Napoli followers are optimistic for points in home match vs Sassuolo

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (60240 seats)

It's only match two of the Serie A for these participants. And fresh optimism here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona as Napoli receive Sassuolo. Read this preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Napoli form and stats

Last season, Napoli's league results were 24 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 3rd spot in the Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored {74 goals} and let in 31. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Napoli generated 11-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {37 goals} and 16 conceded.

Napoli are returning here after visiting Frosinone and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Politano and Osimhen (2) scored the goal(s). The attacker Osimhen won the honour of being "man of the match" for Napoli with a rating of 8.42/10. Osimhen scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Hatayspor.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Napoli home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

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Sassuolo form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sassuolo performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {61 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 23/38 goals scored/conceded.

Sassuolo's previous game was their home loss versus Atalanta (0-2). Midfielder Laurienté was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.74. Laurienté hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Previously, the Coppa Italia win away at Cosenza (after extra-time).

Head 2 Head

Napoli have won or drawn the last 5 games (3-2-0) against Sassuolo.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
2 goals
NapoliM. Politano
M. Politano
1 goals

Napoli missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Napoli Sassuolo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
8 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
38% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 16
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Napoli Last season Sassuolo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   19 38
1 1   Won W   4 12
0 0   Drew D   5 9
0 0   Lost L   10 17
4 4   Scored S   23 47
0 0   Conceded C   38 61
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 76%
100% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 58%
100% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 29%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
0% 0%   BTTS BTTS   53% 55%
100% 100%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   37% 26%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.7
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.7
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   1 6
 
16 16   Shots (avg) S (   13.6 13
8 8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.4
50% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 28%
 
5 5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 13.1
3 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Napoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Lecce 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Hellas Verona 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Roma 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Lazio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Monza 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Genoa 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Udinese 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 19

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Napoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Lecce 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Hellas Verona 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Roma 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Lazio 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Monza 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Sassuolo 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Genoa 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Udinese 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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Read more about Serie A

Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.