Venezia 1-0 Napoli: Stanković's nine saves hold firm
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Nine saves kept a clean sheet
- Napoli: 29 shots, xG 2.46, no goals
- Venezia's 29% possession, lowest in 8 matches
One goal, carefully guarded
Venezia beat Napoli 1-0, and the match was settled by a single goal. Akor Adams scored in the 49th minute from a Simon Sohm assist. From there Venezia spent about 41 minutes in front, and the lead never came under threat on the scoreboard, even if it did on the pitch.
Napoli had the ball, Venezia had the result
Napoli's 29 shots and 12 corners were both the highest of their eight matches this season. Venezia's 29% possession was the lowest of theirs. The match became Napoli attacking and Venezia defending, and the only goal came from the home side's limited chances: nine shots, four on target.
Quantity without the quality to break through
Napoli piled up an xG of 2.46 and still left without a goal. Their xG per shot was 0.08, below their season average, which suggests volume rather than clear-cut chances. Twelve of their efforts were blocked, and the rest that tested the goal ran into Stanković.
The opener stood as the winner
Adams's goal in the 49th minute was worth +1.1 FN xPts to Venezia and −0.9 to Napoli, the biggest combined change of the match. Kevin De Bruyne, introduced in the 54th minute, then missed a penalty in the 68th. Napoli lost a route back into the match, and nine saves from Stanković kept the clean sheet intact.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Filip Stanković 7.6Strong
He made nine saves to protect a 1-0 lead against 29 Napoli shots.
Stanković earned his points almost entirely through goalkeeping, and the nine saves mattered because Venezia scored only once. After Adams put them ahead in the 49th minute, the lead lasted about 41 minutes, and it survived mainly because he stopped what Napoli's volume produced. In a one-goal match, that clean sheet was the foundation of the win.
Game state
1-0
Venezia ahead 41 min · level 49 min · Napoli ahead 0 min
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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
49'
Akor Adams
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Simon Sohm +0.3 · NAP −0.9
+1.1
68'
Kevin De Bruyne
Pen miss · VEN +1.0
−0.8
Venezia
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments +1.1Opponent moments +1.0Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Napoli
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments −0.8Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.3→ 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
VeneziaNapoli
0.67Expected goals (xG)2.46
Compared with usual
Venezia
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2.5 | low |
| xG | 0.67 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 2.46 | 2.3 | |
| Shots | 9 | 15.4 | |
| On target | 4 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 29 | 15.1 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 29% | 59.6% | low |
| Passes | 310 | 511.6 | low |
| Corners | 0 | 4.8 | low |
| Fouls | 7 | 10.4 | |
Napoli
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 2.46 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.67 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 29 | 12.8 | high |
| On target | 10 | 4.3 | high |
| Shots faced | 9 | 17.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 71% | 48.8% | high |
| Passes | 734 | 459.4 | high |
| Corners | 12 | 4.6 | high |
| Fouls | 6 | 10.3 | low |
Timeline
- 49'
Goal
Akor Adams league goal #2 assist Simon Sohm
- 54'
Sub
Lorenzo Lucca → Rasmus Højlund
- 54'
Sub
Giovane → Alisson Santos
- 54'
Sub
Billy Gilmour → Kevin De Bruyne
- 61'
Yellow
Toma Bašić
- 63'
Sub
John Yeboah → Albion Rrahmani
- 63'
Sub
Sam Beukema → Matteo Politano
- 68'
Pen miss
Kevin De Bruyne
- 71'
Sub
Toma Bašić → Þ. Helgason
- 71'
Sub
Ridgeciano Haps → Pasquale Mazzocchi
- 72'
Sub
Matias Moreno → Joel Schingtienne
- 80'
Yellow
Kike Pérez
- 82'
Sub
Simon Sohm → Lamine Dabo
- 82'
Sub
Leonardo Spinazzola → Mathías Olivera
Category leaders
- Key passesKevin De Bruyne5
- Duels wonBenoît Badiashile7/9
- DribblesAlisson Santos2/3
- Defensive actionsScott McTominay6
- ShotsAkor Adams6 (on target 3)
#Venezia#Napoli#Serie A#Filip Stanković#Akor Adams#Kevin De Bruyne
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.