Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 7, 2014
Empoli LWWDW 2
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Napoli WWDDD 2
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EMP112
NAP022
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Match Report

AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta

Quick-fire double from Napoli rescues home draw against Empoli

Empoli looked set for third win in four through goals from Simone Verdi and Daniele Rugani, but Duvan Zapata and Jonathan de Guzman rescued a point.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
2
44
Possession
56
10
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
370
Accurate Passes
472
466
Passes
568
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
7
Crosses
37
0.3
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
70
16
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
6
23
Effective Tackles
22
31
Tackles
29
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
39
Effective Clearances
10
39
Clearances
10

Head to Head

EMP leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-L
  3. 4HenriqueCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 11Christian MaggioRB
  6. 17Marek HamsikAM
  7. 19David LópezLM
  8. 8JorginhoRM
  9. 91Duván ZapataF
  10. 14Dries MertensAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 77Walter GarganoSUB
  2. 6Jonathan de GuzmánSUB
  3. 5Miguel BritosSUB
  4. 9Gonzalo HiguaínSUB
  5. 22Josip RadosSUB
  6. 45Mariano AndújarSUB
  7. 96Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  8. 88Gökhan InlerSUB
  9. 15Roberto ColomboSUB

EMP · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 33Luigi SepeG
  2. 24Daniele RuganiCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 6Mirko ValdifioriDM
  5. 21Mário RuiLB
  6. 23Elseid HysajRB
  7. 18Simone VerdiAM
  8. 11Daniele CroceLM
  9. 88Matías VecinoRM
  10. 10Francesco TavanoCF-L
  11. 7Massimo MaccaroneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Davide MoroSUB
  2. 1Maurizio PugliesiSUB
  3. 20Manuel PucciarelliSUB
  4. 28Davide BassiSUB
  5. 99Rodrigo AguirreSUB
  6. 22Matteo BianchettiSUB
  7. 27Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  8. 9Levan MchedlidzeSUB
  9. 8Franco SignorelliSUB
  10. 13Diego LaxaltSUB
  11. 19Federico BarbaSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Napoli 0, Empoli 1. Simone Verdi (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Massimo Maccarone with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 53' Goal! Napoli 0, Empoli 2. Daniele Rugani (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Massimo Maccarone with a headed pass following a corner.
  3. 61' Substitution, Napoli. Gonzalo Higuaín replaces Marek Hamsik.
  4. 62' Substitution, Empoli. Diego Laxalt replaces Daniele Croce.
  5. 63' Christian Maggio (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 63' Diego Laxalt (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 67' Goal! Napoli 1, Empoli 2. Duván Zapata (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross following a corner.
  8. 69' Raúl Albiol (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Dries Mertens.
  10. 72' Goal! Napoli 2, Empoli 2. Jonathan de Guzmán (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  11. 73' Mário Rui (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Federico Barba replaces Mário Rui.
  13. 78' Substitution, Empoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Simone Verdi.
  14. 83' Substitution, Napoli. Walter Gargano replaces Duván Zapata.

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