Napoli beat Cremonese 2-0 as R. Hojlund scores twice

Match report

Napoli beat Cremonese 2-0 in Serie A matchday 17 on Sunday, 28 December 2025 at Stadio Giovanni Zini. R. Hojlund (13', 45') scored for Napoli. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Cremonese had 47% of the ball and 6 shots (2 on target) against Napoli’s 22 (8 on target). Rasmus Højlund (Napoli) was the top-rated player with 9.2.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Cremonese

Not in a league table we track.

Napoli

9th · 7 points · P 5 W 2 D 1 L 2

Form

Serie A table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
8	Como	5	+3	10
9	Napoli	5	+1	7
10	Sassuolo	5	0	7

Full Serie A table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Fri, 24 Apr 2026, Napoli 4-0 Cremonese

Full Cremonese vs Napoli head-to-head

Match events

13'goalR. HojlundNormal Goal
34'yellow cardJuan JesusYellow Card
45'goalR. HojlundAssist: S. McTominay
45+3'yellow cardScott McTominayYellow Card
46'substitutionL. SpinazzolaOff: M. Gutierrez
51'substitutionE. ElmasOff: N. Lang
58'yellow cardTommaso BarbieriYellow Card
60'substitutionT. BarbieriOff: D. Johnsen
60'substitutionA. SanabriaOff: F. Moumbagna
73'substitutionDavid NeresOff: A. Buongiorno
77'substitutionA. GrassiOff: W. Bondo
77'substitutionA. ZerbinOff: F. Bonazzoli
82'substitutionM. BianchettiOff: R. Floriani
84'yellow cardFederico BonazzoliYellow Card
88'substitutionR. HojlundOff: L. Lucca
88'substitutionM. PolitanoOff: P. Mazzocchi

Lineups

Cremonese

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Davide Nicola

Starting XI

Substitutes

Napoli

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Antonio Conte

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

47%Possession53%
0.46Expected goals (xG)2.54
6Total shots22
2Shots on target8
3Shots off target9
1Blocked shots5
3Shots inside the box12
3Shots outside the box10
1Corners10
3Offsides2
13Fouls8
2Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
6Goalkeeper saves2
409Passes463
326Accurate passes390
80%Pass accuracy84%
0.06Goals prevented0.06

Player statistics

Cremonese

Cremonese player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Emil AuderoG	90	8.2		42 · 57%
6Federico BaschirottoD	90	6.2		40 · 82%		3	3/5
15Matteo BianchettiD	82	6.3	1 (0)	43 · 79%		1	1/6
24Filippo TerraccianoD	90	6.6	1 (1)	60 · 92%		2	3/4
3Giuseppe PezzellaM	90	6.9		23 · 87%	1	2	4/7
4Tommaso BarbieriM	60	7.0		35 · 86%	1	1	5/7
7Alessio ZerbinM	77	6.7		21 · 81%	1	2	4/8
32Martín PayeroM	90	6.2	2 (1)	33 · 88%	1		2/7
33Alberto GrassiM	77	6.2		47 · 81%			1/6
10Jamie VardyF	90	6.7		10 · 80%		1	3/8
99Antonio SanabriaF	60	6.6		14 · 64%		1	6/9
16Marco SilvestriG	–	–
69Lapo NavaG	–	–
22Romano Floriani MussoliniD	8	6.6		6 · 100%			0/2
30Mikayil FayeD	–	–
55Francesco FolinoD	–	–
8Mattia ValotiM	–	–
19Jeremy SarmientoM	–	–
27Jari VandeputteM	–	–
38Warren BondoM	13	6.7	1 (0)	8 · 100%			0/1
48Dachi LordkipanidzeM	–	–
11Dennis JohnsenF	30	6.7		13 · 38%			1/2
14Faris MoumbagnaF	30	6.3		9 · 56%			1/2
20Franco VázquezF	–	–
90Federico BonazzoliF	13	6.2		5 · 100%			0/2

Napoli

Napoli player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
32Vanja Milinković-SavićG	90	7.7				40 · 80%
5Juan JesusD	90	6.6				51 · 86%		1	2/6
13Amir RrahmaniD	90	6.9			1 (0)	54 · 87%		2	4/9
22Giovanni Di LorenzoD	90	7.2				51 · 86%	2	1	4/7
8Scott McTominayM	90	7.6		1	5 (2)	37 · 92%	2	2	8/12
21Matteo PolitanoM	89	7.3			2 (2)	32 · 81%	2		4/9
37Leonardo SpinazzolaM	45	6.6				28 · 68%			1/4
68Stanislav LobotkaM	90	7.2			1 (1)	55 · 85%		2	7/7
7David NeresF	73	6.5			2 (0)	31 · 87%	2		1/3
19Rasmus HøjlundFTop rated	89	9.2	2		5 (3)	20 · 65%	3	1	4/7
20Eljif ElmasF	51	6.3				15 · 93%
14Nikita ContiniG	–	–
25Mathias FerranteG	–	–
3Miguel GutiérrezD	45	6.9				23 · 83%		1	4/5
4Alessandro BuongiornoD	17	6.9				6 · 100%			2/3
30Pasquale MazzocchiD	1	–			1 (0)
35Luca MarianucciD	–	–
26Antonio VergaraM	–	–
27Lorenzo LuccaF	1	–				4 · 100%
69Giuseppe AmbrosinoF	–	–
70Noa LangF	39	6.7				16 · 88%	3		1/4