Napoli vs Lecce, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ADi Lorenzo goal sees leaders Napoli 1-0 win over lowly Lecce
A second-half goal from Giovanni Di Lorenzo was enough to earn Napoli a 1-0 win over struggling Lecce on Saturday, and the home side extended their unbeaten run to eight games to stretch their lead at the top of the Serie A standings.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Napoli).
- 2': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 5': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Hamza Rafia.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
- 6': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Cyril Ngonge with a cross.
- 7': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 7': Wladimiro Falcone (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Cyril Ngonge (Napoli).
- 8': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Hamza Rafia.
- 12': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 13': Foul by David Neres (Napoli).
- 13': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Attempt saved. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
- 16': Attempt missed. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lameck Banda.
- 19': Foul by Cyril Ngonge (Napoli).
- 19': Hamza Rafia (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 20': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 20': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 24': Attempt saved. David Neres (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
- 26': Attempt saved. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo with a headed pass.
- 26': Attempt missed. Mathías Olivera (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 26': Offside, Napoli. Giovanni Di Lorenzo is caught offside.
- 26': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 28': VAR Decision: No Goal Napoli 0-0 Lecce.
- 28': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Neres with a cross.
- 29': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
- 30': Attempt missed. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 30': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Kialonda Gaspar.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
- 30': Hand ball by Nikola Krstovic (Lecce).
- 32': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a through ball.
- 32': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Kialonda Gaspar.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
- 33': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mathías Olivera.
- 34': Attempt saved. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hamza Rafia with a cross.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Kialonda Gaspar (Lecce) header from very close range is blocked.
- 34': Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
- 34': Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Krstovic (Lecce).
- 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott McTominay.
- 37': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 37': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
- 37': Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Romelu Lukaku.
- 40': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Mathías Olivera.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hamza Rafia.
- 42': Attempt saved. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
- 42': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Neres with a cross.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 45'+1': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Hamza Rafia.
- 45'+2': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Lecce 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Lecce 0.
- 46': Hand ball by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
- 47': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Nikola Krstovic.
- 48': Attempt missed. David Neres (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 51': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 51': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Frank Anguissa (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 55': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Alessandro Buongiorno with a headed pass following a corner.
- 56': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Federico Baschirotto.
- 57': Attempt missed. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a cross following a corner.
- 57': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Cyril Ngonge.
- 58': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 58': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 59': Delay in match because of an injury Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
- 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Andy Pelmard.
- 64': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a cross.
- 68': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.
- 68': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
- 68': Frank Anguissa (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Substitution, Lecce. Nicola Sansone replaces Lameck Banda.
- 69': Substitution, Lecce. Balthazar Pierret replaces Hamza Rafia.
- 70': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
- 71': Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Billy Gilmour.
- 72': Substitution, Napoli. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia replaces David Neres.
- 72': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
- 73': Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross.
- 73': Attempt saved. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 73': Goal! Napoli 1, Lecce 0. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 73': Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Krstovic (Lecce).
- 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 76': Attempt missed. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 77': Foul by Santiago Pierotti (Lecce).
- 77': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Santiago Pierotti (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Substitution, Lecce. Ante Rebic replaces Lassana Coulibaly.
- 79': Attempt missed. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ylber Ramadani.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
- 82': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
- 84': Substitution, Lecce. Rémi Oudin replaces Santiago Pierotti.
- 85': Substitution, Napoli. Michael Folorunsho replaces Romelu Lukaku.
- 86': Delay in match (Napoli).
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 87': Foul by Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli).
- 87': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Rémi Oudin (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 88': Attempt missed. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kialonda Gaspar following a set piece situation.
- 90': Mathías Olivera (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 90': Foul by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
- 90': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Ante Rebic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 90'+3': Foul by Ante Rebic (Lecce).
- 90'+3': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Ante Rebic (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Michael Folorunsho (Napoli).
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Lecce 0.
- 0': Match ends, Napoli 1, Lecce 0.
Statistics
 LEC |
NAP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 13 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 16 |
| 7 | Saves | 1 |
| 35.2 | Possession | 64.8 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 24 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 198 | Accurate Passes | 425 |
| 272 | Passes | 495 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 10 | Crosses | 27 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 27 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 9 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 19 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 29 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 29 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 51,103
Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 51,103
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atalanta | 17 | +23 | 40 |
| 2 | Napoli | 17 | +14 | 38 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 16 | +27 | 37 |
| 4 | Lazio | 17 | +8 | 34 |
Line-Ups
Napoli (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 4 | Alessandro Buongiorno |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 17 | Mathías Olivera  |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 6 | Billy Gilmour |
| 8 | Scott McTominay |
| 99 | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
| 11 | Romelu Lukaku |
| 7 | David Neres |
| 26 | Cyril Ngonge |
Lecce (4-5-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Wladimiro Falcone (GK) |
| 6 | Federico Baschirotto |
| 4 | Kialonda Gaspar |
| 13 | Patrick Dorgu |
| 2 | Andy Pelmard |
| 8 | Hamza Rafia |
| 20 | Ylber Ramadani |
| 29 | Lassana Coulibaly |
| 22 | Lameck Banda |
| 50 | Santiago Pierotti |
| 9 | Nikola Krstovic |
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