Napoli thrash Monza 4-1 in Serie A

Napoli secured a deserved 4-1 victory away to hosts Monza in a match played as part of the ninth round of Serie A, held on 28 October 2026 at 22:45 Saudi time.

Rasmus Winther Højlund opened the scoring for Napoli in the 10th minute, before Gustavo Varela equalised for Monza in the 43rd minute with a clean goal. However, Napoli came back strongly in the second half, as Matteo Politano scored in the 48th minute, then Rafa Marín added the third goal in the 62nd minute, and Kevin De Bruyne completed the job with the fourth goal in the 67th minute.

Matteo Politano received the Man of the Match award after playing for 63 minutes, during which he scored one goal and provided an assist for another, with a rating of 8.74.

In terms of statistics, Napoli dominated possession with 65 per cent compared to 35 per cent for Monza, and completed 631 passes compared to 334 for Monza. Napoli also had 16 attempts, 7 of them on target, compared to 12 attempts for Monza, 5 of them on target, while the expected goals (xg) rate stood at 1.43 for Napoli compared to 0.81 for Monza.

Monza committed 14 fouls compared to 6 for Napoli, and received 3 yellow cards without any red cards for either side in the match. The match was overseen by referee Giovanni Ayroldi.

With this result, Napoli raised their tally to 14 points in sixth place after playing 9 matches, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3, scoring 17 goals and conceding 11 during that run. In contrast, Monza's tally remained frozen at 7 points in 16th place after 9 matches, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 6, scoring 16 goals and conceding 22 during that run.