Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Internazionale, 2024-25 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
  • 87': Philip Billing
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  • 22': Federico Dimarco

Napoli grab late draw with Inter in title showdown

A late Philip Billing goal for Napoli rescued a deserved 1-1 draw at home to Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Saturday, leaving the title rivals separated by a point at the top of the table.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan).
  • 1': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
  • 6': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 7': Delay in match because of an injury Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 10': Delay in match because of an injury Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
  • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 13': Foul by Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli).
  • 13': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Delay in match because of an injury Matteo Politano (Napoli).
  • 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 16': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
  • 16': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
  • 17': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries.
  • 20': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Napoli).
  • 20': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Goal! Napoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 24': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Alex Meret.
  • 24': Delay in match because of an injury Alex Meret (Napoli).
  • 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 29': Billy Gilmour (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
  • 31': Foul by Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
  • 31': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott McTominay with a headed pass.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
  • 36': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 38': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a fast break.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 42': Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 42': Foul by Scott McTominay (Napoli).
  • 43': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
  • 43': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 45': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Thuram with a headed pass.
  • 45'+4': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.
  • 45'+4': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Leonardo Spinazzola.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Napoli 0, Inter Milan 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 0, Inter Milan 1.
  • 46': Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 48': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Federico Dimarco.
  • 49': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
  • 50': Delay in match because of an injury Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
  • 51': Substitution, Inter Milan. Benjamin Pavard replaces Federico Dimarco because of an injury.
  • 51': Substitution, Inter Milan. Piotr Zielinski replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
  • 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 51': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 51': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 53': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan).
  • 53': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 55': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Yann Bisseck.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  • 59': Offside, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori is caught offside.
  • 60': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
  • 60': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli).
  • 61': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
  • 62': Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 64': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Joaquín Correa replaces Marcus Thuram.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 68': Billy Gilmour (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Foul by Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan).
  • 70': Foul by Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan).
  • 70': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Delay in match because of an injury Scott McTominay (Napoli).
  • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 74': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan).
  • 74': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 77': Substitution, Napoli. Noah Okafor replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 78': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
  • 78': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 79': Substitution, Napoli. Philip Billing replaces Billy Gilmour.
  • 80': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefan de Vrij replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 80': Substitution, Inter Milan. Davide Frattesi replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 82': Substitution, Napoli. Cyril Ngonge replaces Matteo Politano.
  • 82': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
  • 83': Foul by Philip Billing (Napoli).
  • 83': Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Attempt saved. Philip Billing (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 87': Goal! Napoli 1, Inter Milan 1. Philip Billing (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 88': Nikita Contini (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  • 89': Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
  • 90'+3': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan).
  • 90'+4': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Cyril Ngonge (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Inter Milan 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Napoli 1, Inter Milan 1.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 7
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 12
4 Saves 0
37.9 Possession 62.1
6 SHOTS 19
1 ON GOAL 4
0.2 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
244 Accurate Passes 417
300 Passes 483
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 3
10 Crosses 34
0.4 Cross % 0.1
61 Long Balls 40
32 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 13
4 Effective Tackles 11
10 Tackles 14
0.4 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 2
37 Effective Clearances 35
37 Clearances 35

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 53,851

Serie A Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Internazionale 30 +39 67
2 Napoli 30 +23 64
3 Atalanta 30 +34 58
4 Bologna 30 +16 56
Full Table

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
4 Alessandro Buongiorno
13 Amir Rrahmani
37 Leonardo Spinazzola
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
8 Scott McTominay
6 Billy Gilmour
11 Romelu Lukaku
81 Giacomo Raspadori
21 Matteo Politano

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
13 Josep Martínez (GK)
15 Francesco Acerbi
95 Alessandro Bastoni
31 Yann Bisseck
22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
23 Nicolò Barella
20 Hakan Çalhanoglu
32 Federico Dimarco
2 Denzel Dumfries
10 Lautaro Martínez
9 Marcus Thuram

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