Napoli 2-1 Torino: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 6 January 2016
Result
Napoli 2-1 Torino
Serie A · Wednesday 6 January 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Napoli 2-1 Torino: match report
Napoli beat Torino 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 6 January 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Napoli's goals came from Lorenzo Insigne (16') and Marek Hamsik (41'). Torino scored through Fabio Quagliarella (33', penalty).
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Torino received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 4th on 35 points from 17 and Torino 14th on 22 points from 16. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Torino 12th with 45.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Torino in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli (8.5), ahead of Bruno Peres (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 4 for Torino.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Torino's L-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Afriyie Acquah
- 6'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 16'Goal · Lorenzo Insigne
- 33'Penalty goal · Fabio Quagliarella
- 41'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 47'Yellow card · Daniele Baselli
- 59'Yellow card · Kamil Glik
- 72'Yellow card · Cesare Bovo
- 86'Yellow card · Albiol
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Nova Arianto, Marek Hamšík, David López, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lorenzo Insigne
Torino line-up (3-5-2)
Daniele Padelli, Cesare Bovo, Emiliano Moretti, Kamil Glik, Cristian Molinaro, Afriyie Acquah, Daniele Baselli, Giuseppe Vives, Bruno Peres, Andrea Belotti, Fabio Quagliarella