Can Sassuolo outperform Napoli in MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore clash?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 01.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Napoli will not await any favours from hosts Sassuolo in this Serie A fixture. Here's the complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither Sassuolo nor Napoli as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sassuolo form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Sassuolo at their home stadium (MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Sassuolo, who won 3-1 against Milan (placed 2nd). The gifted forward Domenico Berardi outperformed all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.33 out of 10. Berardi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Sassuolo hosted Cagliari and drew the game 2-2.

Sassuolo are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Spezia awaits in four days.

Sassuolo has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sassuolo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.

Napoli go into this game after a win, the home game against Lazio that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Napoli was the only team on the pitch versus Lazio in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Dries Mertens, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Mertens scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 1-2 defeat away at Spartak Moskva before that.

A new game in only three days for Napoli, the Serie A home match versus Atalanta. Busy days.

Napoli have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. Napoli are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Sassuolo wins - draws - Napoli wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
7 goals
NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
5 goals
SassuoloG. Scamacca
G. Scamacca
4 goals

Sassuolo missing players

Napoli missing players

Sassuolo Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 0 7 14
5 2 0 Won W 0 5 11
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
22 8 1 Scored S 0 15 30
21 8 2 Conceded C 0 5 7
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 93%
79% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 79%
79% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 57%
43% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
79% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 36%
14% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 57% 64%
14% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
5 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 4.1
5.3 5.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.9 3.7
2.4 2.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.9 15.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.4 14.9
5.2 5.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.7 5.4
30% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 40%
 
15 14.1 19 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.3 9.7
4.1 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.3 2.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most clean sheets (4) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the most clean sheets (9) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+23) 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 14 11 2 1 30 7 7 6 1 0 15 2 7 5 1 1 15 5 23 35
2 Milan 14 10 2 2 30 18 7 5 1 1 14 7 7 5 1 1 16 11 12 32
3 Inter 14 9 4 1 34 15 6 4 2 0 18 6 8 5 2 1 16 9 19 31
4 Atalanta 14 8 4 2 28 17 7 2 3 2 13 11 7 6 1 0 15 6 11 28
5 Roma 14 8 1 5 24 15 7 5 1 1 10 4 7 3 0 4 14 11 9 25
6 Fiorentina 14 7 0 7 21 19 6 4 0 2 14 9 8 3 0 5 7 10 2 21
7 Juventus 14 6 3 5 18 16 7 3 1 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 11 9 2 21
8 Lazio 14 6 3 5 25 25 7 5 1 1 18 8 7 1 2 4 7 17 0 21
9 Bologna 14 6 3 5 20 24 7 4 1 2 13 9 7 2 2 3 7 15 -4 21
10 Hellas Verona 14 5 4 5 28 25 7 5 0 2 18 11 7 0 4 3 10 14 3 19
11 Empoli 14 6 1 7 21 26 8 2 1 5 11 19 6 4 0 2 10 7 -5 19
12 Sassuolo 14 5 3 6 22 21 7 2 2 3 8 8 7 3 1 3 14 13 1 18
13 Torino 14 5 2 7 17 14 7 4 1 2 14 7 7 1 1 5 3 7 3 17
14 Udinese 14 3 6 5 16 20 8 2 4 2 10 11 6 1 2 3 6 9 -4 15
15 Sampdoria 14 4 3 7 20 26 8 2 2 4 12 17 6 2 1 3 8 9 -6 15
16 Venezia 14 4 3 7 12 21 6 2 1 3 7 9 8 2 2 4 5 12 -9 15
17 Spezia 14 3 2 9 15 32 7 2 1 4 7 9 7 1 1 5 8 23 -17 11
18 Genoa 14 1 7 6 17 26 6 0 3 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 10 15 -9 10
19 Cagliari 14 1 5 8 16 29 8 1 3 4 11 14 6 0 2 4 5 15 -13 8
20 Salernitana 14 2 2 10 11 29 7 1 1 5 5 14 7 1 1 5 6 15 -18 8

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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.