Lecce 0-1 Napoli: Raspadori stunner puts pressure on Inter

Napoli piled the unit connected Serie A rubric rivals Inter by claiming a 1-0 triumph implicit struggling Lecce.

Antonio Conte’s squad took vantage of playing earlier Inter connected Saturday to determination six points wide up of the Nerazzurri’s clash with Hellas Verona.

Giacomo Raspadori was the matchwinner for Napoli astatine Stadio Ettore Giardiniero, wherever helium slammed successful a free-kick successful the 24th minute.

Napoli had earlier had a Romelu Lukaku extremity disallowed for offside, earlier the lucifer was stopped due to the fact that of flares being thrown onto the pitch.

Lecce battled hard for an equaliser, with Kialonda Gaspar hitting the crossbar and Thorir Helgason forcing a good prevention retired of Alex Meret, portion Napoli besides survived a VAR cheque for a imaginable punishment for handball.

Napoli, though, held steadfast to grind retired a 4th consecutive league win.

4 – Napoli person won 4 games successful a enactment with a cleanable expanse for the 4th clip successful their past successful #SerieA (they person ne'er had a longer streak) and for the archetypal clip since February 2023 (four with Luciano Spalletti). Run.#LecceNapoli

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Data Debrief: Keeping it clean

Napoli person present won 4 consecutive league games successful a enactment portion keeping a cleanable expanse successful each of them.

It is the 2nd clip they person achieved the feat, having besides done truthful successful their title-winning run successful 2022-23.

That antiaircraft resilience was connected amusement arsenic Napoli constricted Lecce to conscionable 1 changeable connected people and an wide expected goals fig of 0.31.

Not that Napoli were peculiarly free-flowing successful attack, arsenic they mustered conscionable 0.58 xG, but Raspadori’s infinitesimal of magic was capable to get the occupation done.