After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Napoli and Sassuolo in this fresh Serie A season. Read our match preview!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Real Sociedad, so at least Napoli are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Napoli form and stats
Perfect Serie A season at home so far for Napoli, who have the the best goal difference (+9) in Serie A, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
A good away victory last time out for Napoli, who won 1-0 against Real Sociedad. A strong away win before that one, visiting Benevento and winning 2-1.
There will be little rest for Napoli after this match as they are travelling to Rijeka for a Europa League game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Napoli's 2 home games: 10 goals, 1 conceded.
Sassuolo form and stats
Sassuolo, who have the most scored goals (16) in Serie A, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Serie A.
Sassuolo played 3-3 against Torino in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Bologna with the score of 4-3.
Sassuolo's last match (vs Torino) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 1-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 85th minute equalizer by Francesco Caputo. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Sassuolo, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Andrea Consigli had red hot gloves after the game against Torino, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made.
Sassuolo have the goal stats of 8-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Napoli won six, Sassuolo won zero and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Napoli missing players
Sassuolo missing players
| Napoli | Sassuolo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 35 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 42 | 99 |
| 31 | 20 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 39 |
| 45% | 50% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 41% |
- All of Napoli's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of Sassuolo's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Napoli has the most scored goals (10) at home in Serie A
- Napoli has the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Serie A
- Napoli has the the best goal difference (+9) in Serie A
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Napoli have won all their matches at home so far.
- Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sassuolo has the most scored goals (16) in Serie A
- Sassuolo has the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Serie A
- Sassuolo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sassuolo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sassuolo have won all their away games so far.
- Sassuolo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Napoli | Last season | Sassuolo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Scored | S | 25 | 69 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Conceded | C | 30 | 63 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 95% | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 58% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 76% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 42% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 29% | ||
| 68% | 68% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 68% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 18% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 688 | 407 | Total Shots | T S | 253 | 549 | ||
| 236 | 135 | Shots on Target | S O | 83 | 203 | ||
| 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Napoli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Sassuolo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Inter | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Juventus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Roma | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Benevento | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Spezia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Parma | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Genoa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Bologna | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Udinese | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Torino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Crotone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 1 |