Napoli 1-0 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Napoli 1-0 Sassuolo
Serie A · Saturday 17 January 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Napoli 1-0 Sassuolo: match report
Napoli defeated Sassuolo 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Stanislav Lobotka of Napoli in the 7th minute.
Discipline: Napoli received no yellow cards; Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 40 points from 20 and Sassuolo 11th on 23 points from 20. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 49.
Napoli lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Armand Laurienté of Sassuolo (7.9), ahead of Stanislav Lobotka (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sassuolo.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Sassuolo's L-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Stanislav Lobotka
- 53'Yellow card · Aster Vranckx
- 53'Yellow card · Fabio Grosso
- 64'Yellow card · Fabio Grosso
- 84'Yellow card · Edoardo Iannoni
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (3-4-2-1)
Vanja Milinković-Savić, Sam Beukema, Amir Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Stanislav Lobotka, Scott McTominay, Leonardo Spinazzola, Antonio Vergara, Eljif Elmas, Rasmus Højlund
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Arijanet Murić, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Jay Idzes, Tarik Muharemović, Josh Doig, Luca Lipani, Nemanja Matić, Aster Vranckx, Alieu Fadera, Andrea Pinamonti, Armand Laurienté