A look at the Serie A table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Read our Napoli - Sassuolo match preview!
- Napoli have the most scored goals (26) in Serie A
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sassuolo have scored away.
The hosts Napoli saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sassuolo have had more rest.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli have collected 13 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-1-0. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Napoli has won seven games in a row. The Lecce match was the last time out without a victory.
Napoli's previous fixture was a Champions League game also played at their home, ending 3-0 against Rangers. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Simeone, who usually features in attack, was the declared top performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 8.64 (out of 10). Simeone scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie A match versus Roma with a 1-0 scoreline.Napoli are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 14 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 10, drew 3 and lost 1.
The manager Spalletti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Liverpool in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Napoli are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. Napoli have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sassuolo form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Impressive finishing from Frattesi and Lauriente secured the home win 2-1 against Hellas Verona in their previous game. Frattesi got a match rating of 7.52 in that game, top player of the team. Frattesi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Atalanta before that.You'll want to know how Sassuolo managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 3 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Sassuolo in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Napoli, four draws and one win for Sassuolo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Kvaratskhelia 5 goals |  V. Osimhen 4 goals |   D. Frattesi 4 goals |
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| Napoli | Sassuolo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 5.9 | 7.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19.5 | 23.2 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 15.2 | 13.4 |
| 6.7 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| 35% | 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 14% | 28% |
| 10.5 | 10.6 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
- Napoli have not yet lost a game.
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sassuolo have scored away.
- Napoli have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Napoli have the most scored goals (26) in Serie A
- Napoli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Napoli is in the best form (6-0-0) in Serie A
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Milan | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Lazio | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 24 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Roma | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Udinese | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Inter | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Juventus | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Salernitana | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Empoli | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Bologna | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Monza | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Spezia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Lecce | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 19 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 5 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
