Napoli 2-0 Catania: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 2 February 2013
Result
Napoli 2-0 Catania
Serie A · Saturday 2 February 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Napoli 2-0 Catania: match report
Napoli defeated Catania 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 2 February 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Marek Hamšík opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Napoli's goals came from Marek Hamšík (31') and Paolo Cannavaro (44'). Catania did not score.
Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards; Catania received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 45 points from 22 and Catania 7th on 35 points from 22. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Catania 9th with 55.
Napoli lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Catania in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Napoli wins, 4 draws and 3 for Catania.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Catania's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Hajime Moriyasu
- 31'Goal · Marek Hamšík
- 37'Yellow card · Nicolás Spolli
- 40'Yellow card · Gianluca Grava
- 44'Goal · Paolo Cannavaro
- 58'Yellow card · Blerim Džemaili
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (3-4-1-2)
Morgan De Sanctis, Gianluca Grava, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Alessandro Gamberini, Giandomenico Mesto, Marek Hamšík, Blerim Džemaili, Valon Behrami, Edinson Cavani, Goran Pandev
Catania line-up (4-3-3)
Mariano Andújar, Nicolás Spolli, Alexis Rolín, Giuseppe Bellusci, Ciro Capuano, Francesco Lodi, Mariano Julio Izco, Marco Biagianti, Pablo Barrientos, Gonzalo Bergessio, Papu Gómez