Napoli vs Sassuolo

25 July 2020 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Gianluca Aureliano

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Elseid Hysaj 8’
Allan 90+3’

Match summary

Napoli saw off Sassuolo 2-0. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Elseid Hysaj put Napoli ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski and Allan made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by Dries Mertens.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.44 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Sassuolo's 0.64 from 7.

Match stats

16 Shots 4

9 Shots on Target 1

7 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.44 xG 0.64

2.44 Non-penalty xG 0.64

5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Napoli Sassuolo

Kick-off

Elseid Hysaj
Assist: Piotr Zielinski

1-0

8’

Half-time1-0

Allan
Assist: Dries Mertens

2-0

90+3’

Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Napoli

Dries Mertens

Sassuolo

Marlon Santos
Domenico Berardi
Filip Djuricic

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.

Napoli 2.44 xGSassuolo 0.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sassuolo attacking Napoli attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Ospina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Kostas Manolas	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	90	1		2	0.15	0.57	4
Stanislav Lobotka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Fabián	MID	83			2	0.11	0.00	0
Piotr Zielinski	MID	82		1	3	0.11	0.76	4
José Callejón	FWD	70			1	0.53	0.18	5
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	70			4	0.50	0.04	1
Lorenzo Insigne	FWD	90			4	0.77	0.66	2
Nikola Maksimovic	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dries Mertens	Sub	20		1	0	0.00	0.11	2
Matteo Politano	Sub	20			1	0.12	0.00	0
Eljif Elmas	Sub	8			1	0.05	0.00	0
Allan	Sub	7	1		1	0.05	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	DEF	49	0	0.00	0.00	0
Marlon Santos	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.01	1
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90	1	0.04	0.04	1
Rogerio	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Francesco Magnanelli	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Locatelli	MID	86	0	0.00	0.04	1
Domenico Berardi	MID	90	3	0.47	0.00	0
Filip Djuricic	MID	86	2	0.09	0.00	0
Hamed Junior Traore	MID	76	0	0.00	0.00	0
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90	0	0.00	0.47	2
Jeremy Toljan	Sub	41	1	0.04	0.00	0
Giacomo Raspadori	Sub	14	0	0.00	0.04	1
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	Sub	4	0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Haraslin	Sub	4	0	0.00	0.00	0
Giacomo Manzari	Sub	1	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 59% Avg odds 1.61

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.27

Sassuolo win 19% Avg odds 5.12

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

Form going into the game

Napoli W D D W L

Sassuolo W W D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sassuolo 1-2 Napoli, 22 Dec 19 Next meeting: Napoli 0-2 Sassuolo, 01 Nov 20 All Napoli vs Sassuolo meetings

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.