Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 23, 2017
Napoli WDWWW 2
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Sassuolo LLLDW 2
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Mapei Stadium · 18,870 att.

Match Report

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Napoli held by Sassuolo, miss chance to go second in Serie A

Napoli missed the chance to climb above Roma into second place in Serie A after being forced to come from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with Sassuolo.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
4
68.1
Possession
31.9
20
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
559
Accurate Passes
215
664
Passes
310
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
78
34
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
23
Effective Tackles
14
29
Tackles
23
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
36
13
Clearances
36

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoLB
  5. 20Pol LirolaRB
  6. 12Stefano SensiCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 6Lorenzo PellegriniRM
  9. 11Grégoire DefrelF
  10. 90Antonino RagusaLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Davide BiondiniSUB
  2. 98Claud AdjapongSUB
  3. 22Luca MazzitelliSUB
  4. 55Timo LetschertSUB
  5. 9Pietro IemmelloSUB
  6. 5Luca AnteiSUB
  7. 27Federico RicciSUB
  8. 4Francesco MagnanelliSUB
  9. 21Alberto AquilaniSUB
  10. 30Bryan CostaSUB
  11. 10Alessandro MatriSUB
  12. 40Leonardo VitaliSUB

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Emanuele GiaccheriniSUB
  2. 42Amadou DiawaraSUB
  3. 30Marko RogSUB
  4. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  5. 22Luigi SepeSUB
  6. 32Leonardo PavolettiSUB
  7. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  8. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  9. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  10. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  11. 1RafaelSUB
  12. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Sassuolo. Luca Mazzitelli replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  2. 45' Substitution, Sassuolo. Alessandro Matri replaces Gregoire Defrel.
  3. 52' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.
  4. 59' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Napoli 1. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 64' Luca Mazzitelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Allan.
  7. 77' Stefano Sensi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 79' Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Ricci replaces Domenico Berardi because of an injury.
  9. 80' Ivan Strinic (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 80' Goal! Sassuolo 2, Napoli 1. Luca Mazzitelli (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antonino Ragusa following a set piece situation.
  11. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Jorginho.
  12. 84' Goal! Sassuolo 2, Napoli 2. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raúl Albiol following a corner.
  13. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Ivan Strinic.
  14. 88' Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.

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