Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 30, 2022
Sassuolo WLWLL 1
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Napoli WWLDL 6
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Match Report

Napoli back to winning ways after hitting Sassuolo for six

Four goals in the opening 21 minutes helped Napoli to complete a 6-1 thrashing of Sassuolo on Saturday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
3
46.7
Possession
53.3
13
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
427
Accurate Passes
493
478
Passes
542
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.5
40
Long Balls
40
26
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.7
Long Balls %
0.8
6
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
8
6
Effective Clearances
10
6
Clearances
10

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 14Dries MertensAM
  7. 8Fabián RuizLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

SAS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 31Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  3. 21Vlad ChirichesCD-R
  4. 6RogérioLB
  5. 17Mert MüldürRB
  6. 18Giacomo RaspadoriAM
  7. 8Maxime LópezLM
  8. 16Davide FrattesiRM
  9. 91Gianluca ScamaccaF
  10. 10Filip DjuricicAM-L
  11. 25Domenico BerardiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Napoli 1, Sassuolo 0. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
  2. 15' Goal! Napoli 2, Sassuolo 0. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
  3. 18' Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 19' Goal! Napoli 3, Sassuolo 0. Hirving Lozano (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
  5. 21' Goal! Napoli 4, Sassuolo 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mário Rui.
  6. 25' Substitution, Sassuolo. Matheus Henrique replaces Filip Djuricic.
  7. 45' Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Gianluca Scamacca.
  8. 45' Substitution, Sassuolo. Kaan Ayhan replaces Vlad Chiriches.
  9. 53' Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 54' Goal! Napoli 5, Sassuolo 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabián Ruiz.
  11. 72' Substitution, Sassuolo. Francesco Magnanelli replaces Davide Frattesi.
  12. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Diego Demme replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  13. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Victor Osimhen.
  14. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  15. 80' Goal! Napoli 6, Sassuolo 0. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo following a corner.
  16. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Alessandro Zanoli replaces Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  17. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Mário Rui.
  18. 84' Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 87' Goal! Napoli 6, Sassuolo 1. Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.

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