Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, January 16, 2016
Sassuolo LWDDW 1
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Napoli DWWWW 3
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SAS101
NAP213
Diego Armando Maradona · 40,047 att.

Match Report

Gonzalo Higuain bags brace as Napoli move four points clear at top of Serie A

Gonzalo Higuain bags brace as Napoli move four points clear at top of Serie A

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
34.3
Possession
65.7
9
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
250
Accurate Passes
599
349
Passes
715
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
58
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
28
14
Tackles
30
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
10
19
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 21Vlad ChirichesCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 96Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  2. 14Dries MertensSUB
  3. 6Mirko ValdifioriSUB
  4. 23Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  5. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  6. 20Jacopo DeziSUB
  7. 26Kalidou KoulibalySUB
  8. 77Omar El KaddouriSUB
  9. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  10. 19David LópezSUB
  11. 1RafaelSUB
  12. 22GabrielSUB

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 20Lorenzo AriaudoCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 11Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 7Simone MissiroliRM
  9. 9Diego FalcinelliF
  10. 17Nicola SansoneLF
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Davide BiondiniSUB
  2. 21Leonardo FontanesiSUB
  3. 5Luca AnteiSUB
  4. 1Alberto PominiSUB
  5. 10Karim LaribiSUB
  6. 6Lorenzo PellegriniSUB
  7. 83Antonio Floro FloresSUB
  8. 92Grégoire DefrelSUB
  9. 3Alessandro LonghiSUB
  10. 79Gianluca PegoloSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Napoli 0, Sassuolo 1. Diego Falcinelli (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 16' Substitution, Sassuolo. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Simone Missiroli because of an injury.
  3. 19' Goal! Napoli 1, Sassuolo 1. José Callejón (Napoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
  4. 42' Goal! Napoli 2, Sassuolo 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
  5. 68' Substitution, Napoli. Kalidou Koulibaly replaces Vlad Chiriches.
  6. 68' Substitution, Sassuolo. Antonio Floro Flores replaces Matteo Politano.
  7. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  8. 83' Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Antonio Floro Flores because of an injury.
  9. 87' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Marek Hamsik.
  10. 88' Francesco Acerbi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+3' Goal! Napoli 3, Sassuolo 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Callejón.

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