Naples: Scott McTominay and Giovanni Di Lorenzo completed the Napoli comeback from 2-0 down, but this was still a disappointing 2-2 home draw with relegation-threatened Verona,according to Football Italia. Antonio Conte was forced into rare changes, as David Neres and Sam Beukema were injured, with Pasquale Mazzocchi suspended, joining the usual suspects Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Billy Gilmour, Kevin De Bruyne, and Romelu Lukaku in the stands. It gave Noa Lang a rare start, while Alessandro Buongiorno was preferred to Juan Jesus. Hellas had Rafik Belghali at AFCON, with Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro and Tomas Suslov sidelined.

According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, It was the first home game since Napoli won the Supercoppa Italiana in Saudi Arabia, so captain Di Lorenzo presented it to the fans before kick-off. Eljif Elmas got down the right on an inspired pass only to be denied by Lorenzo Montip² at the near post, while Gift Orban's strike was straight at Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.

Verona took a surprising lead with the move that started from their own half, finishing with Chiekh Niasse's low cross from the right for Martin Frese to turn in from three yards with a cheeky back-heel flick. It was a very special way to score his first ever Serie A goal.

Orban also drilled wide, then there were penalty appeals as the ball struck Alessandro Buongiorno on the top of the hand. Napoli argued he was being fouled by Lautaro Valentini, but the referee opted for a penalty following the VAR review. Milinkovic-Savic guessed the right corner, but couldn't keep out the Orban spot-kick.