Roma 2-0 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 23 December 2023
Result
Roma 2-0 Napoli
Serie A · Saturday 23 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Roma 2-0 Napoli: match report
Roma beat Napoli 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 23 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Lorenzo Pellegrini opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Roma's goals came from Lorenzo Pellegrini (76') and Romelu Lukaku (90+6'). Napoli did not score.
Discipline: Roma received 8 yellow cards; Napoli received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Roma were 8th on 25 points from 16 and Napoli 6th on 27 points from 16. Roma went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Napoli 9th with 53.
Roma lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Cristante of Roma (7.8), ahead of Gianluca Mancini (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Roma win, 3 draws and 6 for Napoli.
Going into the match Roma's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Napoli's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Leandro Paredes
- 28'Yellow card · Mário Rui
- 31'Yellow card · Walter Mazzarri
- 32'Yellow card · José Mourinho
- 32'Yellow card · Rasmus Kristensen
- 38'Yellow card · Bryan Cristante
- 60'Yellow card · Andrea Belotti
- 62'Yellow card · Juan Jesus
- 66'Red card · Matteo Politano
- 66'Yellow card · Nicola Zalewski
- 73'Yellow card · Victor Osimhen
- 76'Goal · Lorenzo Pellegrini
- 81'Yellow card · Stephan El Shaarawy
- 86'Second yellow · Victor Osimhen
- 90+5'Yellow card · Sardar Azmoun
- 90+6'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
Head-to-head
Team news
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Roma line-up (3-5-2)
Rui Patrício, Gianluca Mancini, Diego Llorente, Evan Ndicka, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Bryan Cristante, Leandro Paredes, Edoardo Bove, Nicola Zalewski, Romelu Lukaku, Andrea Belotti
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mário Rui, Frank Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zielinski, Matteo Politano, Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia