Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 31, 2016
Empoli WLWDD 1
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Napoli WWWLW 5
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EMP101
NAP235
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Match Report

Jose Callejon scores twice as Napoli thrash Empoli

Jose Callejon scores twice as Napoli thrash Empoli

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
38.2
Possession
61.8
7
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
321
Accurate Passes
568
387
Passes
623
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
5
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
35
Long Balls
59
18
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
4
14
Effective Tackles
19
17
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
3
12
Clearances
5

Head to Head

EMP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 23Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  2. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  3. 14Dries MertensSUB
  4. 96Sebastiano LupertoSUB
  5. 77Omar El KaddouriSUB
  6. 1RafaelSUB
  7. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB
  8. 6Mirko ValdifioriSUB
  9. 22GabrielSUB
  10. 94Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  11. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  12. 19David LópezSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 31Michele CamporeseCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 32Leandro ParedesCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Levan Mchedlidze
  2. 6Luca Bittante
  3. 3Marco Zambelli
  4. 14Assane Dioussé
  5. 39Marko Livaja
  6. 24Uros Cosic
  7. 77Marcel Büchel
  8. 13Raffaele Maiello
  9. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  10. 22Alessandro Piu
  11. 23Alberto Pelagotti
  12. 33Rade Krunic

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Napoli 0, Empoli 1. Leandro Paredes (Empoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  2. 33' Goal! Napoli 1, Empoli 1. Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
  3. 34' José Reina (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 36' Piotr Zielinski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 37' Goal! Napoli 2, Empoli 1. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  6. 39' Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 50' Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 51' Own Goal by Michele Camporese, Empoli. Napoli 3, Empoli 1.
  10. 58' Substitution, Empoli. Marcel Büchel replaces Riccardo Saponara.
  11. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Levan Mchedlidze replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  12. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  13. 75' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  14. 79' Marcel Büchel (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Substitution, Empoli. Rade Krunic replaces Daniele Croce.
  16. 83' Goal! Napoli 4, Empoli 1. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
  17. 86' Substitution, Napoli. David López replaces Marek Hamsik.
  18. 88' Goal! Napoli 5, Empoli 1. José Callejón (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.

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