Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Napoli (2nd, 76 pts) and Sassuolo (11th, 49 pts). On recent form Sassuolo sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 11th overall. Per game in the league, Napoli were scoring 1.53 and conceding 0.95, Sassuolo 1.21 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Napoli: three in a row. Sassuolo had gone 6 games without a win. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Napoli against 2/15 for Sassuolo.
GioScore's database holds 24 meetings between the two: 15 for Napoli, 2 for Sassuolo and 7 drawn, at 3.04 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 42% of the wins in this matchup.
The venue was Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, with room for 54,726 spectators. Napoli led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Napoli: Stanislav Lobotka (7')
Key stats
Possession: Napoli 53% · Sassuolo 47% · Total shots: 11-21 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 5-4