Italian Serie A

FT Monday, February 23, 2015
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Napoli WWWLW 2
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Diego Armando Maradona · 46,925 att.

Match Report

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Napoli inch closer to second place with victory over Sassuolo

Napoli inch closer to second place with victory over Sassuolo

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
1
46
Possession
54
10
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
307
Accurate Passes
377
401
Passes
462
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
65
32
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
25
27
Clearances
25

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Mariano AndújarG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 77Walter GarganoLM
  8. 19David LópezRM
  9. 91Duván ZapataF
  10. 7José CallejónAM-L
  11. 23Manolo GabbiadiniAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Roberto ColomboSUB
  2. 1RafaelSUB
  3. 8JorginhoSUB
  4. 6Jonathan de GuzmánSUB
  5. 88Gökhan InlerSUB
  6. 5Miguel BritosSUB
  7. 4HenriqueSUB
  8. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  9. 16Giandomenico MestoSUB
  10. 14Dries MertensSUB

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 23Marcello GazzolaLB
  5. 5Luca AnteiRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 7Simone MissiroliLM
  8. 19Saphir TaïderRM
  9. 10Simone ZazaF
  10. 83Antonio Floro FloresLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Raman ChibsahSUB
  2. 17Nicola SansoneSUB
  3. 33Matteo BrighiSUB
  4. 8Davide BiondiniSUB
  5. 86Gianmarco CelesteSUB
  6. 20Paolo BiancoSUB
  7. 30Dejan LazarevicSUB
  8. 14Anastasios DonisSUB
  9. 99Sergio FloccariSUB
  10. 16Ciro PolitoSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Substitution, Sassuolo. Davide Biondini replaces Luca Antei because of an injury.
  2. 23' Substitution, Sassuolo. Paolo Bianco replaces Paolo Cannavaro because of an injury.
  3. 34' Christian Maggio (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Paolo Bianco (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Francesco Magnanelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Walter Gargano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Goal! Napoli 1, Sassuolo 0. Duván Zapata (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 65' Duván Zapata (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  10. 70' Goal! Napoli 2, Sassuolo 0. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Duván Zapata.
  11. 71' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the red card.
  12. 78' Substitution, Sassuolo. Dejan Lazarevic replaces Saphir Taïder.
  13. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Marek Hamsik.
  14. 89' Substitution, Napoli. Giandomenico Mesto replaces José Callejón.

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