Roma 1-2 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 4 March 2017

Result

Roma 1-2 Napoli

Serie A · Saturday 4 March 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Roma · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Roma 1-2 Napoli: match report

Roma were beaten by Napoli 1-2 in Serie A on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Roma's goal came from Kevin Strootman (89'). Napoli scored through Dries Mertens (26') and Dries Mertens (50').

Discipline: Roma received 3 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Roma were 2nd on 59 points from 26 and Napoli 3rd on 54 points from 26. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Napoli 3rd with 86.

Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Diego Perotti of Roma (8.3), level with Dries Mertens (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Roma wins, 2 draws and 3 for Napoli.

Going into the match Roma's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Napoli's L-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Marko RogNapoli
  • 26'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · K. ManolasRoma
  • 50'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 0-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Daniele De RossiRoma
  • 83'Yellow card · Faouzi GhoulamNapoli
  • 89'Goal · Kevin StrootmanRoma · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Diego PerottiRoma

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Roma 5, draws 2, Napoli 3.

Team news

Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Antonio Rüdiger, Juan Jesus, Federico Fazio, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Diego Perotti, Daniele De Rossi, Stephan El Shaarawy, Edin Džeko

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Marko Rog, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne