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Napoli and Sassuolo play at Stadio San Paolo in a match of the 14th round of Serie A TIM. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 3 matches won 2 and drew 1. Indeed, in the last match at this stage, for Serie A TIM, 16-01-2016, Napoli won by (3-1). The goals of the match were scored by José Callejón (19 ‘) and G. Higuain (42’ and 90 ‘) for Napoli and D. Falcinelli (3′) for Sassuolo. Special attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Napoli
After 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, the home team is in 6th place, having won 24 points. In the last match, they beat Udinese away by (1-2), having drawn 1-1 at home in a game against Lazio, (1-1). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; Against 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in his stadium. The team arrive at this meeting after a draw at home with Dynamo Kiev by (0-0). For the championship, Napoli conquered 13 points in 18 chances, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 6 games that played in his stadium. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 7 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. There is a tendency towards goals in their home games, as 26 of the last 29 matches they played ended with over 1.5 goals. In 13 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the four games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 10 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he has scored 5 of his 12 goals in between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).
The Napoli team come to this game with a goalless draw against Dynamo Kiev, in play by the group stage of the Champions League. In the last game for the championship, the home team beat away Udinese by 1-2. In this game at home coach Maurizio Sarri should keep the 4-3-3 with Mertens being the most offensive reference of the home team. However, the great highlight of the team is the Spanish offensive Jose Callejón with 7 goals and 4 assists. It is important to emphasize that the team of the house presents great quality in the offensive stops, finalization and aerial game. For this game the coach still does not count on Milik due to injury.
Sassuolo
The visiting team is currently in 16th place with 13 points, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to Atalanta by (0-3). In the last match, lost out to Sampdoria by (3-2). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; Against 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. The team arrives in this match after a defeat away with Athletic Bilbao by (3-2). In the championship, Sassuolo won 4 points in 21 chances, after 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 7 games he played as a visitor.
For this competition, he has a 4-game losing streak in the last games and has not won any of the last 6 games outside his home stadium. The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 13 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Sassuolo’s team come to this game with a defeat at Athletic Bilbao by 3-2, thus adding to their third consecutive defeat in official matches: the goals of the team were scored by Ragusa and Balenziaga who scored a goal against. In this away game coach Eusebio Di Francesco should opt for a more defensive strategy with a backward system, exploiting the best of his opponent’s back: Defrel is very fast and excellent at driving the ball to the attack. In addition, the Frenchman is the top scorer of Sassuolo with 5 goals scored. Unlike the opponent, the visitors show some difficulty in the aerial game and in the defensive transition. It seems that the coach can not rely on Berardi, Duncan, Sensi and Letschert, players who recover from injury.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.45