Napoli vs Sassuolo

1 November 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Maurizio Mariani

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Manuel Locatelli 59’ (pen)
  • Maxime Lopez 90+5’

Match summary

Sassuolo beat Napoli 2-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Manuel Locatelli put Sassuolo ahead from the penalty spot in the 59th minute and Maxime Lopez made it 0-2 in stoppage time, set up by Rogerio.

Napoli can feel hard done by, creating 2.15 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Sassuolo's 1.52 from 8.

Match stats

Napoli Sassuolo
18 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 5
12 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.14 xG 1.52
2.14 Non-penalty xG 0.76
9 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Napoli Sassuolo
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
59’
Manuel Locatelli
Penalty0-1 (Sassuolo)
90+5’
Maxime Lopez
Assist: Rogerio0-2 (Sassuolo)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Napoli
  • David Ospina
  • Kostas Manolas
Sassuolo
  • Manuel Locatelli
  • Mehdi Bourabia

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.15 1.52 59’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), 0-1 59’ 90+5’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), 0-2 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.15 1.52 59’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), 0-1 Locatelli 59’ 90+5’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), 0-2 Lopez 90+5’
Napoli 2.15 xGSassuolo 1.52 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sassuolo attacking Napoli attacking 
59’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 49’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 11’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 66’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 32’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 74’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 29’ Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 45’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 84’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 46’ Rogerio (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 54’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 27’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 51’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+7’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 43’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 82’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 49’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 11’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 66’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 32’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 74’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 33’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 72’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 45’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 37’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 27’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Rogerio (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 54’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 24’ Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+7’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 43’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Ospina GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF901 0.020.051
Kostas Manolas DEF901 0.010.000
Kalidou Koulibaly DEF902 0.100.000
Elseid Hysaj DEF710 0.000.552
Tiemoué Bakayoko MID900 0.000.000
Fabián MID901 0.070.052
Matteo Politano MID792 0.100.494
Dries Mertens MID715 0.480.103
Hirving Lozano MID661 0.050.000
Victor Osimhen FWD908 1.290.071
Andrea Petagna Sub240 0.000.000
Eljif Elmas Sub190 0.000.000
Mário Rui Sub191 0.020.092
Piotr Zielinski Sub110 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 68% Avg odds 1.42
Draw 19% Avg odds 4.94
Sassuolo win 13% Avg odds 7.21

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Napoli WWWWW
Sassuolo DWWWD

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.