Ronaldo is penalised for handball as he ventures forward. At least he's trying to score.
90' +2
Napoli are still showing flashes of quality but the game has degraded into chaos now. Ounas' cross from the right sails over Juve's goal and bounces harmlessly out of play.
90' +1
P. Dybala gets yellow.
Dybala is next to catch a glimpse of the referee's yellow card after he cynically impedes Ounas' run. The officials have had a busy game.
90'
There will be five added minutes at the end of this game! That's good enough. Napoli's momentum has dipped since Insigne's missed penalty.
89'
Allan gets yellow.
R. Bentancur gets yellow.
Bentancur is booked for initiating that spat. He got the face of Allan on the touchline.
Allan is also booked for giving back as good as he got. Can this game carry on for a while longer please?
88'
The emotions of the game are getting to the players now as a throw-in for Napoli on the left turns into a disagreement. The referee shoos players away in an attempt to regain control...
86'
K. Koulibaly gets yellow.
Koulibaly is booked for an over-eager challenge on Can. Napoli can still pull this level. They've probably blown their chance to win this but it's a truly engrossing match.
85'
P. Dybala enters the game and replaces F. Bernardeschi.
Juve make a change. Bernardeschi goes off for Dybala.
84'
INSIGNE MISSES! His penalty bounces off the inside of Szczesny's right-hand post and back out across the face of goal. What a let-off for Juve!
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83'
Alex Sandro gets yellow.
PENALTY TO NAPOLI! Sandro is perplexed. He's booked for his apparent misdemeanour. Insigne could get Napoli level here...
78'
A. Ounas enters the game and replaces José Callejón.
Napoli make one more change. Callejon is replaced by the Algerian winger Ounas.
77'
N. Maksimović gets yellow.
Maksimovic is booked for halting Bernardeschi as he tries to break free down Napoli's right flank. This has been a niggly, fascinating game.
76'
Ruiz robs a lacksadaisical Can and powers into Juve's box only for Chiellini to nip in before he can deliver the cross. Napoli get their ninth corner of the game. Nothing comes of it.
74'
R. Bentancur enters the game and replaces M. Mandžukić.
Zielinski has another attempt from 16 yards out. It goes out off De Sciglio's foot. Napoli get yet another corner. This time Juve get a free-kick after Matuidi is nudged in the air, much to the crowd's chagrin.
73'
Juve wisely use a substitution to get a bit of respite and try to regain control of midfield. Bentancur comes on for Mandzukic.
71'
Napoli just keep on coming. This time Ruiz's dipping shot from distance is headed out for a corner by Bonucci. Szczesny manages to punch the corner out. The Juve keeper's done well to keep his team in the lead.
70'
Juve deal with the corner reasonably well but they're having to deal with wave after wave of Napoli attacks. Zielinski fizzes a high shot across the face of Szczesny's goal. The ball remains in play.
67'
Two corners come Napoli's way - the first, from the right, panics Juve slightly and forces them into conceding another. Szczesny punches away Insigne's second effort from the left. Juve can't get out of their half.
65'
Napoli are continuing to pepper Juve's goal - on today's evidence, you'd think that Napoli were the team clear at the top of Serie A. Allan booms a shot high and wide from distance.
63'
Both sides have attempts blocked - first, Ronaldo takes affront to Callejon's goal and shoots from the inside-left, but Maksimovic is in the way. Ruiz then has a shot of his own blocked by Sandro and wins a corner for Napoli. It's cleared.
62'
Allegri responds to that goal straight away. Cancelo is replaced by De Sciglio.
61'
M. De Sciglio enters the game and replaces João Cancelo.
José Callejón has scored a goal for Napoli! Assist by L. Insigne.
Insigne has been at the heart of Napoli's hard work since Milik went off. Can he repeat the trick to give his team an equaliser?
60'
GOAL! 2-1 NAPOLI! The home side have given themselves a chance! Insigne drifts left and whips in a cross towards the 6 yard box. Callejon nips just in front of Chiellini to slam the ball past Szczesny from close range!
59'
Napoli are in charge but Juve remain a threat. The home side pop the ball around in front of Juve's defence but Chiellini intercepts and lofts a ball towards Ronaldo who gives chase. Maksimovic cleverly hooks the ball against Ronaldo's chest, winning Napoli a goal-kick.
55'
Insigne reaches Juve's goalline and looks to flick the ball towards the far post but Szczesny extends his arms to catch it.
54'
João Cancelo gets yellow.
Koulibaly powers down the left flank and is unfairly brought down by Cancelo who is booked.
53'
Juve's back six pass the ball amongst themselves, content that Napoli can't press them in numbers. Chiellini fires a pass towards Bernardeschi but the pass rolls out of play for a throw.
51'
Mertens plays his first part in the game from the right wing as he looks to find Insigne lurking near Szczesny's far post. He can't.
49'
Cancelo bursts down the right-hand side for Juve and fires in a low cross intended for Ronaldo but Callejon - now playing at right-back for Napoli - sees it out.
47'
M. Pjanić gets a second yellow card and is sent off.
BOTH TEAMS ARE DOWN TO 10 MEN! Maybe Napoli *can* get back into this! Pjanic gets a second booking for handling the ball near Juve's penalty area. Now that makes things interesting.
46'
D. Mertens enters the game and replaces K. Malcuit.
Ancelotti decides he needs to chase this game. Malcuit off. Mertens on.
Napoli get the second half underway! Can they get back into this?
45' +2
HALF TIME: NAPOLI 0-2 JUVENTUS
45' +1
There will be two added minutes. Bernandeschi goes down upfield after a Koulibaly challenge but play continues. Insigne dribbles down the other end and has the ball nicked away from him - it almost bobbles into the path of Callejon but Szczesny is alert and claims it before the winger does.
45'
Napoli venture forward again as they have to now. Koulibaly's over-the-top ball is headed away by Chiellini. Malcuit's delivery is also blocked. Juve have defended well for the most part.
43'
Cancelo attempts a cross from the right with Hysaj reluctant to close him down. Fortunately for Napoli it bounces only to Ospina with no Juve man in the box.
41'
Malcuit is again fouled by Sandro as he makes his way down the right for Napoli. The home side have just about edged possession so far.
40'
That was a great cross by Bernardeschi but Juve are laughably fortunate to be leading by two goals. Napoli have been the far more enterprising of the two sides, even with ten men.
39'
E. Can has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by F. Bernardeschi.
GOAL! 2-0 JUVE! Napoli do not deserve this. Juve win a corner down their right after Ospina saves a Pjanic shot and they take it short to Bernardeschi. The winger curls in a cross towards Can whose header glances off a Napoli man and into the net.
37'
Two more chances for Napoli - first Zielinski's shot from a tight angle is high and wide, then Ruiz wins a free-kick in a central position outside Juve's box after he's held back by Mandzukic. Insigne's effort is saved easily enough by Szczesny.
34'
M. Pjanić gets yellow.
Pjanic is booked for impeding Callejon.
33'
Szczesny has more work to do, this time making a comfortable save from Insigne who gets a shot from the inside-left. Napoli certainly aren't rolling over since Juve's goal.
31'
Napoli look stirred by their setback as Insigne bursts forward, winning a corner off Bonucci. Hysaj makes a hash of the delivery back in but the ball's still with Napoli for now.
28'
M. Pjanić has scored a goal for Juventus!
27'
D. Ospina enters the game and replaces A. Milik.
Napoli are forced to sacrifice a player to get a new goalkeeper - oddly, it's their leading goalscorer Milik. Ospina comes in his place.
GOAL! 1-0 JUVE! It's double punishment for Napoli! Pjanic steps up and curls a right-footed free-kick into the centre of Ospina's goal. The Colombian almost got a hand to it but didn't and Napoli are behind.
25'
A. Meret goes off after a red card!
RED CARD FOR MERET! Meret sells Malcuit short with a terrible pass forward and Ronaldo suddenly bears down on goal! The Portuguese is bound to score and Meret promptly takes Ronaldo out just outside the box. This will be a tough game for Napoli now.
24'
Matuidi's pass is intercepted and Napoli venture forward through Insigne. Bonucci concedes a corner. Napoli take the corner short. Malcuit's cross is booted away.
22'
Ronaldo, who's miles offside, drops back in line to receive a pass and uncharacteristically blasts over goal. It doesn't matter - the flag's gone up anyway.
20'
The crowd show their frustration after Chiellini takes a tumble holding his knee, delaying play further. The Juve captain is OK to continue.
19'
A wonderful pass almost sets Callejon free down Napoli's right but Ronaldo tracks back to the halfway line to put a stop to it.
18'
Juve probe but Napoli have almost all their men behind the ball. Callejon goes down after taking an accidental whack in the face from Sandro. The pressure is relieved briefly.
16'
Insigne is rewarded a free-kick on Napoli's left wing after he's impeded by Pjanic. When the free-kick comes in there's brief confusion in Juve's defence but the referee eventually decides there's a foul against Juve there somewhere.
14'
Sandro concedes a corner for Juve. The game pauses for a minute's applause in the 13th minute in honour of former Fiorentina captain Davide Astori who died a year ago today. He won't be forgotten.
12'
Both sides get a chance to score. First, Zielinski shoots from the left of the box - it flashes wide of Szczesny's left hand post. Juve then break upfield and Can tries to thread in Mandzukic but the Croatian can't stretch a leg out far enough.
10'
Pjanic's in-swinging corner curls its way to the far post where Meret just about punches it out for a corner on the opposite side. This time Bernardeschi takes it from the right. It's taken short and lofted back in - it drops just in front of Meret and bounces into the net but only because Can has unfairly shoved the keeper. Napoli goal-kick.
8'
Juventus put a few passes of their own together. Matuidi finds space down the left and wins a corner off Allan.
7'
Napoli enjoy a nice spell of possession until Malcuit's loose pass is intercepted by Matuidi. The home side soon win the ball back, only for Koulibaly to launch it straight to Szczesny.
5'
Sandro takes a liking to Malcuit's shirt and hauls the Napoli full-back down as he tries to burst down the right wing. Callejon's free-kick is cleared by Juve's backline.
4'
Ronaldo surprisingly declines to take the free-kick, instead dummying for a team-mate to shoot - it's blocked. Callejon takes a kick to the ankle on the counter but he looks fine now.
3'
Cancelo flicks the ball over his own head and gives chase down the right flank but is brought down by Zielinski. Juve free-kick. Soon after, Napoli give away another foul closer to their box as Can goes down holding his face.
2'
Napoli get the first attack of the game as Allan threads a through-ball to precisely no-one. Perhaps he expected a run that his strikers didn't make.
1'
Juventus get this Serie A first vs. second clash underway! They immediately hand a goal kick to Meret.
Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of this Serie A fixture between Napoli and Juventus at Stadio San Paolo.
Juventus can go into this game away to Napoli feeling fairly confident. They visit the Stadio Sao Paolo 13 points clear of Napoli, their nearest rivals in Serie A, knowing that a win here will almost secure their eighth Scudetto in a row. Juve's job isn't done yet though, and who knows? A defeat for them could make the last few months of the season more interesting.
Napoli will certainly believe they can make Juve work a while longer at least. Carlo Ancelotti's team have kept five clean sheets in a row now in the league, and have lost only two of their last 11 home games against the Old Lady. If this Juve side wants to be one of the best ever, they're going to have to prove it.
NAPOLI (4-4-2): Alex Meret; Kevin Malcuit, Nikola Maksimovic, Kalidou Koulibaly, Elseid Hysaj; Jose Callejon, Allan, Fabian Ruiz, Piotr Zielinski; Arkadiusz Milik, Lorenzo Insigne (c).
NAPOLI SUBS: Adam Ounas, Mario Rui, Amadou Diawara, Orestis Karnezis, Dries Mertens, Faouzi Ghoulam, Vlad Chiriches, Amin Younes, Sebastiano Luperto, David Ospina, Simone Verdi.
JUVENTUS (4-3-3): Wojciech Szczesny; Joao Cancelo, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini (c), Alex Sandro; Miralem Pjanic, Emre Can, Blaise Matuidi; Federico Bernardeschi, Mario Mandzukic, Cristiano Ronaldo.
JUVENTUS SUBS: Mattia De Sciglio, Mattia Perin, Moise Kean, Leonardo Spinazzola, Andrea Barzagli, Daniele Rugani, Rodrigo Bentancur, Carlo Pinsoglio, Martín Caceres, Paulo Dybala.
The two sides enter the Stadio Sao Paolo pitch. Napoli are in their blue shirts and white shorts while Juve are in their iconic black and white strip.
Both sides can now turn their attention to next week's fixtures and their respective European campaigns. First of all, they probably need a lie down. We certainly do. That's all for now. Goodbye!
That result leaves Juventus a whopping 16 points clear at the top of Serie A - they can start making the space in their trophy cabinet now as the title will surely be theirs for another year. Napoli stay in second, eight points ahead of AC Milan. They should just spend the last 12 games of the season trying to make that gap look more realistic, and try again next year.
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