Serie A · Sat, 17 Jan 2026 ·
Napoli vs Sassuolo — 1 - 0
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona · Referee: F. Fourneau
Match report
Napoli beat Sassuolo 1-0
Sassuolo were beaten 1-0 by Napoli at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday, 17 January 2026 in Serie A matchday 21. S. Lobotka scored the only goal of the game for Napoli in the 7th minute. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Napoli had 53% of the ball and 11 shots (4 on target) against Sassuolo’s 21 (4 on target). Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Napoli 9th in the Serie A table on 7 points and Sassuolo 10th on 7.
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- 7'goalS. LobotkaNormal Goal
- 53'yellow cardAster VranckxYellow Card
- 54'substitutionA. VranckxOff: E. Iannoni
- 57'substitutionE. ElmasOff: M. Politano
- 57'substitutionS. BeukemaOff: N. Lang
- 62'substitutionA. VergaraOff: P. Mazzocchi
- 67'substitutionA. RrahmaniOff: A. Buongiorno
- 81'substitutionA. FaderaOff: L. Skjellerup
- 81'substitutionJ. DoigOff: W. Coulibaly
- 84'yellow cardEdoardo IannoniYellow Card
- 89'substitutionA. PinamontiOff: W. Cheddira
- 89'substitutionL. LipaniOff: L. Moro
Lineups
Napoli
Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Antonio Conte
Starting XI
- 32V. Milinkovic-SavicG
- 31S. BeukemaD
- 13A. RrahmaniD
- 5Juan JesusD
- 22G. Di LorenzoM
- 68S. LobotkaM
- 8S. McTominayM
- 37L. SpinazzolaM
- 26A. VergaraF
- 20E. ElmasF
- 19R. HojlundF
Substitutes
- 14N. ContiniG
- 25M. FerranteG
- 3M. GutierrezD
- 4A. BuongiornoD
- 17M. OliveraD
- 21M. PolitanoF
- 27L. LuccaF
- 30P. MazzocchiD
- 35L. MarianucciD
- 69G. AmbrosinoF
- 70N. LangF
Sassuolo
Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Fabio Grosso
Starting XI
- 49A. MuricG
- 6S. WalukiewiczD
- 21J. IdzesD
- 80T. MuharemovicD
- 3J. DoigD
- 35L. LipaniM
- 18N. MaticM
- 40A. VranckxM
- 20A. FaderaF
- 99A. PinamontiF
- 45A. LaurienteF
Substitutes
- 12G. SatalinoG
- 13S. TuratiG
- 16G. ZacchiG
- 9W. CheddiraF
- 14L. SkjellerupF
- 17Y. PazD
- 19F. RomagnaD
- 24L. MoroF
- 25W. CoulibalyD
- 26C. OdenthalD
- 33C. FrangellaM
- 44E. IannoniM
- 77N. PieriniF
Match statistics
- 53%Possession47%
- 0.58Expected goals (xG)0.91
- 11Total shots21
- 4Shots on target4
- 6Shots off target7
- 1Blocked shots10
- 5Shots inside the box9
- 6Shots outside the box12
- 5Corners4
- 0Offsides2
- 10Fouls11
- 0Yellow cards2
- –Red cards–
- 4Goalkeeper saves3
- 498Passes439
- 416Accurate passes369
- 84%Pass accuracy84%
- -0.08Goals prevented-0.08
Player statistics
Napoli
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Vanja Milinković-SavićG | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 5Juan JesusD | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 13Amir RrahmaniD | 67 | 6.9 | ||
| 31Sam BeukemaD | 57 | 6.9 | ||
| 8Scott McTominayM | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| 22Giovanni Di LorenzoM | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 37Leonardo SpinazzolaM | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 68Stanislav LobotkaMTop rated | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| 19Rasmus HøjlundF | 90 | 6.0 | ||
| 20Eljif ElmasF | 56 | 6.7 | ||
| 26Antonio VergaraF | 62 | 7.3 | ||
| 14Nikita ContiniG | – | – | ||
| 25Mathias FerranteG | – | – | ||
| 3Miguel GutiérrezD | – | – | ||
| 4Alessandro BuongiornoD | 23 | 7.0 | ||
| 17Mathías OliveraD | – | – | ||
| 30Pasquale MazzocchiD | 28 | 6.7 | ||
| 35Luca MarianucciD | – | – | ||
| 21Matteo PolitanoF | 34 | 6.7 | ||
| 27Lorenzo LuccaF | – | – | ||
| 69Giuseppe AmbrosinoF | – | – | ||
| 70Noa LangF | 33 | 6.9 |
Sassuolo
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49Arijanet MurićG | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 3Josh DoigD | 81 | 6.9 | ||
| 6Sebastian WalukiewiczD | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 21Jay IdzesD | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 80Tarik MuharemovićD | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 18Nemanja MatićM | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 35Luca LipaniM | 89 | 6.2 | ||
| 40Aster VranckxM | 54 | 6.2 | ||
| 20Alieu FaderaF | 81 | 6.6 | ||
| 45Armand LaurientéF | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 99Andrea PinamontiF | 89 | 6.3 | ||
| 12Giacomo SatalinoG | – | – | ||
| 13Stefano TuratiG | – | – | ||
| 16Gioele ZacchiG | – | – | ||
| 17Yeferson PazD | – | – | ||
| 19Filippo RomagnaD | – | – | ||
| 25Woyo CoulibalyD | 9 | 6.7 | ||
| 26Cas OdenthalD | – | – | ||
| 33Christian FrangellaM | – | – | ||
| 44Edoardo IannoniM | 36 | 6.7 | ||
| 9Walid CheddiraF | 8 | 6.3 | ||
| 14Laurs SkjellerupF | 9 | 6.3 | ||
| 24Luca MoroF | 8 | 6.2 | ||
| 77Nicholas PieriniF | – | – |