Sassuolo vs Napoli, 2020-21 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ASassuolo earn thrilling Napoli draw with final kick of the game
Sassuolo earned a 3-3 draw against Napoli with the final kick of the game on Wednesday as Francesco Caputo's penalty rescued a point for the hosts.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Foul by Diego Demme (Napoli).
- 3': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 6': Foul by Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo).
- 6': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 7': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Marlon Santos.
- 8': Foul by Diego Demme (Napoli).
- 8': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
- 10': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 11': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Elseid Hysaj.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 15': Attempt saved. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gregoire Defrel.
- 15': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 15': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) header from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Maxime Lopez with a cross following a corner.
- 17': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Gian Marco Ferrari (Sassuolo).
- 19': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
- 21': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Gian Marco Ferrari.
- 21': Offside, Napoli. Elseid Hysaj tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 24': VAR Decision: No Goal Sassuolo 0-0 Napoli.
- 25': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
- 25': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 25': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Mert Müldür (Sassuolo).
- 27': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo).
- 28': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 29': Dries Mertens (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Foul by Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo).
- 30': Foul by Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo).
- 30': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 32': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
- 32': Mert Müldür (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 34': Own Goal by Nikola Maksimovic, Napoli. Sassuolo 1, Napoli 0.
- 36': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
- 38': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Napoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Demme.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 41': Foul by Matteo Politano (Napoli).
- 41': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 43': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Penalty Sassuolo. Francesco Caputo draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 44': Penalty conceded by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 45'+1': Goal! Sassuolo 2, Napoli 1. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 45'+2': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Sassuolo 2, Napoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 2, Napoli 1.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 47': Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 47': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Attempt saved. Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
- 52': Offside, Sassuolo. Filip Djuricic tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
- 54': Foul by Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo).
- 54': Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).
- 54': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 55': Offside, Napoli. Matteo Politano tries a through ball, but Giovanni Di Lorenzo is caught offside.
- 57': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Rogerio.
- 57': Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross following a corner.
- 58': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
- 58': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Piotr Zielinski.
- 61': Attempt saved. Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
- 61': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is close, but misses to the left.
- 62': Foul by Mert Müldür (Sassuolo).
- 62': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Gregoire Defrel.
- 63': Attempt missed. Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross following a corner.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
- 66': Offside, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Fabián Ruiz is caught offside.
- 67': Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Dries Mertens.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
- 68': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Gregoire Defrel.
- 69': Foul by Diego Demme (Napoli).
- 69': Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Diego Demme (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Filip Djuricic.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 72': Goal! Sassuolo 2, Napoli 2. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
- 73': Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Elseid Hysaj.
- 73': Substitution, Napoli. Tiemoué Bakayoko replaces Diego Demme.
- 73': Substitution, Sassuolo. Jeremy Toljan replaces Mert Müldür.
- 74': Offside, Napoli. Eljif Elmas tries a through ball, but Piotr Zielinski is caught offside.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 75': Attempt saved. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 77': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli).
- 77': Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 78': Rogerio (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 79': Substitution, Sassuolo. Hamed Junior Traore replaces Gregoire Defrel.
- 79': Alex Meret (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Marlon Santos (Sassuolo).
- 79': Marlon Santos (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Foul by Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 81': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Hand ball by Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo).
- 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Pedro Obiang replaces Maxime Lopez.
- 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Brian Oddei replaces Domenico Berardi.
- 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Lukas Haraslin replaces Filip Djuricic.
- 85': Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Piotr Zielinski because of an injury.
- 85': Substitution, Napoli. Kostas Manolas replaces Nikola Maksimovic.
- 87': Foul by Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo).
- 87': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Penalty Napoli. Giovanni Di Lorenzo draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 89': Penalty conceded by Lukas Haraslin (Sassuolo) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 90': Goal! Sassuolo 2, Napoli 3. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 90'+2': Foul by Marlon Santos (Sassuolo).
- 90'+2': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Penalty Sassuolo. Lukas Haraslin draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+4': Penalty conceded by Kostas Manolas (Napoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+5': Goal! Sassuolo 3, Napoli 3. Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 3, Napoli 3.
- 0': Match ends, Sassuolo 3, Napoli 3.
Statistics
 NAP |
SAS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 17 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 43.6 | Possession | 56.4 |
| 16 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 2 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 2 |
| 351 | Accurate Passes | 484 |
| 420 | Passes | 548 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 14 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 39 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 13 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 14 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 30 | +42 | 69 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 30 | +24 | 63 |
| 3 | Napoli | 30 | +16 | 62 |
| 4 | Como | 30 | +31 | 57 |
Line-Ups
Sassuolo (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 47 | Andrea Consigli (GK) |
| 31 | Gian Marco Ferrari |
| 2 | Marlon  |
| 6 | Rogério |
| 17 | Mert Müldür |
| 92 | Grégoire Defrel |
| 73 | Manuel Locatelli |
| 8 | Maxime López |
| 9 | Francesco Caputo |
| 10 | Filip Djuricic |
| 25 | Domenico Berardi |
Napoli (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimovic |
| 33 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 4 | Diego Demme |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 14 | Dries Mertens |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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