Italian Serie A

Sassuolo vs Napoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 71': Gianluca Scamacca
  • 89': Gian Marco Ferrari
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2 - 2
  • 51': Fabián Ruiz
  • 59': Dries Mertens

Introduction

Sassuolo are hosting Napoli at Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 25': Rogerio (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Napoli 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 51': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Napoli 1. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 54': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Napoli 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  • 61': Substitution, Sassuolo. Georgios Kyriakopoulos replaces Rogerio.
  • 61': Substitution, Sassuolo. Matheus Henrique replaces Hamed Traore.
  • 66': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Dries Mertens.
  • 66': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Fabián Ruiz because of an injury.
  • 71': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Napoli 2. Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos with a cross.
  • 73': Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 77': Substitution, Sassuolo. Abdou Harroui replaces Davide Frattesi.
  • 80': Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Kalidou Koulibaly because of an injury.
  • 84': Matteo Politano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Matheus Henrique (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 88': Diego Demme (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Goal! Sassuolo 2, Napoli 2. Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+4': Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 2, Napoli 2.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 8,192

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+27 Internazionale 21 49 4
+18 AC Milan 21 46 1
+14 Napoli 21 43 4
+14 AS Roma 21 42 7
Full Table

Statistics

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19 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 2
49.7 Possession 50.3
9 SHOTS 9
4 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.8
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
388 Accurate Passes 408
459 Passes 463
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 5
14 Crosses 20
0.3 Cross % 0.3
33 Long Balls 45
19 Accurate Long Balls 24
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 0
11 Effective Tackles 1
19 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.1
8 Interceptions 6
12 Effective Clearances 17
12 Clearances 17

Line-Ups

SAS Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No. Name
47 Andrea Consigli (GK)
31 Gian Marco Ferrari
21 Vlad Chiriches
6 Rogério Yellow Card
22 Jeremy Toljan
8 Maxime López
23 Hamed Traoré
16 Davide Frattesi
91 Gianluca Scamacca
18 Giacomo Raspadori
25 Domenico Berardi Yellow Card

NAP Napoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
25 David Ospina (GK)
26 Kalidou Koulibaly
13 Amir Rrahmani
6 Mário Rui
22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
68 Stanislav Lobotka
8 Fabián Ruiz
20 Piotr Zielinski
14 Dries Mertens
24 Lorenzo Insigne
11 Hirving Lozano

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