Sassuolo vs Napoli

3 March 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Valerio Marini

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Nikola Maksimovic 34’ (og)
Domenico Berardi 45+1’ (pen)
Francesco Caputo 90+5’ (pen)

Piotr Zielinski 38’
Giovanni Di Lorenzo 72’
Lorenzo Insigne 90’ (pen)

Match summary

Sassuolo and Napoli drew 3-3. Sassuolo led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Maksimovic's own goal put Sassuolo ahead with a header in the 34th minute, Piotr Zielinski equalised in the 38th minute, set up by Diego Demme, and Domenico Berardi put Sassuolo back in front from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Giovanni Di Lorenzo equalised in the 72nd minute, set up by Lorenzo Insigne, Lorenzo Insigne put Napoli in front from the penalty spot in the 90th minute, and Francesco Caputo equalised from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Sassuolo created 2.48 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Napoli 2.54 from 16.

Match stats

15 Shots 15

8 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.47 xG 2.54

0.95 Non-penalty xG 1.78

7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Sassuolo Napoli

Kick-off

Nikola Maksimovic
Own goal

1-0

34’

38’

Piotr Zielinski
Assist: Diego Demme

1-1

Domenico Berardi
Penalty

2-1

45+1’

Half-time2-1

72’

Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Assist: Lorenzo Insigne

2-2

90’

Lorenzo Insigne
Penalty

2-3

Francesco Caputo
Penalty

3-3

90+5’

Full-time3-3

Bookings

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

Sassuolo

Marlon Santos
Filip Djuricic

Napoli

Diego Demme
Faouzi Ghoulam

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.

Sassuolo 2.48 xGNapoli 2.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Napoli attacking Sassuolo attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	DEF	75		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marlon Santos	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rogerio	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Locatelli	MID	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Maxime Lopez	MID	87		0	0.00	0.01	1
Domenico Berardi	MID	87	1	6	1.00	0.04	1
Gregoire Defrel	MID	81		2	0.06	0.09	2
Filip Djuricic	MID	88		2	0.39	0.29	3
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90	1	3	1.02	0.36	1
Jeremy Toljan	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hamed Junior Traore	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Obiang	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0
Brian Oddei	Sub	3		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Haraslin	Sub	2		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90	1		1	0.64	0.04	1
Amir Rrahmani	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Maksimovic	DEF	87			2	0.42	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	75			0	0.00	0.01	1
Fabián	MID	90			4	0.51	0.02	1
Diego Demme	MID	75		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Matteo Politano	MID	90			2	0.06	0.03	1
Piotr Zielinski	MID	87	1		2	0.07	0.02	1
Lorenzo Insigne	MID	90	1	1	3	0.79	0.73	4
Dries Mertens	FWD	69			1	0.03	0.43	2
Eljif Elmas	Sub	21			1	0.02	0.06	1
Faouzi Ghoulam	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tiemoué Bakayoko	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kostas Manolas	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stanislav Lobotka	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 28% Avg odds 3.37

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.57

Napoli win 45% Avg odds 2.12

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo L D L W D

Napoli W L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Napoli 0-2 Sassuolo, 01 Nov 20 Next meeting: Sassuolo 2-2 Napoli, 01 Dec 21 All Sassuolo vs Napoli 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.