Inter 3-1 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Thursday 6 January 2011

Result

Inter 3-1 Napoli

Serie A · Thursday 6 January 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Inter 3-1 Napoli: match report

Inter won against Napoli 3-1 in Serie A on Thursday 6 January 2011. The half-time score was 2-1.

Thiago Motta opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Inter's goals came from Thiago Motta (3'), Esteban Cambiasso (37') and Thiago Motta (55'). Napoli scored through M. Pazienza (24').

Discipline: Inter received 3 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Inter were 8th on 23 points from 15 and Napoli 3rd on 33 points from 17. Inter went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Napoli 3rd with 70.

Inter lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Napoli in a 3-4-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Inter wins, 1 draw and 2 for Napoli.

Going into the match Inter's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Napoli's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Thiago MottaInter · 1-0
  • 6'Yellow card · C. ChivuInter
  • 11'Yellow card · Salvatore AronicaNapoli
  • 21'Yellow card · Javier ZanettiInter
  • 24'Goal · M. PazienzaNapoli · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Esteban CambiassoInter · 2-1
  • 55'Goal · Thiago MottaInter · 3-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Hugo CampagnaroNapoli
  • 81'Yellow card · MaiconInter

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Inter 3, draws 1, Napoli 2.

Team news

Inter line-up (4-3-1-2)

Luca Castellazzi, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Lúcio, Maicon, Cristian Eugene Chivu, Esteban Cambiasso, Diego Milito, D. Stanković, Thiago Motta, Goran Pandev

Napoli line-up (3-4-1-2)

Morgan De Sanctis, Salvatore Aronica, Andrea Dossena, Hugo Campagnaro, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Michele Pazienza, Christian Maggio