Napoli 0-3 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 25 January 2009
Result
Napoli 0-3 Roma
Serie A · Sunday 25 January 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Napoli 0-3 Roma: match report
Napoli were beaten by Roma 0-3 in Serie A on Sunday 25 January 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Philippe Mexes opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Napoli did not score. Roma scored through Philippe Mexes (18'), Juan (32') and Mirko Vučinić (50').
Discipline: Napoli received 6 yellow cards; Roma received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Napoli were 5th on 33 points from 19 and Roma 8th on 30 points from 19. Napoli went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Roma 6th with 63.
Napoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Roma in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 1 for Roma.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Roma's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Philippe Mexes
- 21'Yellow card · M. Pazienza
- 32'Goal · Juan
- 50'Goal · Mirko Vučinić
- 53'Yellow card · Taddei
- 55'Yellow card · M. Contini
- 63'Yellow card · Paolo Cannavaro
- 68'Yellow card · W. Gargano
- 84'Yellow card · Francesco Montervino
- 86'Yellow card · Fabiano Santacroce
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (3-5-2)
Matteo Gianello, Fabiano Santacroce, Paolo Cannavaro, Walter Gargano, Daniele Mannini, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marcelo Zalayeta, Michele Pazienza, Manuele Blasi, Christian Maggio, Matteo Contini
Roma line-up (4-3-2-1)
Doni, Juan, Philippe Mexès, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Marco Cassetti, David Pizarro, Taddei, Daniele De Rossi, Matteo Brighi, Mirko Vučinić, Júlio Baptista