Napoli 2-0 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 7 October 2018

Result

Napoli 2-0 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 7 October 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Napoli · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Napoli 2-0 Sassuolo: match report

Napoli beat Sassuolo 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 7 October 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Adam Ounas opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Napoli's goals came from Adam Ounas (3') and Lorenzo Insigne (72'). Sassuolo did not score.

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 15 points from 7 and Sassuolo 8th on 13 points from 7. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 43.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sassuolo in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Ospina of Napoli (8.9), ahead of Raúl Albiol (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Napoli wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sassuolo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Adam OunasNapoli · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Manuel LocatelliSassuolo
  • 42'Yellow card · Amadou DiawaraNapoli
  • 72'Goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
  • 87'Red card · RogérioSassuolo
  • 87'Yellow card · Andrea ConsigliSassuolo

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 5, draws 4, Sassuolo 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

David Ospina, Kévin Malcuit, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Elseid Hysaj, Piotr Zielinski, Amadou Diawara, Marko Rog, Adam Ounas, Dries Mertens, Mike van Dijk

Sassuolo line-up (3-4-3)

Andrea Consigli, Marlon, Giangiacomo Magnani, Gianmarco Ferrari, Pol Lirola, Francesco Magnanelli, Manuel Locatelli, Rogério, Filip Djuricic, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jérémie Boga