Napoli 2-0 Benevento: result and report

Napoli 2-0 Benevento

Serie A · Sunday 28 February 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Napoli · Benevento · Serie A predictions

Napoli won against Benevento 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 28 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Napoli's goals came from Dries Mertens (34') and Matteo Politano (66'). Benevento did not score.

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benevento received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 7th on 40 points from 22 and Benevento 16th on 25 points from 23. Napoli went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Benevento 18th with 33.

Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benevento in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Faouzi Ghoulam of Napoli (8.2), ahead of Alex Meret (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Napoli wins, 0 draws and 0 for Benevento.

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