Sassuolo have fought quite a few losing battles for points this league season. Could the gang get something to cheer about when Napoli come to visit MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore?
- Napoli have the most scored goals (54) in Serie A
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sassuolo form and stats
The overall Serie A stats at home this season for Sassuolo are 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Sassuolo, facing Udinese in a game that ended 2-2. Defender Erlić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Erlić won 5 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Sassuolo won a home game hosting Atalanta (1-0).The Sassuolo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Sassuolo have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Napoli form and stats
The away performances of Napoli have been very solid so far with 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Serie A. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Sassuolo.
The Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Elmas, Osimhen and Kvaratskhelia secured the home win 3-0 against Cremonese in their previous game. Which player has scored four matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Osimhen and that is impressive! Lorenzo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.45. Lorenzo served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 5 duels.
Prior to that result Napoli won their away game at Spezia. The scoreline was 3-0.The schedule is very tough for Napoli now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at Eintracht Frankfurt is waiting in only four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Napoli are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Napoli as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Napoli have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Sassuolo.The duelists have battled previously this season: Napoli - Sassuolo 4-0.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Osimhen 17 goals |  K. Kvaratskhelia 9 goals |  E. Elmas 6 goals |
Sassuolo missing players
Napoli missing players
| Sassuolo | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 16 | 23 | 54 |
| 33 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 91% | 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 70% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 73% | 82% |
| 59% | 50% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 64% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 36% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 23% |
| 50% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 50% |
| 27% | 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 45% | 45% |
| 32% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 18% | 9% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 14 | 16.3 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 28% | 32% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 40% | 41% |
| 12.4 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.1 | 9.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Napoli have scored more than double the goals of Sassuolo.
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Serie A
- Napoli have the most points (28) away in Serie A
- Napoli have the most scored goals (23) away in Serie A
- Napoli have the most scored goals (54) in Serie A
- Napoli have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Serie A
- Napoli have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Serie A
- Napoli have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Serie A
- Napoli have the the best goal difference (+39) in Serie A
- Napoli have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 39 | 59 |
| 2 | Inter | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Roma | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Milan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Lazio | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 39 |
| 7 | Udinese | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Torino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Juventus | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
| 10 | Monza | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Bologna | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Empoli | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Lecce | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 21 |
| 17 | Spezia | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 22 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -25 | 8 |
