Sassuolo 1-2 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 22 December 2019
Result
Sassuolo 1-2 Napoli
Serie A · Sunday 22 December 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sassuolo 1-2 Napoli: match report
Sassuolo were beaten by Napoli 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 22 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Hamed Junior Traorè opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Sassuolo's goal came from Hamed Junior Traorè (29'). Napoli scored through Allan (57') and an own goal by Pedro Obiang (90+4').
Discipline: Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sassuolo were 12th on 19 points from 16 and Napoli 9th on 21 points from 16. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Napoli 7th with 62.
Sassuolo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Manuel Locatelli of Sassuolo (9.2), ahead of Mário Rui (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sassuolo win, 4 draws and 5 for Napoli.
Going into the match Sassuolo's last five read W-D-D-D-L and Napoli's L-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Hamed Junior Traorè
- 33'Yellow card · Mário Rui
- 37'Yellow card · Hamed Junior Traorè
- 57'Goal · Allan
- 66'Yellow card · Manuel Locatelli
- 72'Yellow card · Eljif Elmas
- 90+4'Own goal · Pedro Obiang
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Kévin Malcuit
- Faouzi Ghoulam
- Enrico Brignola
- Nikola Maksimović
- Lorenzo Tonelli
- Andrea Consigli
- Grégoire Defrel
- Vlad Chiricheș
- Kalidou Koulibaly
- Orestis Karnezis
- Domenico Berardi
Sassuolo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gianluca Pegolo, Mert Müldür, Marlon, Federico Peluso, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Pedro Obiang, Manuel Locatelli, Jérémie Boga, Alfred Duncan, Hamed Traoré, Francesco Caputo
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Konstantinos Manolas, Sebastiano Luperto, Mário Rui, Allan, Fabián Ruiz, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Arkadiusz Milik, Lorenzo Insigne