Napoli 4-2 Inter: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 15 December 2013
Result
Napoli 4-2 Inter
Serie A · Sunday 15 December 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-2
Napoli 4-2 Inter: match report
Napoli defeated Inter 4-2 in Serie A on Sunday 15 December 2013. It was 3-2 at half-time.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Napoli's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (9'), Dries Mertens (39'), Blerim Dzemaili (41') and José Callejón (81'). Inter scored through Esteban Cambiasso (35') and Yuto Nagatomo (45+2').
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Inter received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Napoli were 4th on 30 points from 15 and Inter 5th on 28 points from 15. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Inter 6th with 58.
Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Inter in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 4 for Inter.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-W-L-L-W and Inter's D-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 29'Yellow card · Lorenzo Insigne
- 32'Yellow card · Gökhan Inler
- 35'Goal · Esteban Cambiasso
- 39'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 41'Goal · Blerim Dzemaili
- 45+2'Goal · Yuto Nagatomo
- 46'Yellow card · Ricardo Álvarez
- 71'Second yellow · Ricardo Álvarez
- 81'Goal · José Callejón
- 90+2'Missed penalty · Goran Pandev
- 90+2'Yellow card · Andrea Ranocchia
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Christian Maggio, Raúl Albiol, Pablo Armero, Miguel Britos, Valon Behrami, Gökhan Inler, Juanmi Callejón, Lorenzo Insigne, Goran Pandev, Gonzalo Higuaín
Inter expected line-up (3-5-2)
Samir Handanović, Juan Jesus, Akio Kogiku, Yuto Nagatomo, Jonathan, Esteban Cambiasso, Fredy Guarin, Ricardo Álvarez, Saphir Sliti Taïder, Rodrigo Palacio