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Napoli has remained unbeaten in 20 of the 22 clashes against Sassuolo in Serie A (13W, 7D), the only two black-green successes against the blues in the top league date back to November 1, 2020 (2-0 at Maradona) and August 23, 2015 (2-1 at MAPEI Stadium).

Napoli has won all the last five matches against Sassuolo in the league with a score of 20-2, only against Atalanta and Juventus have the black-greens lost more consecutive matches in Serie A (seven against both – between 2017 and 2021 against the Dea and between 2016 and 2019 against the bianconeri).

The team holding the Scudetto has won the season opener in 11 of the last 13 Serie A championships: only Juventus in 2015/16 (defeat 0-1 at home against Udinese) and Inter in 2024/25 (draw 2-2 away against Genoa) did not manage to do so in the period.

Napoli lost the last season opener in Serie A (0-3 against Hellas Verona), after having won the first game in all the previous seven championships; the partenopei have not lost the opening match in the top tournament for two seasons in a row since the period between 1996 and 2007 (four in that case).

Napoli and Sassuolo will face each other on the first day of Serie A for the second time in the history of the tournament, after August 23, 2015 (victory of the black-greens at MAPEI Stadium for 2-1 with goals by Antonio Floro Flores and Nicola Sansone after the initial goal by Marek Hamsik).

Sassuolo lost both of the last matches on the first day of the Serie A season (0-3 against Juventus in August 2022 and 0-2 against Atalanta in August 2023), after having recorded only two defeats at the season opener in all the previous nine Serie A championships (4W, 3D).

Napoli is the team that has both conceded fewer goals (27) and recorded more clean sheets (19) in the top five European championships 2024/25.

Domenico Berardi, who made his Serie A debut against Napoli on September 25, 2013, has been involved in four goals in his last five matches against the partenopei in the tournament (two goals and two assists). In general, since his first season in the top league (2013/14), the class of '94 is one of the only two players to have been involved in at least 200 goals in Serie A (200 for him with 122G+78A), along with Ciro Immobile (242).

Since his first season in the top five European leagues (from 2012/13), Kevin De Bruyne is the player who has provided the most assists: a whopping 154 in 13 seasons (11.8 average per season).

With Romelu Lukaku on the field, Napoli won 63% of the matches last season across all competitions (24/38), without the Belgian striker however, the partenopei's success rate drops to 33% (1/3).

Carlo Gioia

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