Although it may prove difficult for Spalletti and his players not to cast half an eye on their trip to Frankfurt in the Champions League on Tuesday, they should be able to move 18 points clear at the top of the table with yet another victory.
Sassuolo have hugely improved in recent weeks and will undoubtedly pose the champions problems at times during the encounter, but they can be vulnerable defensively, which is not good news against one of Europe's most potent attacks.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Napoli win with a probability of 71.55%. A draw had a probability of 16.7% and a win for Sassuolo had a probability of 11.71%.
The most likely scoreline for a Napoli win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.75%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.48%) and 0-1 (8.83%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.79%), while for a Sassuolo win it was 2-1 (3.44%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 10.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Napoli in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Napoli.
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