Napoli 3-2 Sampdoria: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
Napoli 3-2 Sampdoria
Serie A · Saturday 23 December 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-2
Napoli 3-2 Sampdoria: match report
Napoli defeated Sampdoria 3-2 in Serie A on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 3-2.
G. Ramírez opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Napoli's goals came from Allan (16'), Lorenzo Insigne (33') and Marek Hamsik (39'). Sampdoria scored through G. Ramírez (2') and Fabio Quagliarella (27', penalty).
Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sampdoria received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 1st on 42 points from 17 and Sampdoria 6th on 27 points from 16. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Sampdoria 10th with 54.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sampdoria in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.5), ahead of Allan (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Napoli wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sampdoria.
Key events
- 2'Goal · G. Ramírez
- 16'Goal · Allan
- 18'Yellow card · Ivan Strinić
- 21'Yellow card · Dries Mertens
- 26'Yellow card · Elseid Hysaj
- 27'Penalty goal · Fabio Quagliarella
- 33'Goal · Lorenzo Insigne
- 39'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 52'Yellow card · Mário Rui
- 57'Yellow card · Emiliano Viviano
- 62'Yellow card · Lucas Torreira
- 72'Yellow card · Valerio Verre
- 77'Second yellow · Mário Rui
- 82'Yellow card · G. Ramírez
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Sampdoria line-up (4-3-1-2)
Emiliano Viviano, Gianmarco Ferrari, Ivan Strinić, Bartosz Bereszyński, Matías Silvestre, Édgar Barreto, Dennis Praet, Lucas Torreira, Gastón Ramírez, Gianluca Caprari, Fabio Quagliarella