Match Stats: Napoli beat Sampdoria to claim top spot
Napoli won 4-0 (2-0) away to the Sampdoria in the game on Thursday. The win takes them to top spot in the Serie A, two clear of Inter after five games played. As for Sampdoria, the result means they are in 13th place in the league.
Napoli started the match best and took the lead when Victor Osimhen scored after 10 minutes, with an assist by Lorenzo Insigne, making it 1-0.
The team increased their lead to 0-2, when Fabian Ruiz found the net, with an assist by Lorenzo Insigne, in the 39th minute.
Straight after the break, Victor Osimhen made his mark and increased Napoli's lead.
Napoli found the net once more, this time through Piotr Zielinski, who netted, with an assist by Hirving Lozano, in the 59th minute, what brought the final score to 4-0.
Napoli have now won five games in a row.
The last match between the teams ended in a 2-0 away win for Napoli in April 2021.
Napoli have a perfect record after two away games.
Sampdoria have scored 5 goals. They have scored two goals at home. They've conceded 7 goals in total.
Napoli have scored 14 goals in this campaign. Away from home they have scored 14 goals. They've conceded 2 goals in total.
Sampdoria have opened the score in 1 of their 4 of the games, and have a winning ratio of 100 percent when scoring the first goal.
In the next games in the Serie A, Sampdoria will take on Juventus (away) on 25 September 2021, Udinese (home) on 02 October 2021 and Cagliari (away) on 16 October 2021. Napoli play Cagliari (home) on 25 September 2021, Fiorentina (away) on 02 October 2021 and Torino (home) on 16 October 2021.
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