Sassuolo vs Napoli match Analysis and Prediction

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Sassuolo will play hosts to the league leaders, Napoli in the Serie A fixture this Wednesday December 1^st at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio nell’Emilia. The visiting side will be looking to retain their three-point advantage at the top of the Serie A standings.

Napoli come to this match as the league leaders after taking the advantage of Ac Milan loss to Napoli’s hosts here, to be 3 points on top of the second placed Milan. Napoli took Lazio down in the previous match on Sunday in a 4-0 victory at home after they had been thrashed by Inter before Spartak Moscow beat them in the Europe competitions in the mid-week.

Luciano Spalletti was relieved to end the 3 match winless streak and having witnessed within 29 minutes as the pacesetters went 3-0 ahead he comes here as the match favorite. Spalletti will also be hoping that his defensive end can strong on the right track after keeping their first clean sheet since October 31, a period stretching to five games.

The hosts here are not on their right foot and a surprise 3-1 victory away to title challenging AC Milan during the weekend at San Siro ending their three-game winless run. Sassuolo have not been consistent in the run and are now placed 12^th position 3 points adrift of sixth position and they remain in the contest for a European spot qualifier.

Alessio Dionisi’s side has been really progressive and remains with a certain level of pressure at the Mapei Stadium but their victories against Juventus and AC Milan came away on the road. Sassuolo beat AC Milan last time out in a 3-1 victory taking the points away and let their opponents here occupy the top spot.

The hosts are desperate to move to top 6 position and they will adopt an attack-minded approach in this clash.

Sassuolo vs Napoli head to head

The latest encounter between the two sides ended in a high scoring draw early this year but Napoli have the advantage in the previous 6 matches having won 3 times with 2 draws whereas the hosts here have won just once with the victory coming on the road last year November.