Sassuolo 1-1 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 31 March 2018

Result

Sassuolo 1-1 Napoli

Serie A · Saturday 31 March 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sassuolo · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Sassuolo 1-1 Napoli: match report

Sassuolo drew with Napoli 1-1 in Serie A on Saturday 31 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Matteo Politano opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sassuolo's goal came from Matteo Politano (22'). Napoli scored through José Callejón (80').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 5 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 15th on 27 points from 28 and Napoli 2nd on 73 points from 29. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Napoli 2nd with 91.

Sassuolo lined up in a 5-3-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Juanmi Callejón of Napoli (8.1), ahead of Stefano Sensi (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sassuolo win, 3 draws and 5 for Napoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Matteo PolitanoSassuolo · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Raúl AlbiolNapoli
  • 35'Yellow card · Federico PelusoSassuolo
  • 42'Yellow card · JorginhoNapoli
  • 44'Yellow card · Domenico BerardiSassuolo
  • 59'Yellow card · Edoardo GoldanigaSassuolo
  • 80'Goal · José CallejónNapoli · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Francesco CassataSassuolo
  • 89'Yellow card · Antonino RagusaSassuolo

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (5-3-2)

Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Edoardo Goldaniga, Rogério, Luca Mazzitelli, Simone Missiroli, Stefano Sensi, Matteo Politano, Domenico Berardi

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne