Napoli 1-0 Bologna: Lobotka breaks the deadlock
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 10 corners v a season average of 3
- Bologna had 5 shots; average faced is 21.8
- Only 3 of Napoli's 14 shots on target
A goalless first half, then one breakthrough
Napoli beat Bologna 1-0 at the Maradona. The first half ended goalless, and Arthur Theate's goal for the visitors was ruled out by VAR in the eighth minute. Lobotka's 66th-minute goal settled it, set up by Costantino Favasuli, who had come on at half-time.
Plenty of shots, little threat per effort
Napoli had 14 shots but only three were on target, and the average shot was worth 0.09 xG. Five of those efforts were blocked. Most came from inside the box, yet the quality stayed modest, which suggests they were often squeezed for space. Napoli did win the xG battle, 1.19 to 0.29, but the scoreline stayed tight.
Not the Napoli pattern of the season so far
This looked different from Napoli's first four matches of the season. They had more of the ball than their average and won 10 corners, against a season average of 3. The defensive gap is starker: Bologna managed five shots, where Napoli's opponents have averaged 21.8. It is a small sample of four matches, but opposition shots dried up, and holding the ball seems to have helped.
The goal that moved Napoli to ninth
Lobotka's strike turned a goalless match into a lead, and it was worth +1.2 FN xPts to Napoli. Bologna lost expected points by the same event. A 0-0 became 1-0, and Napoli climbed from 13th to ninth on six points. Bologna stayed 16th on one.
Player of the match
Stanislav Lobotka 8.4Dominant
He scored the 66th-minute winner, made two key passes and won seven of nine duels.
Lobotka earned most of his FN Score through attack: his only shot on target was the winner, and he added two key passes. He also won seven of nine duels and drew four fouls, keeping Napoli's midfield in control. That work led to the goal in the 66th minute that turned 0-0 into 1-0. It was his first league goal of the season, in his fourth appearance.
Game state
1-0
Napoli ahead 24 min · level 66 min · Bologna ahead 0 min
- Costantino Favasuli — off the bench 45 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
66'
Stanislav Lobotka
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Costantino Favasuli +0.4
+1.2
Napoli
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments +1.2Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Bologna
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
NapoliBologna
1.19Expected goals (xG)0.29
Compared with usual
Napoli
4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 14 | 11.8 | |
| On target | 3 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 21.8 | |
| Possession | 58% | 43.8% | |
| Passes | 551 | 433.8 | |
| Corners | 10 | 3 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 9 | |
Bologna
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Timeline
- 8'
VAR
Arthur Theate
- 31'
Yellow
Mikel Amondarain
- 46'
Sub
Matteo Politano → Costantino Favasuli
- 46'
Sub
Antonio Vergara → Noa Lang
- 58'
Sub
Tommaso Pobega → Marco Libra
- 58'
Sub
Roberto Piccoli → Jens Odgaard
- 66'
Sub
Mikel Amondarain → Nikola Moro
- 66'
Goal
Stanislav Lobotka league goal #1 assist Costantino Favasuli
- 75'
Sub
Rasmus Højlund → Lorenzo Lucca
- 82'
Sub
Nicolò Cambiaghi → Samuel Mbangula
- 82'
Sub
Federico Bernardeschi → Jay Enem
- 88'
Sub
Kevin De Bruyne → Mathías Olivera
Category leaders
- Key passesKevin De Bruyne3
- Duels wonAmir Rrahmani11/12
- DribblesKevin De Bruyne2/3
- Defensive actionsEmil Holm9
- Fouls wonStanislav Lobotka4
#Napoli#Bologna#Serie A#Stanislav Lobotka#Costantino Favasuli
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.