Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 16 January 2016

Result

Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Saturday 16 January 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Napoli · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo: match report

Napoli won against Sassuolo 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday 16 January 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Diego Falcinelli opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Napoli's goals came from José Callejón (19'), Gonzalo Higuaín (42') and Gonzalo Higuaín (90+3'). Sassuolo scored through Diego Falcinelli (3', penalty).

Discipline: Napoli received no yellow cards; Sassuolo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Napoli were 1st on 41 points from 19 and Sassuolo 6th on 31 points from 18. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Sassuolo 6th with 61.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marek Hamšík of Napoli (8.9), ahead of Gonzalo Higuaín (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sassuolo.

Going into the match Napoli's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Sassuolo's W-D-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Penalty goal · Diego FalcinelliSassuolo · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · José CallejónNapoli · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Francesco AcerbiSassuolo
  • 90+3'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Napoli 3, draws 1, Sassuolo 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Vlad Chiricheș, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lorenzo Insigne

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Šime Vrsaljko, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Lorenzo Ariaudo, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Alfred Duncan, Diego Falcinelli, Matteo Politano, Nicola Sansone