Napoli vs Sassuolo 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Napoli

7': Kalidou Koulibaly
15': Victor Osimhen
19': Hirving Lozano
21': Dries Mertens
54': Dries Mertens
80': Amir Rrahmani

FT
6 - 1

Sassuolo

87': Maxime López

Napoli back to winning ways after hitting Sassuolo for six

Four goals in the opening 21 minutes helped Napoli to complete a 6-1 thrashing of Sassuolo on Saturday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
7': Goal! Napoli 1, Sassuolo 0. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
15': Goal! Napoli 2, Sassuolo 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
18': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': Goal! Napoli 3, Sassuolo 0. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
21': Goal! Napoli 4, Sassuolo 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui.
25': Substitution, Sassuolo. Matheus Henrique replaces Filip Djuricic.
45'+1': First Half ends, Napoli 4, Sassuolo 0.
45': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Gianluca Scamacca.
45': Substitution, Sassuolo. Kaan Ayhan replaces Vlad Chiriches.
53': Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
54': Goal! Napoli 5, Sassuolo 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
72': Substitution, Sassuolo. Francesco Magnanelli replaces Davide Frattesi.
77': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Fabián Ruiz.
77': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Victor Osimhen.
77': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
80': Goal! Napoli 6, Sassuolo 0. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo following a corner.
82': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
82': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
84': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Goal! Napoli 6, Sassuolo 1. Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
90'+1': Second Half ends, Napoli 6, Sassuolo 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 20,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+60	Internazionale	32	83	1
+26	AC Milan	32	69	5
+21	Juventus	32	63	5
+20	Bologna	32	59	5

Full Table

Statistics

SAS		NAP
9	Fouls	10
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	5
4	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	3
46.7	Possession	53.3
13	SHOTS	18
4	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
427	Accurate Passes	493
478	Passes	542
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	7
10	Crosses	13
0.1	Cross %	0.5
40	Long Balls	40
26	Accurate Long Balls	30
0.7	Long Balls %	0.8
6	Blocked Shots	2
7	Effective Tackles	12
10	Tackles	19
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	8
6	Effective Clearances	10
6	Clearances	10

Line-Ups

Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	David Ospina (GK)
26	Kalidou Koulibaly
13	Amir Rrahmani
6	Mário Rui
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
14	Dries Mertens
8	Fabián Ruiz
99	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
9	Victor Osimhen
24	Lorenzo Insigne
11	Hirving Lozano

Substitutes:

Davide Marfella, Alex Meret, Andrea Petagna, Diego Demme, Faouzi Ghoulam, Axel Tuanzebe, Matteo Politano, Eljif Elmas, Kévin Malcuit, Alessandro Zanoli, Piotr Zielinski, Juan Jesus.

Sassuolo (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
47	Andrea Consigli (GK)
31	Gian Marco Ferrari
21	Vlad Chiriches
6	Rogério
17	Mert Müldür
18	Giacomo Raspadori
8	Maxime López
16	Davide Frattesi
91	Gianluca Scamacca
10	Filip Djuricic
25	Domenico Berardi

Substitutes:

Emil Konradsen Ceide, Kaan Ayhan, Brian Oddei, Grégoire Defrel, Federico Peluso, Matheus Henrique, Gianluca Pegolo, Riccardo Ciervo, Ruan, Francesco Magnanelli, Giacomo Satalino.