Napoli 1-3 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 15 October 2016
Result
Napoli 1-3 Roma
Serie A · Saturday 15 October 2016, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Napoli 1-3 Roma: match report
Napoli lost to Roma 1-3 in Serie A on Saturday 15 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
Edin Dzeko opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Napoli's goal came from Kalidou Koulibaly (58'). Roma scored through Edin Dzeko (43'), Edin Dzeko (54') and Mohamed Salah (85').
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Roma received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 14 points from 7 and Roma 3rd on 13 points from 7. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Roma 2nd with 87.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Roma in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Edin Džeko of Roma (8.7), ahead of Mohamed Salah (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 5 for Roma.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Roma's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 45+1'Yellow card · Leandro Paredes
- 50'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 53'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 54'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 58'Goal · Kalidou Koulibaly
- 83'Yellow card · Edin Dzeko
- 85'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 85'Yellow card · Allan
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Nikola Maksimović, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Manolo Gabbiadini, Lorenzo Insigne
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Juan Jesus, Federico Fazio, Alessandro Florenzi, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Leandro Paredes, Diego Perotti, Mohamed Salah, Daniele De Rossi, Edin Džeko