Serie A

Sassuolo 2-1 Napoli

Sassuolo vs Napoli finished 2-1 in Serie A. Key event: 2' Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03). Head to head: H2H last 2: 0-0-2. Home form: W W W W D; Away form: L L W D W. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 4.50 / 3.50 / 1.80; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

SAS 2 - 1 Finished

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Competition Serie A Season 2015/2016 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 23 Aug 2015, 22:45 Venue time 24 Aug 2015, 00:45 CEST

Match preview 2 facts

Home form W W W W D 13 pts, goals 10-5, 2.00 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form L L W D W 7 pts, goals 11-11, 2.20 scored/match, 2.20 conceded/match

Shot map 29 shots · 3 goals

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

Sassuolo 15 shots · 2.17 xG · 2 goals

Napoli 14 shots · 1.17 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Napoli160 plotted of 313 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Sassuolo160 plotted of 324 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Napoli138 exact passer-recipient links

VAL HYS HAM GAB KAD MAG INS

VALMirko Valdifiori34 passes
HYSElseid Hysaj36 passes
HAMMarek Hamšík34 passes
GABManolo Gabbiadini5 passes
KADOmar El Kaddouri6 passes
MAGChristian Maggio14 passes
INSLorenzo Insigne9 passes

Sassuolo162 exact passer-recipient links

ACE POL BER FLO FAL CON CAN PEL MAG DEF MIS SAN

ACEFrancesco Acerbi22 passes
POLMatteo Politano6 passes
BERDomenico Berardi11 passes
FLOAntonio Floro Flores10 passes
FALDiego Falcinelli2 passes
CONAndrea Consigli17 passes
CANPaolo Cannavaro15 passes
PELFederico Peluso22 passes
MAGFrancesco Magnanelli26 passes
DEFGregoire Defrel12 passes
MISSimone Missiroli17 passes
SANNicola Sansone2 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Napoli313 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Sassuolo324 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 41 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

SassuoloNapoli

5–10′100–0
10–15′57–43
15–20′100–0
20–25′100–0
25–30′68–32
30–35′5–95
35–40′22–78
40–45′17–83
50–55′100–0
55–60′100–0
60–65′59–41
65–70′82–18
70–75′18–82
75–80′81–19
80–85′100–0
85–90′99–1

Timeline 55 events

2' shot Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín NAP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

2' shot Gonzalo Higuaín NAP assist Lorenzo Insigne · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 24.6%

2' shot Marek Hamsik NAP xG 0.54 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.4%, 43.4%

3' Yellow Francesco Magnanelli SAS Yellow Card

3' Goal Marek Hamsik NAP

4' Yellow Francesco Magnanelli SAS

9' shot Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín NAP Open Play · Saved · xG 0.3

9' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.05

9' shot Gonzalo Higuaín NAP xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 96.9%, 43.5%

10' shot Antonio Floro Flores SAS assist Federico Peluso · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 67.2%

14' shot Domenico Berardi SAS xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.3%, 39%

15' shot Antonio Floro Flores SAS assist Domenico Berardi · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 49.1%

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17' Yellow Vlad Iulian Chiricheș NAP Yellow Card

18' Yellow Vlad Chiriches NAP

23' shot Antonio Floro Flores SAS xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 73.4%, 59.1%

24' shot Antonio Floro Flores SAS assist Alfred Duncan · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 89.9%, 53.9%

27' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Gonzalo Higuaín · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.3%, 25%

31' shot Antonio Floro Flores SAS assist Domenico Berardi · xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 53.2%

37' shot Gregoire Defrel SAS assist Antonio Floro Flores · xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 59%

38' Yellow Mirko Valdifiori NAP Yellow Card

39' shot Gregoire Defrel SAS assist Antonio Floro Flores · xG 0.42 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.9%, 51.5%

39' Yellow Mirko Valdifiori NAP

42' shot Antonio Floro Flores SAS assist Simone Missiroli · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.4%, 55%

43' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Christian Maggio · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.6%, 52.9%

44' Yellow Domenico Berardi SAS Yellow Card

47' shot Joseph Alfred Duncan SAS Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

47' shot Alfred Duncan SAS assist Simone Missiroli · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.3%, 57.4%

50' shot Mirko Valdifiori NAP xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.7%, 64.5%

54' shot Gregoire Defrel SAS assist Antonio Floro Flores · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 39.8%

55' shot Francesco Acerbi SAS assist Alfred Duncan · xG 0.11 · From Corner · location 93.2%, 54.2%

56' Yellow Federico Peluso SAS Yellow Card

57' shot Dries Mertens NAP xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 78.2%, 38.4%

57' Yellow Federico Peluso SAS

58' shot Domenico Berardi SAS assist Francesco Magnanelli · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.1%, 37.1%

62' Sub Manolo Gabbiadini NAP on for Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín · Tactical

62' Sub Matteo Politano SAS on for Domenico Berardi · Injury

63' shot Matteo Politano SAS Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.15

63' shot Gregoire Defrel SAS assist Alfred Duncan · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.7%, 55%

66' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Lorenzo Insigne · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.8%, 39%

70' shot Dries Mertens NAP xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 78.3%, 74.5%

71' shot Manolo Gabbiadini NAP assist Dries Mertens · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.9%, 32%

72' Sub Nicola Sansone SAS on for Antonio Floro Flores · Tactical

72' Sub Omar El Kaddouri NAP on for Lorenzo Insigne · Tactical

75' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Manolo Gabbiadini · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.4%, 69.3%

76' shot Marek Hamsik NAP assist Manolo Gabbiadini · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 82.8%, 71.8%

79' Sub José María Callejón Bueno NAP on for Dries Mertens · Tactical

81' Sub Diego Falcinelli SAS on for Gregoire Defrel · Tactical

83' shot Nicola Sansone SAS xG 0.64 · Open Play · location 97.4%, 53.8%

84' shot José María Callejón Bueno NAP Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.07

84' shot José Callejón NAP assist Mirko Valdifiori · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 34.8%

84' Goal Nicola Sansone SAS

85' Yellow Nicola Sansone SAS Yellow Card

86' Yellow Nicola Sansone SAS

88' shot José María Callejón Bueno NAP Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

88' shot José Callejón NAP assist Omar El Kaddouri · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.2%, 26.3%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 1-9-2

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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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

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

Team statistics 8 metrics

2.17 Expected Goals 1.15

65% 34%

15 Total Shots 14

51% 48%

43% Ball Possession 57%

43% 57%

6 Shots on Goal 9

40% 60%

13 Fouls 21

38% 61%

5 Corner Kicks 1

83% 16%

Possession over time 4 recorded checkpoints · Exact checkpoints

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7 Shots off target 8

17 Crosses 23

Lineups

Sassuolo

11 Š Šime Vrsaljko RIGHT BACK

7 S Simone Missiroli RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

13 F Federico Peluso LEFT BACK

15 F Francesco Acerbi LEFT CENTER BACK

4 F Francesco Magnanelli CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

25 D Domenico Berardi RIGHT WING

47 A Andrea Consigli GK

92 G Gregoire Defrel CENTER FORWARD

32 J Joseph Alfred Duncan LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

28 P Paolo Cannavaro RIGHT CENTER BACK

83 A Antonio Floro Flores LEFT WING

Napoli

9 G Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

14 D Dries Mertens LEFT CENTER FORWARD

19 D David López Silva RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

17 M Marek Hamšík LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

11 C Christian Maggio RIGHT BACK

25 J José Manuel Reina Páez GK

33 R Raúl Albiol i Tortajada RIGHT CENTER BACK

2 E Elseid Hysaj LEFT BACK

24 L Lorenzo Insigne CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

6 M Mirko Valdifiori CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

21 V Vlad Iulian Chiricheș LEFT CENTER BACK

Historical 1X2 odds

Home / Draw / Away4.50 / 3.50 / 1.80

Bookmaker samples7