolo Gabbiadini equalised from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute, Diego Demme put Napoli back in front in the 83rd minute, and Dries Mertens made it 2-4 in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Sampdoria created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Napoli 1.65 from 15.

Match stats

12 Shots 12

10 Shots on Target 10

4 Corners 6

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.73 xG 1.62

0.97 Non-penalty xG 1.62

6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Sampdoria Napoli

Kick-off

3’

Arkadiusz Milik
Assist: Piotr Zielinski

0-1

16’

Eljif Elmas
Assist: Giovanni Di Lorenzo

0-2

Fabio Quagliarella
Assist: Albin Ekdal1-2

26’

Half-time1-2

Manolo Gabbiadini
Penalty2-2

73’

83’

Diego Demme

2-3

90+8’

Dries Mertens

2-4

Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Sampdoria

Gastón Ramírez
Karol Linetty
Albin Ekdal
Jakub Jankto

Napoli

Eljif Elmas
Diego Demme
Matteo Politano

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.

Sampdoria 1.79 xGNapoli 1.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli attacking Sampdoria 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
Emil Audero	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morten Thorsby	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Colley	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Lorenzo Tonelli	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tommaso Augello	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Gastón Ramírez	MID	68			1	0.51	0.02	1
Karol Linetty	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Albin Ekdal	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.05	2
Jakub Jankto	MID	79			0	0.00	0.21	2
Manolo Gabbiadini	FWD	90	1		4	0.94	0.66	3
Fabio Quagliarella	FWD	75	1		5	0.27	0.02	1
Gonzalo Maroni	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Bonazzoli	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ronaldo Vieira	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Kostas Manolas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.54	1
Mário Rui	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	2
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.11	1
Eljif Elmas	MID	79	1		1	0.54	0.03	1
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	61			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Callejón	FWD	72			1	0.02	0.16	2
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	90	1		5	0.35	0.03	1
Lorenzo Insigne	FWD	90			6	0.40	0.02	1
Diego Demme	Sub	29	1		1	0.33	0.00	0
Dries Mertens	Sub	18	1		1	0.01	0.00	0
Matteo Politano	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sampdoria win 24% Avg odds 3.89

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.40

Napoli win 48% Avg odds 2.00

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

Form going into the game

Sampdoria L D W L D

Napoli W L L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Napoli 2-0 Sampdoria, 14 Sep 19 Next meeting: Napoli 2-1 Sampdoria, 13 Dec 20 All Sampdoria vs Napoli meetings

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