Sassuolo vs Napoli Competition – Serie A Stadium – MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore Date: 17th February 2023 Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
Napoli will take their quest for the Scudetto title to Reggio Emilia this Friday as they face Sassuolo in the 23rd round of the 2022/23 Serie A season. Sassuolo come into this tie on the back of a 2-2 draw with Udinese in the league. That result extended their unbeaten run to four games (W2, D2) and pushed them seven points ahead of the relegation zone. The aim will now be to extend that unbeaten run for one more game so that they can get closer to mid-table. But doing so against an in-form Napoli side will be more difficult more so because of their record against the league leaders. The hosts have won just one of the last 15 competitive H2Hs (D6, L8), including two heavy defeats by a combined 10-1 scoreline across the previous two meetings. But after beating Atalanta (1-0) and AC Milan at the San Siro (5-2), they will feel optimistic about getting a win. Napoli made it six consecutive Serie A wins last time as they beat Cremonese 3-0 away from home. That win extended their lead at the top of the league table to 15 points. They have now taken 59 points after 22 rounds, a record which has only been bettered in the three points for a win era by Inter and Juventus who had 60 points at this stage. Given how good they have been this season, they should feel very confident about winning this game. They have won each of their eight Serie A matches against sides currently sitting 15th or below with seven of those victories coming by two or more goals. This game gets underway at 19:45 BST. Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:
October 26, 2024
Bologna
16:00
AC Milan
December 1, 2024
Fiorentina
18:00
Inter Milan
December 23, 2024
Fiorentina
18:30
Udinese
Inter Milan
20:45
Como
December 28, 2024
Empoli
15:00
Genoa
Parma
15:00
Monza
Cagliari
18:00
Inter Milan
Lazio
20:45
Atalanta
December 29, 2024
Udinese
12:30
Torino
SSC Napoli
15:00
Venezia
Juventus
18:00
Fiorentina
AC Milan
20:45
Roma
December 30, 2024
Como
18:30
Lecce
Bologna
20:45
Verona
January 4, 2025
Venezia
15:00
Empoli
Fiorentina
18:00
SSC Napoli
Verona
20:45
Udinese
Serie A Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Atalanta
17
13
1
3
42
19
+23
40
2
SSC Napoli
17
12
2
3
26
12
+14
38
3
Inter Milan
15
10
4
1
40
15
+25
34
4
Lazio
17
11
1
5
32
24
+8
34
5
Fiorentina
15
9
4
2
28
11
+17
31
6
Juventus
17
7
10
0
28
13
+15
31
7
Bologna
16
7
7
2
23
18
+5
28
8
AC Milan
16
7
5
4
25
16
+9
26
9
Udinese
16
6
2
8
19
25
-6
20
10
Roma
17
5
4
8
23
23
+0
19
11
Empoli
17
4
7
6
16
19
-3
19
12
Torino
17
5
4
8
17
22
-5
19
13
Genoa
17
3
7
7
14
26
-12
16
14
Lecce
17
4
4
9
11
29
-18
16
15
Como
16
3
6
7
18
28
-10
15
16
Parma
17
3
6
8
23
33
-10
15
17
Verona
17
5
0
12
21
40
-19
15
18
Cagliari
17
3
5
9
16
28
-12
14
19
Venezia
17
3
4
10
17
30
-13
13
20
Monza
17
1
7
9
15
23
-8
10
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