Napoli 0-2 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 1 November 2020
Result
Napoli 0-2 Sassuolo
Serie A · Sunday 1 November 2020, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Napoli 0-2 Sassuolo: match report
Napoli lost to Sassuolo 0-2 in Serie A on Sunday 1 November 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
Manuel Locatelli opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Napoli did not score. Sassuolo scored through Manuel Locatelli (59', penalty) and Maxime López (90+5').
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 12 points from 4 and Sassuolo 4th on 11 points from 5. Napoli went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Sassuolo 8th with 62.
Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sassuolo in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrea Consigli of Sassuolo (8.8), ahead of Maxime Lopez (8.4).
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 W-W-W-W and Sassuolo's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 49'Yellow card · Manuel Locatelli
- 59'Penalty goal · Manuel Locatelli
- 61'Yellow card · K. Manolas
- 90'Yellow card · Mehdi Bourabia
- 90+5'Goal · Maxime López
- 90+5'Yellow card · D. Ospina
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Lukas Haraslin
- Filip Djuricic
- Lorenzo Insigne
- Jeremy Toljan
- Domenico Berardi
- Federico Ricci
- Luigi Samele
- Francesco Caputo
Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Ospina, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Konstantinos Manolas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Elseid Hysaj, Fabián Ruiz, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Matteo Politano, Dries Mertens, Hirving Lozano, Victor Osimhen
Sassuolo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Andrea Consigli, Kaan Ayhan, Vlad Chiricheș, Gianmarco Ferrari, Mert Müldür, Manuel Locatelli, Maxime Lopez, Rogério, Hamed Traoré, Jérémie Boga, Giacomo Raspadori