Sassuolo 0–2 Napoli
- Koné 79'
- McTominay 17'
- De Bruyne 57'
23 August 2025
The match in data
Napoli beat Sassuolo 2–0 on 23 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Serie A.
Player of the match: Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli), rated 62, thanks above all to 3 key passes and 59 passes. De Bruyne produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
For Sassuolo, the highest-rated player was Tarik Muharemović, with 62.
Ismaël Koné was sent off at 79'.
Kevin De Bruyne
Napoli · 90'
Produced 1.05× and cost 0.63× their position's average
- 3 key passes 2.6×
- 59 passes 1.4×
- 4 final-third passes 0.7×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik Muharemović | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Daniel Boloca | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Domenico Berardi | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Ismaël Koné | Midfielder | 79 | 48 |
| Andrea Pinamonti | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Sebastian Walukiewicz | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Luca Lipani | Midfielder | 73 | 39 |
| Filippo Romagna | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Armand Laurienté | Forward | 81 | 37 |
| Josh Doig | Defender | 81 | 30 |
| Stefano Turati | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alieu Fadera | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Andrea Ghion | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Fali Candé | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Luca Moro | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Nicholas Pierini | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanislav Lobotka | Midfielder | 82 | 63 |
| Kevin De Bruyne ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Amir Rrahmani | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Juan Jesus | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Mathías Olivera | Defender | 89 | 59 |
| Lorenzo Lucca | Forward | 82 | 49 |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Frank Anguissa | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Matteo Politano | Forward | 76 | 43 |
| Scott McTominay | Midfielder | 89 | 32 |
| Alex Meret | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| David Neres | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Billy Gilmour | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Noa Lang | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Antonio Vergara | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Leonardo Spinazzola | Defender | 1 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.