Serie A

Napoli 2-0 Sassuolo

Competition Serie A Season 2018/2019 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 07 Oct 2018, 16:00 Venue time 07 Oct 2018, 18:00 CEST

Napoli vs Sassuolo finished 2-0 in Serie A. Key event: 1' Piotr Zielinski (assist Kevin Malcuit · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.8%, 33.6%). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 07 Oct 2018: 4 W / 3 D / 1 L for Napoli. Home form: L W W W W; Away form: L W W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match preview 2 facts

Form before this match (07 Oct 2018): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L W W W W Matches: 5 · 12 pts, goals 11-4, 2.20 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Away form L W W L W Matches: 5 · 9 pts, goals 12-10, 2.40 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Timeline 40 events

1' shot Piotr Zielinski NAP assist Kevin Malcuit xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.8%, 33.6%

2' shot Adam Ounas NAP xG 0.38 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 47.9%

3' Goal Adam Ounas 1–0 NAP Goal

10' shot Adam Ounas NAP assist Dries Mertens xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 59.1%

10' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Elseid Hysaj xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.3%, 76.5%

10' shot Kevin Malcuit NAP xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.3%, 27.2%

11' shot Piotr Zielinski NAP assist Kevin Malcuit xG 0.15 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.3%, 42.3%

12' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Piotr Zielinski xG 0.28 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.8%, 34%

13' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Simone Verdi xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.8%, 71.7%

14' shot Marko Rog NAP assist Simone Verdi xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 78.5%, 49.3%

17' shot Manuel Locatelli SAS xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 50.1%

18' shot Dries Mertens NAP xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 53.7%, 49%

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20' shot Kevin-Prince Boateng SAS assist Filip Djuricic xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 88.9%, 62%

24' shot Piotr Zielinski NAP assist Simone Verdi xG 0.34 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.9%, 36.9%

33' shot Filip Djuricic SAS assist Kevin-Prince Boateng xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 32.7%

34' shot Gianmarco Ferrari SAS assist Manuel Locatelli xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 89.3%, 57.3%

38' Yellow Manuel Locatelli SAS Yellow card

42' Yellow Amadou Diawara NAP Yellow card

46' Sub Domenico Berardi SAS on for Jérémie Boga

46' Sub Mehdi Bourabia SAS on for Manuel Locatelli

47' shot Kevin-Prince Boateng SAS assist Domenico Berardi xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 88.3%, 43.4%

47' shot Adam Ounas NAP assist Kevin Malcuit xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 36.9%

49' shot Domenico Berardi SAS assist Filip Djuricic xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.8%, 51.9%

51' Sub Lorenzo Insigne NAP on for Adam Ounas

56' Sub Allan NAP on for Amadou Diawara

57' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Raúl Albiol xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.5%, 35.7%

62' shot Filip Djuricic SAS assist Domenico Berardi xG 0.29 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 62.7%

63' shot Mehdi Bourabia SAS assist Kevin-Prince Boateng xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.5%, 28.9%

66' shot Domenico Berardi SAS assist Pol Lirola xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.8%, 36.5%

69' Sub Khouma Babacar SAS on for Kevin-Prince Boateng

69' Sub José Callejón NAP on for Simone Verdi

71' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Elseid Hysaj xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80%, 64.9%

72' Goal Lorenzo Insigne 2–0 NAP assist Elseid Hysaj

76' shot Khouma Babacar SAS assist Giangiacomo Magnani xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 56.9%

76' shot Domenico Berardi SAS assist Rogerio xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.8%, 62.4%

82' Yellow Kalidou Koulibaly NAP Yellow card

84' shot Khouma Babacar SAS assist Rogerio xG 0.35 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.5%, 54.3%

85' shot Elseid Hysaj NAP assist Lorenzo Insigne xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.9%, 41.3%

87' Red Rogério SAS Red card

87' Yellow Andrea Consigli SAS Yellow card

Shot map 27 shots · 2 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Napoli 15 shots · 1.78 xG · 2 goals

Sassuolo 12 shots · 0.93 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Napoli leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 9 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 17 Jan 2026 · Napoli vs Sassuolo · 1 - 0.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (07 Oct 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

17 Jan 2026

Napoli 1 - 0 Sassuolo

23 Aug 2025

Sassuolo 0 - 2 Napoli

28 Feb 2024

Sassuolo 1 - 6 Napoli

27 Aug 2023

Napoli 2 - 0 Sassuolo

17 Feb 2023

Sassuolo 0 - 2 Napoli

29 Oct 2022

Napoli 4 - 0 Sassuolo

30 Apr 2022

Napoli 6 - 1 Sassuolo

01 Dec 2021

Sassuolo 2 - 2 Napoli

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03 Mar 2021

Sassuolo 3 - 3 Napoli

01 Nov 2020

Napoli 0 - 2 Sassuolo

25 Jul 2020

Napoli 2 - 0 Sassuolo

22 Dec 2019

Sassuolo 1 - 2 Napoli

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (07 Oct 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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01 Nov 2026