Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, November 1, 2020
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Match Report

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Serie A upstarts Sassuolo hand Napoli shock defeat

Upstarts Sassuolo went second in the table and ended Napoli's 100% record on the pitch in Serie A with a 2-0 victory.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
12
6
Saves
2
56.6
Possession
43.4
8
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
561
Accurate Passes
389
625
Passes
458
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
11
4
Crosses
32
0.3
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
35
30
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
6
5
Effective Tackles
13
12
Tackles
22
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
9
13
Effective Clearances
4
13
Clearances
4

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 14Dries MertensAM
  7. 5Tiemoué BakayokoLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 11Hirving LozanoAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  2. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  3. 2Kévin MalcuitSUB
  4. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB
  5. 6Mário RuiSUB
  6. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  7. 33Amir RrahmaniSUB
  8. 1Alex MeretSUB
  9. 16Nikita ContiniSUB
  10. 68Stanislav LobotkaSUB
  11. 4Diego DemmeSUB
  12. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB

SAS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 21Vlad ChirichesCD
  3. 31Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  4. 5Kaan AyhanCD-R
  5. 8Maxime LópezCM-L
  6. 73Manuel LocatelliCM-R
  7. 6RogérioLM
  8. 17Mert MüldürRM
  9. 18Giacomo RaspadoriF
  10. 7Jérémie BogaCF-L
  11. 23Hamed TraoréCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 92Grégoire DefrelSUB
  2. 56Gianluca PegoloSUB
  3. 68Mehdi BourabiaSUB
  4. 35Stefano PiccininiSUB
  5. 77Georgios KyriakopoulosSUB
  6. 2MarlonSUB
  7. 14Pedro ObiangSUB
  8. 28Raul SteauSUB
  9. 13Federico PelusoSUB
  10. 63Stefano TuratiSUB
  11. 71Samuele VitaleSUB

Timeline

  1. 49' Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 56' VAR Decision: Penalty Sassuolo.
  3. 59' Goal! Napoli 0, Sassuolo 1. Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 61' Kostas Manolas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Hirving Lozano.
  6. 68' Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Hamed Junior Traore.
  7. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Dries Mertens.
  8. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Elseid Hysaj.
  9. 78' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Matteo Politano.
  10. 80' Substitution, Sassuolo. Georgios Kyriakopoulos replaces Mert Müldür.
  11. 81' Substitution, Sassuolo. Pedro Obiang replaces Jeremie Boga.
  12. 88' Substitution, Sassuolo. Mehdi Bourabia replaces Vlad Chiriches because of an injury.
  13. 88' Substitution, Sassuolo. Marlon Santos replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  14. 90' Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+5' Goal! Napoli 0, Sassuolo 2. Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rogerio.
  16. 90'+5' David Ospina (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.

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