SSC Napoli vs FC Crotone, Serie A 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
SSC Napoli vs FC Crotone — Serie A at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
- SSC Napoli 38 games · 76 pts (2025/26)
- FC Crotone 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Antonio Di Martino
- Referee Rosario Abisso
- Referee Ivan Pezzuto
- Referee Giovanni Baccini
- Referee Alessio Berti
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Internazionale Milano 38 87 2 SSC Napoli 38 76 3 AS Roma 38 73 4 Como 1907 38 71 5 AC Milan 38 70 6 Juventus FC 38 69 7 Atalanta BC 38 59 8 Bologna FC 1909 38 56 9 SS Lazio 38 54 10 Udinese Calcio 38 50 11 US Sassuolo Calcio 38 49 12 Torino FC 38 45 13 Parma Calcio 1913 38 45 14 Cagliari Calcio 38 43 15 ACF Fiorentina 38 42 16 Genoa CFC 38 41 17 US Lecce 38 38 18 US Cremonese 38 34 19 Hellas Verona FC 38 21 20 AC Pisa 1909 38 18 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Apr FC Crotone H 4–3 W 21 Mar AS Roma A 2–0 W 14 Mar AC Milan A 1–0 W 07 Mar Bologna FC 1909 H 3–1 W 03 Mar US Sassuolo Calcio A 3–3 D 28 Feb Benevento Calcio H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Apr SSC Napoli A 3–4 L 20 Mar Bologna FC 1909 H 2–3 L 12 Mar SS Lazio A 2–3 L 07 Mar Torino FC H 4–2 W 03 Mar Atalanta BC A 1–5 L 28 Feb Cagliari Calcio H 0–2 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
SSC Napoli this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
SSC Napoli0-151/316-303/–31-453/146-603/161-75–/–76+2/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
SSC NapoliRasmus Hojlund 11 G 3 A Scott McTominay 9 G 3 A Kevin De Bruyne 5 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stadio Diego Armando Maradona will turn into a battlefield for SSC Napoli and FC Crotone.
- 5' Luca Marrone has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' SSC Napoli is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SSC Napoli needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 19' Lorenzo Insigne puts SSC Napoli on the lead.
- 19' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Andrea Rispoli.
- 22' GOAL! Victor Osimhen scores on 22. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne
- 25' What a strike from Simeon Nwankwo! The score is 2-1.
- 30' SSC Napoli seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 34' Goal! Dries Mertens scores his 64 goal in 495 matches.
- 39' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 44' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Crotone is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 46' Time for substitution for FC Crotone. Andrea Rispoli is replaced by Pedro Pereira.
- 48' What a strike from Simeon Nwankwo! The score is 3-2.
- 53' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 58' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nikola Maksimovic made 495 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 59' What a strike from Junior Messias! The score is 3-3.
- 62' The supporters are chanting for Hirving Lozano. He replaces Matteo Politano on 62 minute.
- 67' Ahmad Benali is having his name booked by the referee on 67.
- 72' SSC Napoli is taking the lead after the goal scored by Giovanni Di Lorenzo on 72.
- 73' Piotr Zielinski has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dries Mertens on 73 minute.
- 78' FC Crotone receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 78.
- 81' The whistle greets Niccolo Zanellato as he departs to be replaced by Luis Rojas.
- 86' The travelling FC Crotone supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 87' FC Crotone receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 87.
- 90' Andrea Petagna is replacing Victor Osimhen for the SSC Napoli side.
- The final score is 4-3.
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Lineups
SSC Napoli Lineups
Starting XI
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- 6
- 24
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14
Dries Mertens ↓ Piotr Zielinski 73'
- 1
- 19
- 44
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5
Tiemoue Bakayoko ↓ Eljif Elmas 62'
- 21
- 22
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9
Victor Osimhen ↓ Andrea Petagna 90'
Bench
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11
Hirving Lozano ↑ 62'
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7
Eljif Elmas ↑ 62'
- 68
- 23
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20
Piotr Zielinski ↑ 73'
- 25
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37
Andrea Petagna ↑ 90'
- 33
- 3
- 16
- 58
- 38
Coach Gennaro GattusoFC Crotone Lineups
Starting XI
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7
Adam Ounas ↓ Milos Vulic 46'
- 13
- 1
- 10
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21
Niccolo Zanellato ↓ Luis Rojas 81'
- 25
- 17
- 5
- 26
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33
Andrea Rispoli ↓ Pedro Pereira 46'
- 30
Bench
- 97
- 8
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34
Luca Marrone ↑ 90'
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54
Samuel Di Carmine ↑ 90'
- 16
- 3
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32
Pedro Pereira ↑ 46'
- 95
- 6
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77
Milos Vulic ↑ 46'
- 22
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20
Luis Rojas ↑ 81'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Simeon Nwankwo 2 Lorenzo Insigne 2 Andrea Petagna 1 Dries Mertens 1 Giovanni Di Lorenzo 1 Victor Osimhen 1 Junior Messias 1 Hirving Lozano 1 SSC Napoli Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.59 SSC Napoli xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.46 FC Crotone xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 70%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: SSC Napoli winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.05Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 91% 9% ± 2.5 75% 25% ± 3.5 56% 44% ± 4.5 38% 62% Double Chance
SSC Napoli or Draw 82%Draw or FC Crotone 37%SSC Napoli or FC Crotone 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: SSC Napoli win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 4–3 not predicted4 – 3Actual2 – 1 8.3%1 – 1 7.4%3 – 1 7.1%2 – 0 6%2 – 2 6%3 – 2 5.1%3 – 0 5%1 – 2 4.7%4 – 1 4.6%1 – 0 4.2%4 – 2 3.4%4 – 0 3.2%Asian Handicap — SSC Napoli
Handicap SSC Napoli covers Push FC Crotone covers -2.5 23% — 77% -2 23% 18% 59% -1.5 41% — 59% -1 41% 20% 39% -0.5 61% — 39% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 11% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet 24% ✓FC Crotone keeps clean sheet 8% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.