Napoli 2–0 Sassuolo — Serie A 2023/24 Match Stats

Serie A · 2023Sun, 27 Aug 2023, 18:45 UTC

Napoli

2–0Historical match

Sassuolo

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Napoli won 2–0.

Shots: 256
Shots on target: 51
Expected goals: 3.540.17
Possession: 67%33%

Full time

What the match recorded

Napoli beat Sassuolo 2–0. Recorded in this match (Napoli – Sassuolo): shots 25–6, shots on target 5–1, expected goals 3.54–0.17, possession 67%–33%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots25 shots6 shotsNapoli 25 shots, Sassuolo 6 shots
Shots on target5 shots1 shotNapoli 5 shots, Sassuolo 1 shot
Expected goals3.54 xG0.17 xGNapoli 3.54 xG, Sassuolo 0.17 xG
Possession67%33%Napoli 67%, Sassuolo 33%
Corners12 corners4 cornersNapoli 12 corners, Sassuolo 4 corners
Fouls9 fouls10 foulsNapoli 9 fouls, Sassuolo 10 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Napoli: 25 shots, 5 on target, 3.63 xG. Sassuolo: 6 shots, 1 on target, 0.16 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Napoli 3.63 xG · Sassuolo 0.16 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Napoli

1Draws

0Sassuolo

17 Feb 2023Sassuolo — Napoli · Serie A0–2

29 Oct 2022Napoli — Sassuolo · Serie A4–0

30 Apr 2022Napoli — Sassuolo · Serie A6–1

1 Dec 2021Sassuolo — Napoli · Serie A2–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

8.09 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.09 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 27 Aug 2023, 22:45 UTC · analysis-v4