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Join us as we follow all the action from Friday April 24’s Serie A clash between Napoli and Cremonese.
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The match kicks off at 19:45 UK time (20:45 local time) and sees Antonio Conte try to deny Inter an early title crowning.
The Partenopei must also win to keep themselves secure in the race for the top four, whilst Cremonese could drop into the bottom three this weekend if they do not win tonight and Lecce beat Verona.
After a good piece of play from Alisson down the left, he floats a rather poor ball over the top of goal that McTominay does brilliantly well to hook in play, Cremonese regain possession but De Bruyne presses hard and finishes from close range.
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2026-04-24 20:35:30
Really good play from the Dane who holds off his marker, gets around him and on the end of a ball and slots it home nicely. Comfortable lead now for Napoli heading into half-time.
2026-04-24 20:31:32
44′
GOAL! HOJLUND MAKES IT TWO!
2026-04-24 20:30:22
43′
CLOSE from Hojlund, who does well to get the ball onto his left foot before a lovely low curled effort goes just wide of the post.
2026-04-24 20:29:14
41′
Napoli win themselves a corner after a decent move from Alisson, but the set piece was very poor – as was Cremonese’s resulting counter as possession gets turned over immediately again by Napoli.
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2026-04-24 20:26:53
36′
Another attempt from McTominay, in a nearly identical manner to the one he scored, except this one drags slightly wide of the far post, rather than tucked in the corner
2026-04-24 20:24:52
25′
McTominay is down and hurt after taking an accidental whack to the face from Bondo.
2026-04-24 20:10:42
24′
McTominay spearheads a quick Napoli counter attack but Cremonese do well to get back and organised and nullify the threat.
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2026-04-24 20:09:58
21′
Cremonese slowly creeping more and more into the game as the hosts’ bright start has quickly faded away.
2026-04-24 20:08:21
18′
Cremonese have their first corner of the evening, swinging it in at pace but Milinkovic-Savic gets tall to punch it clear and alleviate the pressure.
2026-04-24 20:04:21
15′
The visitors are starting to threaten ever so slightly, with a bit of increased pressure, especially in the midfield. Napoli are defending well in numbers though and look ready to spring a counter at the first opportunity.
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2026-04-24 20:01:53
13′
Free-kick to Napoli as McTominay is hauled down in the middle of the park.
2026-04-24 19:58:36
11′
Another good through ball, this time on the left hand side and in the air, as Alisson nearly gets it under control, Cremonese deal well with it, however.
2026-04-24 19:56:35
9′
Slick play once again from Napoli as Lobotka plays a good ball through for Hojlund (who was, however, offside) but the resulting pinball in the box comes to nothing anyway.
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2026-04-24 19:55:46
8′
Another effort from McTominay, whose shot takes a deflection for a Napoli corner.
The corner is whipped in close to Audero but Rrahmani gets under it and his header floats up and over the crossbar.
2026-04-24 19:54:26
5′
Napoli finding immense luck on the right-hand side of midfield, with a slick through ball setting up McTominay for another good chance through on goal. However, the Scot gets caught up in the ball and ends up fluffing the opportunity.
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2026-04-24 19:51:04
Really positive work from Napoli, with De Bruyne bursting down the flank before finding McTominay with a delightful ball. The Scot then drives it home from a fair distance, and Audero could not get to it.
2026-04-24 19:49:57
3′
GOAL
MCTOMINAY SCORES!
Lovely pass from De Bruyne and a driven shot from outside the box nestles into the far corner.
2026-04-24 19:48:53
2′
Napoli controlling early possession, before a lovely through ball finds McTominay, who is denied by the keeper, before a wild effort from Hojlund from inside the box goes way over the bar. Good start from the hosts, though.
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2026-04-24 19:48:05
1′
Kick-off in Naples!
2026-04-24 19:46:54
Napoli coach Conte:
“It’s not that we didn’t play the game against Lazio, because we had 70% possession, but we had several counterattacks and weren’t effective in front of goal.”
Click here to read his full pre-match quotes.
2026-04-24 19:30:09
