Sassuolo vs Napoli 2025-26 Italian Serie A

Sassuolo

79': Ismaël Koné

FT
0 - 2

Napoli

17': Scott McTominay
57': Kevin De Bruyne

De Bruyne scores on Serie A debut as Napoli win opener

Kevin De Bruyne netted in his debut and Scott McTominay scored the opener as Napoli kicked off their Serie A title defence with a 2-0 win over Sassuolo.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
17': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Napoli 1. Scott McTominay (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross.
45'+2': First Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Napoli 1.
45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 0, Napoli 1.
46': Lorenzo Lucca (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Napoli 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
67': Ismaël Koné (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Substitution, Sassuolo. Alieu Fadera replaces Luca Lipani.
76': Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Matteo Politano.
79': Second yellow card to Ismaël Koné (Sassuolo) for a bad foul.
81': Substitution, Sassuolo. Andrea Ghion replaces Armand Laurienté.
81': Substitution, Sassuolo. Fali Candé replaces Josh Doig.
82': Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
82': Substitution, Napoli. Noa Lang replaces Lorenzo Lucca.
89': Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Mathías Olivera.
89': Substitution, Napoli. Antonio Vergara replaces Scott McTominay.
90': Substitution, Sassuolo. Luca Moro replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
90': Substitution, Sassuolo. Nicholas Pierini replaces Domenico Berardi.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 19,106

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD
+2	Napoli	1	3
+2	Como	1	3
+2	Juventus	1	3
+1	Cremonese	1	3

Full Table

Statistics

NAP		SAS
17	Fouls	17
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	1
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	1
2	Saves	2
62.2	Possession	37.8
13	SHOTS	7
4	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
545	Accurate Passes	311
606	Passes	368
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	0
10	Crosses	4
0.2	Cross %	0.0
32	Long Balls	39
17	Accurate Long Balls	12
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
5	Blocked Shots	1
9	Effective Tackles	13
14	Tackles	16
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
5	Interceptions	12
10	Effective Clearances	14
10	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No.	Name
13	Stefano Turati (GK)
80	Tarik Muharemovic
19	Filippo Romagna
3	Josh Doig
6	Sebastian Walukiewicz
35	Luca Lipani
11	Daniel Boloca
90	Ismaël Koné
99	Andrea Pinamonti
45	Armand Laurienté
10	Domenico Berardi

Substitutes:

Alieu Fadera, Filippo Missori, Fali Candé, Giacomo Satalino, Andrea Ghion, Luca Moro, Edoardo Pieragnolo, Agustín Álvarez Martínez, Aro Muric, Gioele Zacchi, Jay Idzes, Nicholas Pierini, Cristian Volpato, Samuele Mulattieri.

Napoli (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Alex Meret (GK)
5	Juan Jesus
13	Amir Rrahmani
68	Stanislav Lobotka
17	Mathías Olivera
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
11	Kevin De Bruyne
99	Frank Anguissa
8	Scott McTominay
21	Matteo Politano
27	Lorenzo Lucca

Substitutes:

Walid Cheddira, Billy Gilmour, Alessandro Buongiorno, David Neres, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Giuseppe Ambrosino, Sam Beukema, Noa Lang, Luca Marianucci, Alessandro Zanoli, Nikita Contini, Luis Hasa, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Antonio Vergara, Leonardo Spinazzola.