Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 29 October 2017

Result

Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 29 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Napoli · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Napoli 3-1 Sassuolo: match report

Napoli beat Sassuolo 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 29 October 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Allan opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Napoli's goals came from Allan (22'), José Callejón (44') and Dries Mertens (54'). Sassuolo scored through Diego Falcinelli (41').

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 28 points from 10 and Sassuolo 15th on 8 points from 10. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 43.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Allan of Napoli (8.3), level with Dries Mertens (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sassuolo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Antonino RagusaSassuolo
  • 22'Goal · AllanNapoli · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Diego FalcinelliSassuolo · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Francesco CassataSassuolo
  • 44'Goal · José CallejónNapoli · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 3-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli
  • 88'Yellow card · E. GiaccheriniNapoli

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Napoli 4, draws 3, Sassuolo 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Christian Maggio, Vlad Chiricheș, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Marcello Gazzola, Paolo Cannavaro, Luca Mazzitelli, Stefano Sensi, Francesco Cassata, Diego Falcinelli, Matteo Politano, Antonino Ragusa