Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 7, 2018
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Match Report

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Napoli beat Sassuolo with goals from Adam Ounas and Lorenzo Insigne

Lorenzo Insigne continued his wonderful goal scoring start to the season as Napoli bounced back from last season's defeat at Juventus.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
7
55.2
Possession
44.8
12
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
561
Accurate Passes
451
639
Passes
523
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.5
42
Long Balls
56
22
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
17
10
Clearances
17

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 2Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 42Amadou DiawaraCM
  7. 30Marko RogLM
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 9Simone VerdiLF
  11. 11Adam OunasRF

SAS · 3-4-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 23Giangiacomo MagnaniCD
  3. 31Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  4. 2MarlonCD-R
  5. 73Manuel LocatelliCM-L
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM-R
  7. 6RogérioLM
  8. 21Pol LirolaRM
  9. 27Kevin-Prince BoatengF
  10. 20Jérémie BogaCF-L
  11. 9Filip DjuricicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Napoli 1, Sassuolo 0. Adam Ounas (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 38' Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Amadou Diawara (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Sassuolo. Mehdi Bourabia replaces Manuel Locatelli.
  5. 46' Substitution, Sassuolo. Domenico Berardi replaces Jeremie Boga.
  6. 51' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Adam Ounas.
  7. 56' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Amadou Diawara.
  8. 69' Substitution, Sassuolo. Khouma Babacar replaces Kevin-Prince Boateng.
  9. 69' Substitution, Napoli. José Callejón replaces Simone Verdi.
  10. 72' Goal! Napoli 2, Sassuolo 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
  11. 82' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 87' Rogerio (Sassuolo) is shown the red card.
  13. 87' Andrea Consigli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.

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