Italian Serie A

Napoli vs Sassuolo 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

  • 4': Victor Osimhen
  • 19': Victor Osimhen
  • 36': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
  • 77': Victor Osimhen
FT
4 - 0
  • Red Card 84': Armand Laurienté

Victor Osimhen hits hat trick as Napoli thrash Sassuolo to keep up unbeaten streak

Victor Osimhen struck a hat trick as Napoli extended their unbeaten Serie A run to 16 matches on Saturday with a 4-0 thrashing of Sassuolo.

Match Commentary

  • 4': Goal! Napoli 1, Sassuolo 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 19': Goal! Napoli 2, Sassuolo 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 36': Goal! Napoli 3, Sassuolo 0. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui with a through ball following a corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Napoli 3, Sassuolo 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Sassuolo. Hamed Traorè replaces Emil Ceïde.
  • 45': Second Half begins Napoli 3, Sassuolo 0.
  • 56': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  • 56': Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  • 64': Substitution, Sassuolo. Agustín Álvarez Martínez replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
  • 65': Substitution, Sassuolo. Matheus Henrique replaces Kristian Thorstvedt.
  • 71': Substitution, Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  • 75': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Goal! Napoli 4, Sassuolo 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 78': Substitution, Sassuolo. Pedro Obiang replaces Maxime Lopez.
  • 79': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  • 79': Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 84': Second yellow card to Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) for a bad foul.
  • 86': Substitution, Sassuolo. Abdou Harroui replaces Davide Frattesi.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 47,156

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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6 Fouls 5
1 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 11
2 Saves 6
32.9 Possession 67.1
10 SHOTS 18
6 ON GOAL 6
0.6 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
255 Accurate Passes 614
317 Passes 668
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 7
15 Crosses 21
0.1 Cross % 0.3
41 Long Balls 43
20 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
0 Blocked Shots 4
7 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
8 Interceptions 7
15 Effective Clearances 17
15 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alex Meret (GK)
3 Kim Min-Jae
5 Juan Jesus
6 Mário Rui
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
20 Piotr Zielinski
99 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
9 Victor Osimhen
77 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
11 Hirving Lozano

SAS Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No. Name
47 Andrea Consigli (GK)
13 Gian Marco Ferrari
28 Martin Erlic
6 Rogério
22 Jeremy Toljan
27 Maxime López Yellow Card
42 Kristian Thorstvedt
16 Davide Frattesi
9 Andrea Pinamonti
45 Armand Laurienté Yellow Card
15 Emil Konradsen Ceide

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