Wednesday , 30 September 2026

US Sassuolo Calcio vs SSC Napoli, Serie A 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Serie A · 2020-21
US Sassuolo Calcio
3 – 3
Full Time
SSC Napoli
Wed 3 Mar 2021 · 17:30 UTC Mapei Stadium - Citta del Tricolore HT 45+2' · FT 45+8'
Filip Duricic 30' Y
Y 69' Diego Demme
Y 77' Faouzi Ghoulam
Marlon 79' Y

Overview

Match Preview

US Sassuolo Calcio vs SSC Napoli — Serie A at Mapei Stadium - Citta del Tricolore.

Match Details

  • Referee Paolo Mazzoleni
  • Referee Emanuele Prenna
  • Referee Sergio Ranghetti
  • Referee Valerio Marini
  • Referee Lorenzo Maggioni

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AS Roma 5 13
2 FC Internazionale Milano 5 13
3 SS Lazio 5 13
4 Cagliari Calcio 5 12
5 AC Milan 5 11
6 Frosinone Calcio 5 10
7 Juventus FC 5 10
8 Como 1907 5 10
9 SSC Napoli 5 7
10 US Sassuolo Calcio 5 7
11 Atalanta BC 5 6
12 US Lecce 5 6
13 Udinese Calcio 5 4
14 Torino FC 5 4
15 Parma Calcio 1913 5 4
16 AC Monza 5 4
17 ACF Fiorentina 5 4
18 Bologna FC 1909 5 2
19 Genoa CFC 5 1
20 Venezia FC 5 0

Head-to-Head

1
3
10
US Sassuolo Calcio 14 games · Avg 3.3 goals SSC Napoli
Last 5 meetings
2021-03-03 US Sassuolo Calcio 3–3 SSC Napoli 2020-11-01 SSC Napoli 0–2 US Sassuolo Calcio 2020-07-25 SSC Napoli 2–0 US Sassuolo Calcio 2019-12-22 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–2 SSC Napoli 2019-03-10 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–1 SSC Napoli

Recent Form

US Sassuolo Calcio
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Mar SSC Napoli H 3–3 D
20 Feb Bologna FC 1909 H 1–1 D
14 Feb FC Crotone A 2–1 W
06 Feb Spezia Calcio H 1–2 L
31 Jan Cagliari Calcio A 1–1 D
24 Jan SS Lazio A 1–2 L
SSC Napoli
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Mar US Sassuolo Calcio A 3–3 D
28 Feb Benevento Calcio H 2–0 W
25 Feb Granada CF H 2–1 W
21 Feb Atalanta BC A 2–4 L
18 Feb Granada CF A 0–2 L
13 Feb Juventus FC H 1–0 W

Season Stats

US Sassuolo Calcio SSC Napoli
#10 Position #9
7 Points 7
5 Played 5
2 / 1 / 2 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 2
9 Scored 7
9 Conceded 6
+0 GD +1
1.40 PPG 1.40
40% Win % 40%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
US Sassuolo Calcio this season
25% Clean Sheets
SSC Napoli this season

US Sassuolo Calcio are 10th (7 pts). SSC Napoli are 9th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

US Sassuolo Calcio
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
2/2
61-75
1/2
76+
4/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
SSC Napoli
0-15
–/–
16-30
2/1
31-45
–/1
46-60
2/2
61-75
1/–
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

US Sassuolo Calcio
Vasilije Adzic 3 G 1 A
Domenico Berardi 1 G
Cas Odenthal 1 G
Cristian Volpato 1 G
SSC Napoli
Rasmus Hojlund 2 G
Kevin De Bruyne 1 G 1 A
Matteo Politano 1 G
Antonio Vergara 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. US Sassuolo Calcio host SSC Napoli — let the battle begin!
  • 5' SSC Napoli are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 21' Lorenzo Insigne is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 26' The energy levels are beginning to show. Gennaro Gattuso might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 30' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Filip Duricic.
  • 34' Nikola Maksimovic doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 38' Piotr Zielinski doubles the advantage! 0-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 43' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alex Meret made 510 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 46' What a strike from Domenico Berardi! The score is 1-3.
  • 51' Both keepers have barely been tested. US Sassuolo Calcio and SSC Napoli are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 56' US Sassuolo Calcio is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 61' France international Maxime Lopez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 66' Eljif Elmas has been relatively quiet despite scoring 22 goals in his last 195 appearances.
  • 67' The crowd applauds Dries Mertens as he leaves the pitch. Eljif Elmas steps in for SSC Napoli.
  • 69' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Diego Demme.
  • 72' Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with the perfectly-timed delivery and Giovanni Di Lorenzo makes no mistake. 1-4!
  • 73' Faouzi Ghoulam is replacing Elseid Hysaj for the SSC Napoli side.
  • 77' SSC Napoli receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 77.
  • 79' Marlon picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 79' The whistle greets Gregoire Defrel as he departs to be replaced by Hamed Traore.
  • 84' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SSC Napoli needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 85' A change in the US Sassuolo Calcio ranks — Domenico Berardi exits the field as Brain Oddei enters on 85.
  • 86' Fresh legs for US Sassuolo Calcio! Lukas Haraslin comes on to replace Filip Duricic.
  • 90' The deadlock is broken! Lorenzo Insigne gets on the scoresheet on 90 minutes.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

US Sassuolo Calcio Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roberto De Zerbi

SSC Napoli Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gennaro Gattuso

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Victor Osimhen 10
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 4
Lorenzo Insigne 4
Dries Mertens 3
Maxime Lopez 3
Domenico Berardi 2
Giovanni Di Lorenzo 2
Allan 2

Head to Head

2021-03-03 US Sassuolo Calcio 3–3 SSC Napoli 2020-11-01 SSC Napoli 0–2 US Sassuolo Calcio 2020-07-25 SSC Napoli 2–0 US Sassuolo Calcio 2019-12-22 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–2 SSC Napoli 2019-03-10 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–1 SSC Napoli

US Sassuolo Calcio Form

2021-03-03 US Sassuolo Calcio 3–3 SSC Napoli D 2021-02-20 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–1 Bologna FC 1909 D 2021-02-14 FC Crotone 1–2 US Sassuolo Calcio W 2021-02-06 US Sassuolo Calcio 1–2 Spezia Calcio L 2021-01-31 Cagliari Calcio 1–1 US Sassuolo Calcio D 2021-01-24 SS Lazio 2–1 US Sassuolo Calcio L

SSC Napoli Form

2021-03-03 US Sassuolo Calcio 3–3 SSC Napoli D 2021-02-28 SSC Napoli 2–0 Benevento Calcio W 2021-02-25 SSC Napoli 2–1 Granada CF W 2021-02-21 Atalanta BC 4–2 SSC Napoli L 2021-02-18 Granada CF 2–0 SSC Napoli L 2021-02-13 SSC Napoli 1–0 Juventus FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.91 US Sassuolo Calcio xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.8 SSC Napoli xG
I would bet for: US Sassuolo Calcio or SSC Napoli 75% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
US Sassuolo Calcio41% Draw25% SSC Napoli34%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes71% 0% No29%
Avg goals/match: 3.71
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 50%
50%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

US Sassuolo Calcio or Draw
65%
Draw or SSC Napoli
59%
US Sassuolo Calcio or SSC Napoli
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
US Sassuolo Calcio32% Draw40% SSC Napoli28%
Actual: US Sassuolo Calcio win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted
3 – 3
Actual
1 – 1
9.3%
2 – 1
7.8%
1 – 2
7.3%
2 – 2
6.9%
3 – 1
4.9%
2 – 0
4.6%
3 – 2
4.4%
1 – 3
4.4%
1 – 0
4.2%
2 – 3
4.1%
0 – 2
4%
0 – 1
3.9%

Asian Handicap — US Sassuolo Calcio

Handicap US Sassuolo Calcio covers Push SSC Napoli covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 12% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 18% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 17% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 11% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

US Sassuolo Calcio keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
SSC Napoli keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.