Serie A: Napoli annihilates Sassuolo 4-0 with an outstanding performance

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NAPOLI. Napoli demolishes Sassuolo 4-0 with goals of V. Osimhen (4′), V. Osimhen (20′), K. Kvaratskhelia (36′) and V. Osimhen (77′). Napoli was vastly superior ball possession (67%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli) stadium in Napoli on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano who was helped by Giovanni Baccini and Fabio Schirru. The 4th official was Daniele Perenzoni. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot around 25.5 degrees Celsius or 77.83 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 43%.​

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  Napoli

  4

  

  Sassuolo

  0

  29 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 67% while Sassuolo was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Napoli was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Napoli won the match.

Napoli shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Sassuolo shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Napoli. On the other side, Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards (M. Lopez and A. Lauriente).

Also, Sassuolo didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after A. Lauriente (Sassuolo) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (84′).

After playing this encounter, Napoli will have 29 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Sassuolo will stay with 15 points to stay in the 9th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Serie A match, Napoli will play away against Atalanta on the 5th of November with a 13-13 head to head statistic.

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  Atalanta

  1

  

  Napoli

  2

  

  5 Nov 2022 Full time

Sassuolo will play away against Empoli on the 5th of November with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Sassuolo (0 draws).

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  Empoli

  1

  

  Sassuolo

  0

  

  5 Nov 2022 Full time

Napoli: Formation and Lineups

Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Luciano Spalletti chose to play with the following team: Alex Meret (8.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (7.1), Juan Jesus (6.8), Min-jae Kim (7.3), Mário Rui (8.2), Frank Anguissa (7.2), Stanislav Lobotka (7.2), Piotr Zieliński (6.1), Hirving Lozano (7.0), Victor Osimhen (9.2) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (8.9).

Substitutes

Napoli made 5 changes: A. Z. Anguissa for L. Ostigard (56′), P. Zielinski for E. Elmas (56′), K. Kvaratskhelia for G. Raspadori (71′), S. Lobotka for D. Demme (84′) and G. Di Lorenzo for M. Politano (84′).

Top player: Victor Osimhen

The player who no doubt impressed Napoli the most was Victor Osimhen.

His rating is (9.2) with 3 goals, 8 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Sassuolo: Formation and Lineups

Also Sassuolo adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the other side, Alessio Dionisi played with: Andrea Consigli (5.7), Jeremy Toljan (6.4), Martin Erlić (6.3), Gian Marco Ferrari (6.3), Rogério (6.6), Davide Frattesi (6.4), Maxime López (6.1), Kristian Thorstvedt (6.6), Emil Konradsen Ceide (6.8), Andrea Pinamonti (7.2) and Armand Lauriente (7.1).

Substitutes

Sassuolo made 5 changes: E. K. Ceide for H. J. Traore (47′), A. Pinamonti for A. Alvarez (65′), K. Thorstvedt for Matheus Henrique (65′), M. Lopez for P. Obiang (84′) and D. Frattesi for A. Harroui (86′).

Top player: Andrea Pinamonti

Probably the most impressive player in Sassuolo was Andrea Pinamonti.

His rating is (7.2) with 11 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A

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  Lecce

  0

  

  Juventus

  1

  29 Oct 2022 Full time
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  Inter

  3

  

  Sampdoria

  0

  29 Oct 2022 Full time