Goals and highlights: Napoli 2-2 Roma in Serie A 2026

Great save by Svilar! The Roma goalkeeper saves the day for the Giallorossi. Giovane Nascimento made a great attempt, firing a powerful shot from outside the box that was heading straight for goal, but the visiting goalkeeper leaned back to deflect it.

Added time! The central referee decides to add only four minutes to the second half. We'll see if the visitors or the home team have time to score another goal before the end of the match and claim victory.

Final stages of the match at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium! Just over four minutes left to play! Napoli have been more intense and dangerous in the second half and are looking for the winning goal.

Substitutions! We have the fifth substitutions of the match, and they are for the home team:

Napoli: Vergara and Elmas leave the field. Their teammates Giovane Nascimento and Billy Gilmour come on to replace them.

Substitutions! We have the fourth substitutions of the match, and they are for the visiting team:

Roma: Wesley appears unable to continue after suffering an injury following Rrahmani's tackle; Tsimikas comes on in his place. Malen also leaves the field and Robinho Vaz comes on.

Substitutions! We have the third substitutions of the match, and they are for the home team:

Napoli: Coach Antonio Conte sends Santos and Mathias Olivera onto the pitch to replace their teammates Rrahmani and Spinazzola.

Substitutions! We have the second substitutions of the match, and they are for the visiting team:

Roma: Niccolo Pisilli and Lorenzo Pellegrini leave the field to make way for Venturino and Neil El Aynaoui.

We're past the hour mark and the statistics don't lie: Napoli have dominated possession with 61%, recording five shots, three of them on target. Roma, meanwhile, have only managed one shot on goal, which was Malen's goal.

Closer! Roma keep trying. Mancini launches the ball over the Napoli defense to Cristante, but the Roma captain fails to reach it and the  ball rolls harmlessly over the end line for a good kick.

Gutierrez sweeps the ball forward and leaves it in Vergara's path with the outside of his boot, but his advance is halted by Mancini's retreat, who manages to send the ball out of play for a throw-in with a well-executed volley despite the awkward angle.

Substitutions! We have the first substitutions of the match, and they are from the visiting team:

Roma: The coach sends Soule onto the pitch to replace his teammate Bryan Zaragoza, who leaves with an assist to his name.

Close! First dangerous moment of the second half. Napoli started the second half strongly, and Leonardo Spinazzola tried to score his second goal with a powerful cross-shot, but Svilar leaned back to make a great save and prevent the second goal.

Added time! We're playing extra minutes in the first half at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples. The referee has added just two minutes to this first half. We'll see if either team scores another goal before heading to the locker rooms.

Player Vergara leads a promising Napoli attack after the home side moves the ball quickly from back to front, but his final pass between the lines to Hojlund is inaccurate and allows Mancini to intercept.

We're into the first half hour of the game. Loba's team continues to press forward, and Milinković-Savić has prevented them from scoring again. Napoli has failed to threaten Svilar's goal in the first half.

We are past the first quarter of the first half, where Roma have been more intense in attacking, even with their one-goal lead. Napoli started well but in the last ten minutes have not entered the opposition's area.

Again, Donyell Malen! The Dutch striker for Roma once again makes space for himself to get straight into the box. With a great move from midfield, Malen reaches the edge of the box and fires off a powerful shot that flies just wide of the right post.

Great save! Svilar bravely comes out to the edge of his six-yard box to punch away Elmas's tight corner, clearing it away from his goal over Mancini, but the goalkeeper leaves the ball straight to Lobotka, who lines up and connects with a powerful volley towards goal. Svilar catches the ball securely.

Offside! Roma finds space again when Donyell Malen gets behind the Napoli defense; another fairly routine shot is easily saved by Milinković-Savić before the offside flag is raised and they miss out on the opportunity.

We are ten minutes into the match. Everything points to a close match with few goals tonight at the Maradona, but we'll see if Roma can maintain their intensity to make it 2-0 or if Napoli manages to equalize the score.

Early minutes of the first half. With Roma pressing hard in the opposition's half, Spinazzola launches the ball into space for the run of an isolated Hojlund, but Mancini manages to get there in time to stick out a leg and clear it away from the striker at the last possible moment.

The first half has started! The central referee blows his whistle! The match between Napoli and Roma has kicked off at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy. We're in for an exciting game.

This is Roma's starting lineup for today's match against Napoli:

Mile Svilar (99); Daniele Ghilardi (87), Evan Ndicka (5), Gianluca Mancini (23); Niccolò Pisilli (61), Bryan Cristante (4), Zeki Çelik (19), Wesley (43); Lorenzo Pellegrini (7), Bryan Zaragoza (97), Donyell Malen (14).

This is Napoli's starting lineup for today's match against Roma:

Vanja Milinković-Savić (32); Amir Rrahmani (13), Alessandro Buongiorno (4), Sam Beukema (31); Stanislav Lobotka (68), Eljif Elmas (20), Miguel Gutiérrez (3), Leonardo Spinazzola (37); Matteo Politano (21), Antonio Vergara (26), Rasmus Højlund (19).

For this Serie A match, Roma will be without several players due to injury or recovery:

Manu Koné: Thigh injury.

Paulo Dybala: Knee injury.

Evan Ferguson: Thigh injury.

Stephan El Shaarawy: Achilles tendon injury.

Artem Dovbyk: Muscle injury

For this Serie A match, Napoli will be without several players due to injury, suspension, or recovery:

Scott McTominay: Thigh injury.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo: Knee injury.

Juan Jesus: Suspended for a red card.

David Neres: Hamstring injury.

Frank Zambo Anguissa: Muscle injury.

Kevin De Bruyne: Thigh injury

They are warming up! Both teams, Napoli and Roma are out on the pitch at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, where they are doing their pre-match warm-up exercises just minutes before kick-off of this matchday 25

This is the confirmed refereeing team that will be in charge of officiating this match between Napoli and Roma: 

First referee: Andrea Colombo
Assistant referee: Zingarelli
Assistant referee: Bercigli
Fourth official: Marcenaro

In the most recent match between Napoli and AS Roma, the game ended in a 2-2 draw in a Serie A match played on April 28, 2024, where both teams shared the points after a hard-fought battle at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

Napoli and AS Roma have faced each other on numerous occasions. In their history of encounters, the two teams have played each other in more than 170 matches, with the balance fairly even: Napoli has won around 53 of those games, while Roma has won approximately 65. More than 50 matches have ended in a draw.

They are already at the stadium! The players stars have arrived. Both teams, the Napoli and Roma players are already at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium to play this match on matchday 25 of Italy's Serie A.

The venue for this match between Napoli and Roma will be the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, a soccer stadium located in Naples, Italy. It has a capacity of just over 54,000 spectators and hosts Napoli's home games.