Manchester City 2-1 Napoli: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 17 October 2017
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Napoli
Champions League · Tuesday 17 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester City 2-1 Napoli: match report
Manchester City beat Napoli 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 17 October 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Raheem Sterling (9') and Gabriel Jesus (13'). Napoli scored through Amadou Diawara (73', penalty).
Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Napoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 23rd on 6 points from 2 and Napoli 10th on 9 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Raheem Sterling of Manchester City (7.8), level with Amadou Diawara (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Napoli.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Raheem Sterling
- 13'Goal · Gabriel Jesus
- 37'Yellow card · Kyle Walker
- 38'Missed penalty · Dries Mertens
- 44'Yellow card · Kevin De Bruyne
- 72'Yellow card · Fernandinho
- 73'Penalty goal · Amadou Diawara
- 74'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 79'Yellow card · Christian Maggio
- 79'Yellow card · Christian Maggio
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Fabian Delph, Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sané
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Piotr Zielinski, Amadou Diawara, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne