Italian Serie A

FT Friday, February 17, 2023
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Sassuolo LDWWD 0
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Mapei Stadium · 15,911 att.

Match Report

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Leaders Napoli move 18 points clear with 2-0 win at Sassuolo

Napoli beat Sassuolo 2-0 away to move 18 points clear at the top with a seventh straight Serie A win.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
2
60.2
Possession
39.8
15
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
561
Accurate Passes
344
640
Passes
419
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
33
32
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
5
22
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
7
Interceptions
11
11
Effective Clearances
16
11
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NAP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 44RuanCD-L
  3. 28Martin ErlicCD-R
  4. 6RogérioLB
  5. 21Nadir ZorteaRB
  6. 27Maxime LópezCM
  7. 7Matheus HenriqueLM
  8. 16Davide FrattesiRM
  9. 92Grégoire DefrelF
  10. 45Armand LaurientéLF
  11. 20Nedim BajramiRF

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 3Kim Min-JaeCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 17Mathías OliveraLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 7Eljif ElmasLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaLF
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoRF

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Napoli 1. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mathías Olivera.
  2. 33' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Napoli 2. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Amir Rrahmani.
  3. 43' Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 53' Eljif Elmas (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 57' Substitution, Sassuolo. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Gregoire Defrel.
  6. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Matteo Politano.
  7. 68' Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 78' Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  9. 78' Substitution, Napoli. Hirving Lozano replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  10. 79' Substitution, Sassuolo. Emil Ceïde replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  11. 79' Substitution, Sassuolo. Kristian Thorstvedt replaces Matheus Henrique.
  12. 81' Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Victor Osimhen because of an injury.
  14. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Alessio Zerbin replaces Eljif Elmas.
  15. 85' Substitution, Sassuolo. Agustín Álvarez Martínez replaces Davide Frattesi.
  16. 85' Substitution, Sassuolo. Pedro Obiang replaces Maxime Lopez.

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