Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 22, 2019
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Sassuolo DLDDW 1
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Match Report

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Napoli end barren run with injury-time winner at Sassuolo

Napoli ended an eight-match winless run in Serie A and gave new coach Gennaro Gattuso his first victory on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
11
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
6
41.8
Possession
58.2
16
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
345
Accurate Passes
529
417
Passes
601
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
5
25
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
34
Long Balls
38
17
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
14
14
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
9
13
Effective Clearances
21
13
Clearances
21

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SAS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 56Gianluca PegoloG
  2. 13Federico PelusoCD-L
  3. 2MarlonCD-R
  4. 77Georgios KyriakopoulosLB
  5. 17Mert MüldürRB
  6. 8Alfred DuncanAM
  7. 73Manuel LocatelliLM
  8. 14Pedro ObiangRM
  9. 9Francesco CaputoF
  10. 23Hamed TraoréAM-L
  11. 7Jérémie BogaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 36Luca MazzitelliSUB
  2. 31Gian Marco FerrariSUB
  3. 10Filip DjuricicSUB
  4. 63Stefano TuratiSUB
  5. 4Francesco MagnanelliSUB
  6. 33Alessandro TripaldelliSUB
  7. 19Filippo RomagnaSUB
  8. 64Alessandro RussoSUB
  9. 18Giacomo RaspadoriSUB
  10. 68Mehdi BourabiaSUB
  11. 50Brian OddeiSUB
  12. 6RogérioSUB

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 13Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 8Fabián RuizCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 99Arkadiusz MilikF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Dries MertensSUB
  2. 15Antonio Pio DanieleSUB
  3. 9Fernando LlorenteSUB
  4. 34Amin YounesSUB
  5. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  6. 25David OspinaSUB
  7. 98Leandrinho SUB
  8. 12Eljif ElmasSUB
  9. 70Gianluca GaetanoSUB
  10. 11Hirving LozanoSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Napoli 0. Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli with a cross.
  2. 33' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj replaces Sebastiano Luperto.
  5. 51' Substitution, Sassuolo. Filippo Romagna replaces Marlon Santos because of an injury.
  6. 57' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Napoli 1. Allan (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
  7. 64' Substitution, Sassuolo. Filip Djuricic replaces Alfred Duncan.
  8. 66' Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  10. 72' Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Arkadiusz Milik.
  12. 82' VAR Decision: No Goal Sassuolo 1-1 Napoli.
  13. 82' Substitution, Sassuolo. Francesco Magnanelli replaces Jeremie Boga.
  14. 90'+4' Own Goal by Pedro Obiang, Sassuolo. Sassuolo 1, Napoli 2.

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