Sassuolo 2-2 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 23 April 2017

Result

Sassuolo 2-2 Napoli

Serie A · Sunday 23 April 2017, 10:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sassuolo · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Sassuolo 2-2 Napoli: match report

Sassuolo drew with Napoli 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 23 April 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Domenico Berardi (59') and Luca Mazzitelli (80'). Napoli scored through Dries Mertens (52') and Arkadiusz Milik (84').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 12th on 38 points from 32 and Napoli 3rd on 70 points from 32. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Napoli 3rd with 86.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorginho of Napoli (7.8), ahead of Paolo Cannavaro (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sassuolo win, 2 draws and 4 for Napoli.

Going into the match Sassuolo's last five read W-D-L-L-L and Napoli's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · Domenico BerardiSassuolo · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Luca MazzitelliSassuolo
  • 77'Yellow card · Stefano SensiSassuolo
  • 80'Goal · Luca MazzitelliSassuolo · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Ivan StrinićNapoli
  • 84'Goal · Arkadiusz MilikNapoli · 2-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Alfred DuncanSassuolo

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sassuolo 1, draws 2, Napoli 4.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Paolo Cannavaro, Cristian Dell'Orco, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stefano Sensi, Alfred Duncan, Grégoire Defrel, Domenico Berardi, Antonino Ragusa

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Ivan Strinić, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne