Napoli 2-1 Manchester City: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 22 November 2011
Result
Napoli 2-1 Manchester City
Champions League · Tuesday 22 November 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Napoli 2-1 Manchester City: match report
Napoli defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 22 November 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Napoli's goals came from Edinson Cavani (18') and Edinson Cavani (49'). Manchester City scored through Mario Balotelli (33').
Discipline: Napoli received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 36th on 5 points from 4 and Manchester City 23rd on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Napoli lined up in a 3-4-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read L-D-W-D and Manchester City's W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 33'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 49'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 54'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 61'Yellow card · David Silva
- 79'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 86'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (3-4-3)
Morgan De Sanctis, Salvatore Aronica, Andrea Dossena, Hugo Campagnaro, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Walter Gargano, Gökhan Inler, Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Christian Maggio
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shay Given, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Jérôme Boateng, James Milner, Shaun Wright-Phillips, David Silva, P. Vieira, Aleksandar Kolarov