Hellas Verona 1-2 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Hellas Verona 1-2 Napoli
Serie A · Saturday 28 February 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Hellas Verona 1-2 Napoli: match report
Hellas Verona were beaten by Napoli 1-2 in Serie A on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Rasmus Højlund opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Hellas Verona's goal came from Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (64'). Napoli scored through Rasmus Højlund (2') and Romelu Lukaku (90+6').
Discipline: Hellas Verona received 6 yellow cards; Napoli received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hellas Verona were 20th on 15 points from 26 and Napoli 4th on 50 points from 26. Hellas Verona went on to finish that season 19th with 21 points, and Napoli 2nd with 76.
Hellas Verona lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrias Edmundsson of Hellas Verona (7.5), ahead of Romelu Lukaku (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hellas Verona win, 4 draws and 5 for Napoli.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Rasmus Højlund
- 45+2'Yellow card · Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
- 56'Yellow card · Antonio Vergara
- 56'Yellow card · Antonio Conte
- 60'Yellow card · Antonio Conte
- 64'Goal · Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
- 69'Yellow card · Paolo Sammarco
- 71'Yellow card · Eljif Elmas
- 74'Yellow card
- 74'Yellow card · Tomas Suslov
- 81'Yellow card · Abdou Harroui
- 82'Yellow card · Paolo Sammarco
- 90'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 90+6'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
- 90+7'Yellow card · Romelu Lukaku
Head-to-head
Team news
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Hellas Verona line-up (3-5-2)
Lorenzo Montipò, Victor Nelsson, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Andrias Edmundsson, Daniel Oyegoke, Abdou Harroui, Roberto Gagliardini, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Domagoj Bradarić, Kieron Bowie, Amin Sarr
Napoli line-up (3-4-2-1)
Alex Meret, Sam Beukema, Juan Jesus, Alessandro Buongiorno, Matteo Politano, Eljif Elmas, Stanislav Lobotka, Leonardo Spinazzola, Antonio Vergara, Alisson Santos, Rasmus Højlund