Spezia vs Napoli

8 May 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Massimiliano Irrati

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

Roberto Piccoli 64’

Piotr Zielinski 15’
Victor Osimhen 23’, 44’
Hirving Lozano 79’

Match summary

Napoli won comfortably, 4-1 away at Spezia. Napoli led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Piotr Zielinski put Napoli ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Victor Osimhen made it 0-2 in the 23rd minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski, and Osimhen made it 0-3 in the 44th minute, set up by Lorenzo Insigne. In the second half, Roberto Piccoli pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 64th minute and Hirving Lozano made it 1-4 in the 79th minute, set up by Victor Osimhen.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.32 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Spezia's 1.54 from 8.

Match stats

6 Shots 13

3 Shots on Target 7

1 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.27 xG 2.32

1.27 Non-penalty xG 2.32

3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Spezia Napoli

Kick-off

15’

Piotr Zielinski
Assist: Giovanni Di Lorenzo

0-1

23’

Victor Osimhen
Assist: Piotr Zielinski

0-2

44’

Victor Osimhen
Assist: Lorenzo Insigne

0-3

Half-time0-3

Roberto Piccoli1-3

64’

79’

Hirving Lozano
Assist: Victor Osimhen

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Spezia

Luca Vignali
Nahuel Estévez
Matteo Ricci

Napoli

Elseid Hysaj
Victor Osimhen

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.

Spezia 1.54 xGNapoli 2.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli attacking Spezia 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
Ivan Provedel	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Vignali	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Ardian Ismajli	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Chabot	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Marchizza	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matteo Ricci	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Giulio Maggiore	MID	90		1	0.05	0.02	1
Nahuel Estévez	MID	80		2	0.30	0.09	1
Daniele Verde	FWD	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Agudelo	FWD	80		0	0.00	0.08	1
Emmanuel Gyasi	FWD	70		1	0.09	0.33	2
Roberto Piccoli	Sub	42	1	2	1.03	0.00	0
Diego Farias	Sub	20		2	0.06	0.00	0
Riccardo Saponara	Sub	10		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gennaro Acampora	Sub	10		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
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.46	1
Kostas Manolas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	71			1	0.03	0.00	0
Matteo Politano	MID	78			4	0.43	0.00	0
Diego Demme	MID	90			1	0.14	0.20	2
Fabián	MID	90			0	0.00	0.14	1
Lorenzo Insigne	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.63	4
Victor Osimhen	FWD	86	2	1	3	0.67	0.51	1
Piotr Zielinski	FWD	71	1	1	1	0.46	0.27	1
Mário Rui	Sub	19			1	0.08	0.00	0
Eljif Elmas	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hirving Lozano	Sub	12	1		1	0.51	0.00	0
Dries Mertens	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrea Petagna	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 16% Avg odds 6.11

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.53

Napoli win 63% Avg odds 1.51

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

Form going into the game

Spezia W L D L D

Napoli W D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Napoli 1-2 Spezia, 06 Jan 21 Next meeting: Napoli 0-1 Spezia, 22 Dec 21 All Spezia 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.

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